Matthew Santos

Lupe Fiasco

If you are what

you say you are

a superstar

then have no fear

the camera's here

And the microphones

and they wanna know

oh oh oh oh

If you are what

you say you are

a superstar

then have no fear

the crowd is here

And the lights are on

and they wanna show

oh oh oh oh, yeah

Yeah, uh

a fresh cool young Lu'

tryna catch his

microphone check

2, 1, 2

Wanna believe my

own hype but it's

too untrue

The world brought me

to my knees

what have you

brung you?

Did you improve

on the design?

Did you do

somethin' new?

Well your name ain't

on the guest list

who brung you?

You, the more famous

person you come through

and the sexy lady

next to you

you come too

And then it hit me

standin' outside of

heaven waitin' for God

to come and get me

I'm too uncouth

Unschooled to the rules

and too gum shoe

Too much of

a new comer

and too un-cool

Like Shadow

and Lavell

I battle with it well

Tho' I need a holiday like

lady who sung "Blue"

Go back, whatever you

did you undo

heavy as heaven

The devil on me

two ton's too

if you are what

you say you are

a superstar

Then have no fear

the camera's here

and the microphones

and they wanna know

oh oh oh oh, yeah

And you better wear

your shades

the spotlights here

can burn holes

through the stage

Down to the basement

pass the Indian graves

where the dinosaurs laid

Then out through China,

nearly miss the airliners

magnified times five 'less

it's pointed at the rhymer

richochets off the moon and

sets the forest ablaze

Oh now that's important

to say 'cos even with all

that most of us don't

want it to fade

We want it to braid

meaning we want

it to grow

meaning we want

it to stay

Like the Governor called

and he told him to wait

un-strap him from the

chair and put him

back in his cage

The audience ain't fazed

and they ain't gonna

clap and they ain't

gonna praise

They want everything

back that they've paid

'cos they've been waitin'

since ten to see the

lights get dim

If you are what

you say you are

a superstar

then have no fear

the crowd is here

And the lights are on

and they wanna show

oh oh oh oh, yeah

So chauffeur chauffeur

come and take me away

'cos I've been standin'

in this line for like

five whole days

Me and security ain't

getting' along and when

I got to the front

they told me all of the

tickets were gone

So just take me home where

the mood is mellow and the

roses are grown and

mare yellow

and the light bulbs around

my mirror don't flicker

Everybody gets a

nice autograph picture

One for you and

one for your sister

who had to work

tonight but is

an avid listener

Every songs her

favourite song and

mics don't feedback

All the reviewers say

"You need to go

and see that"

And everybody claps 'cos

everybody is pleased

and then they all take

the stage and start

performin' for me like ha ha

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

If you are what

you say you are

a superstar

then have no fear

the camera's here

And the microphone's

and they wanna know

oh oh oh oh

If you are what

you say you are

a superstar

then have no fear

the crowd is here

And the lights are on

and they wanna show

oh oh oh oh, yeah

If you are...

what you say you are

then have no fear