"Channel No3" (stylized as "CHANNEL N°3") is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, released on July 7, 2023. He first published to the Threads app of an upcoming record "tonight" on July 6, followed by posting its cover artwork on Reddit, Instagram and Twitter an hour later.[1][2]
The rapper reminisces about the days of playing video games at his mother's house, naming the gaming consoles Nintendo, Genesis, and PlayStation. Fans remarked that it reminded them of his early mixtape days, and sonically strays away from his two rap-trap singles that preceded it, "Checkin'" and "Outside." Lyrics were published to the AZ Lyrics website beforehand.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
If my Nintendo could talk
And the door was a jaw
And the cartridge was a tongue
It ah, say "Come
You can meet the final boss
If you don't take a loss
So just know when to run
Or when to jump
Or just when to slide
Know where the secrets are
Know where the treasure hides"
Pleasure televised
Computer terrorize
But I got the cheat code
So I will never die
[Chorus]
I got them video games, video games
Silly old things I be playing
In my mama house
In my mama house
I got them video games, video games
Silly old things I be playing
In my mama house
In my mama house
[Verse 2]
If my Genesis could sing
It uh, be crowned the king
Of R&B make me fall in love with the screen
RNG got me shedding blood for the fling
Controller 2 get inside the plug for the team
Need twice the help 'cause it's quite hard
Stick a knife into my life bar
Save it at the right part
So we ain't resetting to the beginning
Memorizing the maps a collection of positions
In my mind start flying we running outta time
If we can reach the next checkpoint we'll be fine
They say it's more fun out in the sunshine
But I ain't going outside 'cause I
[Chorus]
I got them video games, video games
Silly old things I be playing
In my mama house
In my mama house
I got them video games, video games
Silly old things I be playing
In my mama house
In my mama house
[Verse 3]
Before the turbo graphic magic and the PlayStation nation
My dad had cabinets all in the basement
So going downstairs was like taking a vacation
A kid in a arcade my daily situation
We used to have floppy disks
CDs was a major innovation
I remember Commodore 64
Quarters going to the store to go to war
But wasn't nothing like sitting on the floor
Flipping up the door and slipping in the game
And remembering the code and forgetting you was poor
GGs my Gs Westside is logging out one hand on WASD
The other hand on my mouse playin'
[Chorus]
I got them video games, video games
Silly old things I be playing
In my mama house
In my mama house
I got them video games, video games
Silly old things I be playing
In my mama house
In my mama house
[Chorus]
I got them video games, video games
Silly old things I be playing
In my mama house
In my mama house
I got them video games, video games
Silly old things I be playing
In my mama house
In my mama house
[Outro]
I got them video games
Silly old things I be playing
In my mama house
GG, GG, yeah
I got them video games, video games
In my mama house...
References[]
- ↑ "Lupe Fiasco (@lupefiasco)". Threads. July 6, 2023.
- ↑ "Lupe Fiasco (@lupefiasco)". Instagram. July 6, 2023.