Checkin'

"Checkin'"Single by Lupe Fiasco
Released	June 16, 2023
Genre	Hip hop trap
Length	2:22
Label	1st & 15th Thirty Tigers
Songwriter(s)	Wasalu Jaco
Producer(s)	Lupe Fiasco
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"Checkin'" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, released on June 16, 2023. His vocals are autotuned, and noted to be sonically rooted in his Tape Tape era. Originally the song was slated to be released at noon, though dropped earlier at midnight. He previewed the song on June 11, 2023, to his TikTok account.

Music video

The accompanying visualizer video uses artificial intelligence (AI), where he plugged the image and song into a generator, with the near-first prompt being cyberpunk. The video also contains the acronym "APTMC" (All Proceeds to My Chain).

The official music video premiered to his YouTube channel on August 9, 2023, filmed by BuddaDatBoss and ShotbyFlyGuy, with visual effects by AceViisualz. It featured a cameo from Chicago hip hip group Crucial Conflict.

Cultural references

• Geppetto is the Italian fictional character who created the wooden puppet, Pinocchio.
• Rolex is a Swiss watch designer and manufacturer.
• Ferrari is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer.
• My Little Pony is a franchise by American toy company Hasbro.
• Stonehenge is a prehistoric stone circle monument in Wiltshire, England.
• Daffy Duck is a fictional anthropomorphic black duck who appeared in Looney Tunes.
• Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965) is an American jazz singer, pianist, and actor.
• Gatling is a multi-barrel firearm, invented in 1862 by Richard Jordan Gatling that could fire up to 200 rounds a minute.
• Mercedes-Benz is a German luxury vehicle brand.
• Batcave is the headquarters of DC Comics' superhero Batman.
• Nas is an American rapper and one of Fiasco's major influences.
• Sears is an American chain of department stores.

Gallery

• Visualizer

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Lyrics

"Checkin'"

[Intro]
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah

[Verse 1]
Uh, levels, ladders versus shovels
Overstand like Geppetto
And sometimes I just gotta let go
Let a kid stand with no kick stand peddle
Bike in this bitch (Bike)
I'm scratchin' on gun, ain't no war, just a knife in a knitch
Tighten my grip, right by the tip
Then let it flip, flick of the wrist
Like fishin' for ships, n***as get hit
No, not a slay, when I was a jit
Got hit by a whip
I am a star, I wish on myself
I got the bars, I sip on myself
I'm down on the pill, I slip on a Rollie
I am fulfilled, n***a can't hold me
I am not holy (For real)
Ferrari the whip, My Little Pony
That's why when I'm lit, that's when I'm zonin'
Zone, zone, zone, zone, zone like I'm Sonic
Wipe up a kid, circle of bricks just like it's Stonehenge
Circle of death, just let me donut
Sprinkles are on it, fuck my opponents

[Chorus]
I want a little off the chain
Redbone from the stain
They be checkin' on me, on the regular
(Checkin')
I keep a little chunk of change in the safe
In case I catch a case
Out here doin' more than my competitors

[Verse 2]
Yeah, uh
She a bad ho, she a athlete, uh
Treat a lap dance like a track meet, uh
None of my cars got backseats, uh
Fitted with the fifty, keep the cash neat, uh
Whuppin' on a stripper, get her backbeat, uh
Askin' me to smack her on her asscheek, uh
Duckin' out the club like Daffy, uh
'Fore I fall in love with a bad bitch
Have a n***a sick like a lab leak
Goddamn, I'mma need a vaccine
Blue bottle, finna get the caffeine
Downtown, finna eat the magazine, uh
Wrist all cold like Nat King, chain look St. Marc, call that tag team
Build fast shit like Gatling and that Benz look like that Batwing
Mod that flow from valet, valet gotta park my shit in the Batcave
Shit so serious, Nas wore Sears, I'm in bein' in a Batcage
Above that shit, not only from but I'm of that shit, I love that shit
Put my arm around and hug that shit, ride around town with a thug ass bitch

[Chorus]
'Cause I want a little off the chain
Redbone from the stain
They be checkin' on me, on the regular
(Checkin')
I keep a little chunk of change in the safe
In case I catch a case
Out here doin' more than my competitors

[Outro]
Out here bitch, I out here
(Checkin')
Tell that bitch I out here
I be out here, yeah, I'm out here
(Checkin')
Tell that hoe I'm out here
Yeah I'm out here, yes I'm out here
(Checkin')
Bitch you know I'm out here
Yes I out here, yes I out here
(Checkin')
Yeah, you know I'm out here
(Out, out, out)