"Harold's" is a song by Lupe Fiasco, published to his Twitter account on February 4, 2018, from his vault. It was dedicated to Harold Perks as a birthday present. The track talks about the Chicago-based fried-chicken chain, Harold's Chicken Shack.
Background[]
It was initially going to appear on Fiasco's Drogas Light track list, though did not make the final cut.[1][2] Later in 2018, he posted it online and said, "Happy Birthday To My Real Brothers Harold "Huggy Bear" Perkins...this one dedicated to you big bro! Love 🙏🏾 couldn't find a gift so I figured I bring you back to the crib one time..." Below was a video that filmed employees preparing chicken and fries for their customers.[3]
Leor Galil for Chicago Reader got in contact with Norm Lewis, a manager who runs the West Loop joint. Lewis said, "That's my store that's in the video" and continued, "Yeah, I seen the guy in the kitchen [filming] and everything. But I didn't know he was doing the video for Lupe Fiasco." He added, "It was real nice. It shows how we cook everything fresh. It's shows how we handle the customers."[4]
Lyrics[]
Hamilton, story of the Southern Fried Chicken King
[?] number five color dye for the drizzlin'
Deepest grease, feast your peeps on the sizzlin'
Southern delight, supper color the white
Mother what is the spice?
In the flesh set on the table, not the sex on the cable
Or send the max at night
This oily royalty that royally spoils me
Another batch, the coronator chef who chase roosters with an axe
One [?] sound to be found beneath karate class
Prized crinkle fries purchased by the body bag
Or mild sauce applied by the shotty blast
Eatin' through the soggy brown paper out the bottom
Two-handed bandit, I got 'em
And sport the white fork for the gobblin'
Extra sopping to be done with white bread with the brown rim
So sweet you wanna make it [?] crowd swim
Greasy lips while he singin' out a loud hymn
Harold's
Premiere kitchen for the chicken fat
Always hitting with other finger-licking missing that
A universal gift for international diplomats
Makes KFC taste like Mississippi river rat
I would love a destination for gives a snack
Other reputation is for making n***gas fat
Belly all swole
Asses that shake like jelly going cold
[Interlude]
Harold's
Proteins and starches
Sugar water for parches
Cholesterol artist
Leave a n***ga [?]
Or at least triply bypass
With my [?]
References[]
- ↑ "Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco)". Twitter. May 6, 2016.
- ↑ Cowen, Trace (February 5, 2018). "Chicken Shack on Unreleased ‘Drogas Light' Song". Complex.
- ↑ "Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco)". Twitter. February 4, 2018.
- ↑ Galil, Leor (February 13, 2018). "Lupe Fiasco's 'Harold's' builds on Chicago hip-hop's historical connection to the fried-chicken chain [UPDATED]". Chicago Reader.