"Heat Under the Baby Seat" is the fifth track from American rapper Lupe Fiasco's mixtape Fahrenheit 1/15 Part III: A Rhyming Ape (2005). It details the relationship between guns and violence, and samples the 2005 song "Kids with Guns" by the Gorillaz. The first three scenarios of Terry, Khalil, and Alex would be used in his song "Little Weapon" from his Food & Liquor album.
Cultural references[]
- Kalashnikov rifles or AK rifles are a family of assault rifles, originally manufactured in the Soviet Union.
- Glock 9s are pistols which have a safe action system.
- Intratec was a firearm company based in Miami, Florida.
- A Better Tomorrow is a 1986 Hong Kong action film about two brothers, where one is a former criminal looking to reform and the other a police officer.
- Grand Theft Auto is a series of video games, where players drive and shoot.
Lyrics[]
[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]
A Rhyming Ape
(Pppp-pp)
(Pow, pow!)
(Ch-Ch, pew)
How you gonna get up, man?
I shot you, you did
You can't get up when you did
You gotta lay down
Man, you ain't, you ain't, you ain't playin' right now
Y'know, I can't even play with you no more
You supposed—well you did—you supposed to lay down, man
Whatever
[Verse]
Now little Terry got a gun he got from the store
He bought it with the money he got from his chores
He robbed the candy shop, told her lay down on the floor
"Put the cookies in bag, take the pennies out the drawer!"
Little Khalil got a gun he got from the rebels
To kill the infidels and American devils
A bomb on his waist, a mask on his face
Prays five times a day and listens to heavy metal
Little Alex got a gun he took from his dad
That he snuck into school in his black book bag
His black nail polish, black boots, and black hat
He going to blow away the bully that just pushed his ass
Little Joker got a gun he bought on the street
To go and kill the n***as that beat him up last week
'Cause he don't let go of none of his past beefs
Bullets flying out the window, shells landing on the seats
Little Sarah got a gun from her Uncle Sam
She got armor-piercing rounds and her gun don't jam
She got laser-guided rockets, she killing to go to college
She thought it was an insurgent, it was some old man
Now, you can get guns on the internet
AK's, Glock nines, intratecs
So when you see shorty don't disrespect
Watch A Better Tomorrow and play Grand Theft Auto
Hear a bang