"I Know Why" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco featuring fellow 1st & 15th artist Gemini, with production handled by Prolyfic. The song surfaced online in 2008, received by Fake Shore Drive along with other recordings.
Cultural references[]
- Visine are a brand of eye drops.
- Days of Our Lives is a long-running soap opera TV series from 1965–2022.
Lyrics[]
[Chorus: Gemini, Lupe Fiasco]
Yeah
I know why
(I know, I know)
Oooh, I know why
(I know, yeah)
I know why
(I know why, yeah)
Oooh, I know why
Yo, this right here, man
[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]
The stereo love shouted out through the hood, the streets
Through the mountain tops like [?]
We gonna see soldier and it ain't looking too good through the eyes of this beholder
You gonna need more than visine and high beams to see what I've seen
I drop, never will I but still I have no plans
Just the cold smile like slow man and
[?] float and 70 levels to go, man
Definitely not your regularly scheduled program
I'll send you through it, Days of Our Lives to be continued to it
This is MA music, you're gonnna need permission from your parental unit to view it
Take this shit right here
My decision, I don't need the teacher's permission to use it
I am it
[Chorus: Gemini, Lupe Fiasco]
I know why
(Uh-huh, yeah)
Oooh, I know why
(Let's go, uh-huh, yeah)
I know why
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
Oooh, I know why
Yeah. Yo, uh-huh
[Verse 2]
Once they found out I had [?] to cop
And bitches got back like mix-a-lot
You caught up in the storm and the [?]
This is gonna be much more than playing fast-forward, this is [?]
Moving it very fast [?] and he carries that torchin', yeah he has more
Thanks for making it possible, now he's gonna make it impossible
Every imaginary obstacle
Them n****s say I wouldn't be nothing, hence the same, since became
[?] the brims, A-S, monkey rich the games, see you rip the reins
Let the [?] attackers
These days the rappers can't get on my plane like B-A barrackers
When they find out, see they cast it
I pity the fools and keep [?] to pool
[Chorus: Gemini, Lupe Fiasco]
I know why
(I know, uh-huh)
Oooh, I know why
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
I know why
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
Oooh, I know why
I know why, man
Listen, I'm gonna do it right here man
[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco]
I am A [?]
I am [?]
Can't help it, I am so selfish
Things are changing, and I so felt it
Ballin' ain't the point, no, I run through paper
I am so felt-tipped
I parlay set in my ways and watch y'all n****s parvays
Stepping in Jay's, walk in his shoes
I am like [?]
[?] wounds
[?]
I never knew what bass meant, now I rep it for sellin' the sellers
And they [?]
I oppose your closeness, so I propose a toast it's just
Bun and Chilly and my closest [?] towards all these bags and the roaches
I have seen the light [?] from the roof now
So I gotta lean my sights with my finger like
[Chorus: Gemini, Lupe Fiasco]
I know why
Oooh, I know why
(Yeah, you know how it is)
I know why
(Let's go, let's go)
Oooh, I know why
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
(It's not a game)
I know why
(Let's go)
Oooh, I know why
(I know, I been on)
I know why
Oooh, I know why
(I understand man, you cannot stop me, man)
(Beautiful man!)
[Outro: Lupe Fiasco]
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
Knowledge is power, 1st and 15th
I know I ain't chasing no more
I know why, man
It's not a secret anymore