They.Resurrect.Over.New.

"They.Resurrect.Over.New."Song by Lupe Fiasco featuring Ab-Soul and Troi Irons
from the album Tetsuo & Youth
Released	January 20, 2015 (2015-01-20)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	5:38
Label	1st & 15 Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Dacoury Natche Herbert Stevens IV Michael Tucker Wasalu Jaco
Producer(s)	Blood Diamonds DJ Dahi
Tetsuo & Youth chronology
‹ Previous	"Adoration of the Magi"
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"They.Resurrect.Over.New." (abbreviated as "T.R.O.N.") is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, the 15th track from his fifth studio album Tetsuo & Youth (2015). It features guest vocals from Ab-Soul and Troi Irons, with production handled by Blood Diamonds and DJ Dahi. Fiasco uploaded the song to his SoundCloud the same day of the album's release. "They.Resurrect.Over.New." seems to visualize life as a video game, where the chorus serves as them progressing to the next level.

In December 2014, he mentioned the track along with "#Cooler," suggesting a new installment for The Cool storyline. It is very similar title-wise to C.L. Smooth and Pete Rock's "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" (1992), a song which Fiasco based the beat on for "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)" (2012).

Critical reception

HipHopDX editor Justin Hunte called the track "disappointing ," feeling while it did connect conceptually, it "sounds less dope doing so."

Personnel

• Charles "Free Chilly" Patton – executive producer
• Chris Gehringer – masterer
• Dacoury "DJ Dahi" Natche – writer, producer
• DJ Spryte – scratches
• Erik Hammer – guitar
• Hebert "Ab-Soul" Stevens IV – featured artist, vocals, writer
• Jean-Marie Horvat – mixer
• Michael "Blood Diamonds" Tucker – writer, producer
• Troi Irons – featured artist, vocals
• Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco – executive producer, lead artist, vocals, writer

Gallery

• Audio

Trivia and cultural references

• Tron (1982) is an arcade video game, heard in the song's intro and in the refrain. The player has to score points and advance through the game's twelve levels by completing each of the sub-games.
• Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter that makes up most of a galaxy's mass and forms the foundation of our Universe's structure.
• Double Dutch is a game using two jump ropes that turn in opposite directions. It also serves as an idiom, meaning gibberish or unintelligible language.
• Fiasco created the D.R.U.G.S. acronym, 'Don't Run Us, God Said,' which may be a hint for his next album, DROGAS.
• Soca is a genre of music and type of dance that originated in the 1970s. It was invented by Lord Shorty, defined as the "Soul of Calypso."
• Dikembe Mutombo is a Congolese-American former professional basketball player. He is 7'2" and nicknamed "Mount Mutombo" for his defense play.
• MK-Ultra were illegal human experiments conducted by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Their goal was to develop drugs for torture, mind control, and information collecting.
• Parkay is a margarine. Margarine was invented as a cheaper butter substitute, though there are negative health effects. It can be noted that some brands are high in trans fats, which is mainly the reason for lead to heart diseases.
• Riesling is a white grape variety used to make white wine. One of the methods for wine-making is grape-stomping, which involves trampling grapes with bare feet to release their juices and begin fermentation.
• BDSM is an erotic practice involving domination and sadomasochism. Safe words are used, for when the submissive partner wants to stop.
• Galileo Galilei (February 15, 1564 – January 8, 1642) is an Italian scientist. According to story, he dropped two balls of different masses from the Leaning Tower of Pisa in order to show that objects fall with the same acceleration. It was popularly believed at the time that the heavier object fell down faster, where the experiment disproved Aristotle's theory of gravity.
• Scarface (1983) tells the story of Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee who arrives in Miami impoverished and becomes a powerful drug lord. His ambition becomes his downfall when he is ultimately shot and falls off the balcony into a pool, where a nearby statue of a globe ironically bears the inscription "The World Is Yours" as he drowns.
• The Fountain of Youth is a mythical spring which allegedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters.
• Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African-American human rights activist. He chose 'X' to symbolize his unknown African ancestral surname.
• In sumo wrestling, yokozuna (横綱) is the sport's highest rank. It means "horizontal rope."
• In Greek mythology, King Midas of Phrygia was ruled by foolishness and greed. He had the power to turn anything he touched into gold. Medusa is one of the three Gorgons, who has serpents for hair. She has the ability to turn anyone into stone by gazing into their eyes.
• Charley Wingate, also known as Max B, is an American rapper and singer. He is credited for introducing the term "wavy" as a slang in popular lexicon.
• In astronomy and astrology, Aquarius (♒︎) is a constellation symbolized as the bearer of water.
• Mancala is a board game that originated in Africa. It can be played with stones, where the objective is usually to capture all or some set of the opponent's pieces.
• Dig Dug (1982) is an arcade video game where the player digs underground tunnels to attack enemies. Once all the enemies have been defeated, the player proceeds to the next level.

Lyrics

"They.Resurrect.Over.New."

[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]
Dark matter with the sparks scattered up above, velvet hands in the upper glove—touch
Like bad double dutch, and two Amsterdam's ain't enough—D.R.U.G.S.
"Don't ruin us," God said—DROGAS—too much pride we electric slide
We should be closer, like soca, not a chain, but a choker
I see the sun then the clouds then the vultures, pay respects in my sensei's sculpture
High as the angel on Dikembe's shoulder, eyes looking like MK-Ultra
Redacted vision through these dark shades, bad dreams through the screens of an arcade
Hangin' on the joy like the residues of heartbreak, park full of art, arteries full of parkay
Beating it, like new games, easily defeating
Or two gangs meeting for the evening, or two feet on a Riesling (Yeah!) slow whine
Meditate until there's no mind, decorate me with shine 'til I go blind
BDSM dominated it with no bind, safe word is "Don't stop," both, or don't go no times

[Chorus: Lupe Fiasco]
Proceed to the next level
T.R.O.N.
Proceed to the next level
T.R.O.N.

[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]
Coolest, tulips; flowers, fall from the towers
Like balls from Galileo to lay low, ignorance is that the world isn't ours—the gall!
Give them all showers, Tony found the fountain of youth, in the mountain of powder
To only find truth in the fountain, drownin' in power, surrounded with dollars
The moon surrounds us like spoons moving chowder—cut—that's a misdirect
To stir the soul with diseffect, names don't last like Mr. X, unless you Galilei
Droppin' bowling balls on the discotheque, with a disco ball hanging 'round your neck
Dance—it's a new year, every time I open my hands
Thoughts moving circles and the thoughts universal, yokozunas throwing salt in the circle
Sumo you up off off your turf boy, tsunami you up off your surfboard
Midas turn Medusa into gold, 'fore Versace turned words into turquoise
Medusa turned coke into stone with a hand on her thigh, she looked me in the eye and said—

[Bridge: Lupe Fiasco, Troi, Ab-Soul]
(Proceed to the next level)
Come so far, seen so much
T.R.O.N.
I cannot settle for good enough
(Proceed to the next level)
So I'll sweat and I'll climb
T.R.O.N.
Until I reach my prime
The forces rise and fall again
Through it all, I'll reach the end
(Proceed to the next level)
In my eyes, there's a fire
And it takes me high
Uh!
Yeah

[Verse 3: Ab-Soul]
Soulo! Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll be among the stars (Space)
Backstroke in my pool of thought but don't mind the sharks (Wavy)
Ab-Solar-system—intergalactic soldier (Uh)
Lupe say I'm a stoner—I said that I'm much bolder (Yeah)
Trapped in a game where the trap is the game, yeah (Word)
Scope this horror, Aquariuses make it rain here
No love for Your honor—only God can judge us, if you're Islamic, Allah (God!)
I've had it up to my collar with these n*ggas castin' stones like this Mancala (Uh)
Proceed to the next level, dig that with a platinum shovel—Black magic (Black magic)
Matter of fact—if matter is fact? A matter-factory is in the makin', perhaps
Uh, erase your database, we race against time, no time to set a date
Tetsuo & Youth-induced, too cool for school, unloose the noose and—

[Chorus: Lupe Fiasco, Ab-Soul, Troi]
Proceed to the next level
Soul!
T.R.O.N. (T.R.O.N.! T.R.O.N.! T.R.O.N.!)
Proceed to the next level
T.R.O.N.
Proceed to the next level
T.R.O.N. (T.R.O.N.! T.R.O.N.! T.R.O.N.!)
Proceed to the next level
(T.R.O.N.! T.R.O.N.! T.R.O.N.! T.R.O.N.! T.R.O.N.!)

[Outro: Troi]
We're going up, we're going up
Next level, next floor
I'm ready for it, I've been waiting all my life
(T.R.O.N., T.R.O.N.)
We're going up, we're going up
Next level, next floor
I'm ready for it, I've been waiting all my life
(T.R.O.N., T.R.O.N.)