Comments on: Lupe Fiasco: “Free Gaza”

By: #FreeGaza

#FreeGaza — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:59:50 +0000

Will Programmer Craig please stfu, stfu, stfu, and will lupe fiasco please stand up?

By: ubrfbi

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By: Jillian

Jillian — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:50:00 +0000

Maytha,

I agree that “Muhammad Walks” sounds like a rip-off (even though I also agree that it sort of isn’t, given how common that styling is), but I don’t think I agree that “Jesus Walks” relates any more to Islam than it does to root Christianity or religious folks in general.

I like Lupe a lot as a rapper, period – I did before it ever occurred to me that he was Muslim, but yeah, now that I’ve seen him more in the public eye, the heavy self-marketing has gotten a bit annoying. I guess that’s why I like Mos so much (and there ya’all were, thinking it was just cause I’m a white girl

-Jillian

By: Yasser

Yasser — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:10:00 +0000

Anon 1:18pm,

I don’t have substantive discussions with anons. Please leave me alone…weirdo.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:18:00 +0000

yasser, are you a closet homosexual?

By: Yasser

Yasser — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:27:00 +0000

Anon, what’s the “we” all know business…? You got a mouse in your pocket? Talking about “we” like you got people ridin’ with you…you’re just weird, now leave me alone.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:34:00 +0000

Yasser, you forgot to mention Zionist balls somewhere in your post. I’m sure it will come in a future “anonymous” posting, but i’m here to restate, again, that we all know you are the Zionist ball lover and you should just write it under your own name in the future

By: Yasser

Yasser — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:35:00 +0000

PC, you don’t know anything about rap, please don’t try to discuss…stick to, you know…sucking balls.

Maytha, i disagree boo. Lupe’s Muhammed walks sucked, but it is not a “rip off”. Lupe is affiliated with Kanye/Rhymefest, etc. and it’s normal for rappers to build off of and do freestyles over others’ beats and ideas. Kanye did it/does it too…very normal and appropriate.

I also don’t think Lupe’s Muslimness is a gimic…there’s no angle, it’s not a good thing to be a real Sunni Muslim in the entertainment business, it’s a liability. I don’t think there is any basis to call into question the sincerety of his faith or the reason he is so vocal about it.

PC, again, did you write that rhyme yourself, you pubic hair flossing racist?

By: programmer craig

programmer craig — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:16:00 +0000

You think these lyrics relate more to Muslims, Maytha? :o

Yo, We at war
We at war with terrorism, racism, and most of all we at war with ourselves
(Jesus Walks)
God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down
(Jesus Walks with me) with me, with me, with me [fades]

You know what the Midwest is?
Young & Restless
Where restless (Niggaz) might snatch your necklace
And next these (Niggaz) might jack your Lexus
Somebody tell these (Niggaz) who Kanye West is
I walk through the valley of the Chi where death is
Top floor the view alone will leave you breathless Uhhhh!
Try to catch it Uhhhh! It's kinda hard hard
Getting choked by the detectives yeah yeah now check the method
They be asking us questions, harass and arrest us
Saying "we eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast"
Huh? Yall eat pieces of shit? What's the basis?
We ain't going nowhere but got suits and cases
A trunk full of coke rental car from Avis
My momma used to say only Jesus can save us
Well momma I know I act a fool
But I'll be gone 'til November I got packs to move I Hope

[Hook x2]
(Jesus Walks)
God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down
(Jesus Walks with me)
The only thing that that I pray is that my feet don't fail me now
(Jesus Walks)
And I don't think there is nothing I can do now to right my wrongs
(Jesus Walks with me)
I want to talk to God but I'm afraid because we ain't spoke in so long

To the hustlas, killers, murderers, drug dealers even the strippers
(Jesus walks with them)
To the victims of Welfare for we living in hell here hell yeah
(Jesus walks with them)
Now hear ye hear ye want to see Thee more clearly
I know he hear me when my feet get weary
Cuz we're the almost nearly extinct
We rappers are role models we rap we don't think
I ain't here to argue about his facial features
Or here to convert atheists into believers
I'm just trying to say the way school need teachers
The way Kathie Lee needed Regis that's the way yall need Jesus
So here go my single dog radio needs this
They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus
That means guns, sex, lies, video tapes
But if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?
Well let this take away from my spins
Which will probably take away from my ends
Then I hope this take away from my sins
And bring the day that I'm dreaming about
Next time I'm in the club everybody screaming out

(Jesus Walks)
God show me the way because the devil trying to break me down
(Jesus Walks)
The only thing that that I pray is that my feet don't fail me now
(Jesus Walks)
And I don't thing there's nothing I can do now to right my wrongs
(Jesus walks with me... fades)
The only thing that I pray is that me feet don't fail me now

By: Maytha

Maytha — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:56:00 +0000

yes Jillian,

Yasser is right, Rhymefest (who is also Muslim) ghost co-wrote “Jesus Walks.” And interesting enough, if you listen to the words of the song, it relates stronger to messages of faith in Islam, and “Mohammad Walks” (as I concur with Yasser) is a cheap sleight-of the hand, rip-off. Actually, I am not that impressed by Lupe to begin with, and consider his self-marketing as the poster-boy for Sunni Islam in hip hop as uber-gimmicky.