This one thing is why I love Lupe……

25Mar10

Asking for a press pass to the Lupe Fiasco concert was  my first experience with promoters and photographing a concert. I took the risk of rejction for the opprotunity to hear Lupe Fiasco sing this song in live. Sadly, he didn’t sing it but I definatly got more than I had hoped for!!  I did get some phenominal shots, witnessed a crowd of young adults having a great time in Stockton, and met this young gentle poet !!! Many of my coworkers had no idea who he is .

I can make it so simple….lyrics to He Said She Said

She said to him
“I want you to be a father
He’s your little boy and you don’t even bother
Like “brother” without the R
And he’s starting to harbor
Cool and food for thought
But for you he’s a starver
Starting to use red markers on his work
His teacher say they know he’s much smarter

But he’s hurt
Used to hand his homework in first
Like he was the classroom starter

Burst to tears
Let them know she see us
Now he’s fighting in class
Got a note last week that say he might not pass
Ask me if his daddy was sick of us
Cause you ain’t never pick him up

You see what his problem is?
He don’t know where his poppa is
No positive male role model
To play football and build railroad models

It’s making a hole you’ve been digging it
Cause you ain’t been kicking it
Since he was old enough to hold bottles
Wasn’t supposed to get introduced to that
He don’t deserve to get used to that

Now I ain’t asking you for money or to come back to me
Some days it ain’t sunny but it ain’t so hard
Just breaks my heart
When I try to provide and he say ‘Mommy that ain’t your job’
To be a man, I try to make him understand
That I’m his number one fan
But its like he born from the stands
You know the world is out to get him, so why don’t you give him a chance?”

So he said to him
“I want you to be a father
I’m your little boy and you don’t even bother
Like “brother” without the R
And I’m starting to harbor
Cool and food for thought
But for you I’m a starverThere’s more ……but you get the point!

 

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