Cold War (Feat. Jane)-Lupe Fiasco

[ti:Cold War (Feat. Jane)] [ar:Lupe Fiasco] [al:Food & Liquor II: The Great Am] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.51]Artist: Lupe Fiasco [00:02.56] [00:03.69]Title: Cold War（feat Jane $$$） [00:07.37] [00:26.29]At my brother's Janazah [00:28.19] [00:28.99]Tears stained sunglassses [00:31.46]A Salat with no bows [00:33.76]Pallbearer carry you to the car now [00:36.69]Chilly day Mosque on 96 and 3rd [00:40.15]New York City way me and Jay never left my side [00:45.33]Rest like that picture with your pride [00:47.63]Who look just like [00:50.22]Now the city looks less bright [00:53.46]Brooklyn looking less special [00:55.09]Don't carry the same weight [00:56.89]As when you were on this level [00:58.43]You: work in progress from 40 projects God bless [01:06.37]An inspiration and a king [01:08.25]They won't know what I mean but this one 'bout to spring [01:12.10]Protect it with every feather on the wings [01:14.55]So even when it hurts you'll never feel a thing [01:16.92]Said it's a cold cold war [01:19.79]Ain't nobody wins like the government [01:23.17]In the U S S R [01:26.34]Cause this is all for shares [01:27.95]Nobody cares [01:29.68]Who you think you are [01:32.73]And you can fight it but there's no defense [01:36.12]For what things are [01:39.73] [01:40.66]Baby grab a jacket [01:42.34]It's a cold cold [01:43.53]Let me clarify the chorus [01:44.78]And what my cold war is [01:46.87] [01:47.81]Cause the complexity is enormous [01:50.51]Using one of my greatest losses with eyes like faucets [01:54.57]To reinforce every single word that I talk with [01:58.49]Something about losing things human beings [02:00.55]That reduces things to their most elementary [02:04.66]Find yourself where you never meant to be [02:08.24]With the energy of memories [02:10.27]That's the soul force of what's behind killing me [02:14.57]Finding pleasure in the pains [02:16.81]Like finding desert in the rain [02:18.98]Twisted: how this world can drive you masochistic [02:21.19] [02:22.37]Question if I'm over it [02:24.11]Or if I'm numb because I'm closureless [02:26.47]Or my closure's that we all gotta go and shit [02:29.56]Rendered emotionless but moving at the speed of running over it [02:33.01]Still happy that I opened it [02:34.12]Said it's a cold cold war [02:36.71]Ain't nobody wins like the government [02:39.94]In the U S S R [02:41.68] [02:43.09]Cause this is all for shares [02:44.72]Nobody cares [02:46.38]Who you think you are [02:49.41]And you can fight it but there's no defense [02:52.71]For what things are [02:57.40]Baby grab a jacket [02:58.89]It's a cold cold [03:00.31]In the studio writing these words [03:02.05]One after another [03:02.90]In memorial of my brother [03:04.70]As you listen to the album with [03:06.81]Nothing on the cover [03:07.91]I imagine that he hovers [03:09.67]In the back of his chair [03:11.23]Floating right there in the air [03:12.84]Nodding his head to the music I slightly lose it [03:16.54]Ask why do I put myself through this [03:19.79]Crack a smile look up at the file [03:22.79]The waveforms on the screen of me tryna tell you what I mean [03:26.96]But I feel that it's all lost [03:28.59]Or maybe that it's all gotta cross [03:31.38]Happy with his dedicated song [03:33.96]But now he's all gone [03:35.52]But he was never there cause [03:37.24]He was everywhere nowhere and down here [03:40.45]Maybe on that judgement day rise up [03:43.20]We'll both open our eyes up climb up [03:46.59]Hoping God forgives us for our tendencies [03:49.33]Wipes away our cool young histories [03:50.63]Said it's a cold cold war [03:53.49]Ain't nobody wins like the government [03:56.67]In the U S S R [03:58.66] [03:59.83]Cause this is all for shares [04:01.51]Nobody cares [04:03.13]Who you think you are [04:06.22]And you can fight it [04:07.83]But there's no defense [04:09.52]For what things are [04:14.34]Baby grab a jacket [04:15.70]It's a cold cold [04:17.78] [04:19.59]Ride around you know what I'm saying [04:22.38]All over the world right I mean everywhere [04:27.51]I mean we just disappear and just come back [04:30.81]I feel like we can just put him anywhere [04:32.55] [04:33.62]He'd find his way back home y'know'm saying [04:38.79]Another random thing's that consequence to me [04:41.56]But maybe to you not much [04:46.50]But with that said the reason behind me [04:53.94]Why I do what I does love [05:01.30] [05:02.98]Just riding around bumping that uh [05:05.15]Either Jay or Nas or me [05:10.13] [05:11.48]I used to tell him like "yeah you alright" [05:16.36]But you ain't f**king with my man [05:18.43] [05:21.59]It was always like that so [05:27.04] [05:28.02]Drop a little for you let it bump [05:31.79] [05:33.84]This that Esco music it's that Esco music [05:42.83] [05:46.25]Bumping with my Esco music that raw [05:52.64] [05:56.18]See you on the other side As-Salamu Alaykum [05:58.66] [06:12.27]-End-