Lupe Fiasco - Countdown lyrics

[Verse 1: Consequence] The only dog from the kennel who made it up to Kimmel And that’s a symbol some will say is symbolic Of the sentiment that we should have a seminar in college Cause the way we take a term and turn it into paper You could turn it in and tell ’em that’s your term paper Cause we been takin’ paper on our own terms The kind of paper that’d make ’em say, ‘It’s your turn’ But those turns’ll take the ‘hey’ to a ‘hooray’ And have you like Frank when his bird was in the fireplace My mistake must’ve been punctuality Cause f**in’ up some commas isn’t everyone’s reality But f** them other hitters, anyone I go to bat for Is ’bout to have a Benz symbol on they dashboard So watch who you pinch wit’ them crab claws Cause safe flight won’t come to fix a gla** jaw, it’s the Cons, fool [Hook] (x2) Yeah, I make you count That’s why you hear me on the countdown Cost so many bodies that it’s gettin’ hard to count now I just keep countin’, aw, yeah, as we count it all I just keep countin’ away [Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco] Out the door of the limo to make it up to Leno And at a tempo, some would say it’s Ben Wallace The defensiveness of n***as who ain’t never left the projects Cause we can never trust, but we be havin’ fun But that’s what happens when you hatch without a trust fund So you trust the fundamentals that’s your net worth And only fund the trustworthy n***as in your network Keep your eyes on the prize, watch ’em dilate And hope the prize stare back at you like a fire escape My mistake must’ve been my reality Cause when you spittin’ facts and turn saliva into salaries Don’t f** wit’ other spitters, but the ones that go to bat for us Like the Benz got a bat symbol on the dashboard Backballin’ and the ones that turn to Shaq 4 Better sin safe like to fix the backboard, it’s Lu’, n***a [Hook] (x2) [Bridge: Chris Turner] I just keep countin’ cause I know we’re number one I just keep countin’ cause I know we’re number one And I know when the summer comes She gon’ me, ‘You’re the one’ I just keep countin’ cause I know we’re number one I just keep countin’ cause I know we’re number one And I know when the summer’s done She gon’ me, ‘You’re the one’ So I just keep countin’ as I count it all So I just keep countin’ as w count it all [Hook] (x2)