Lupe Fiasco - State Run Radio [ft. Matt Mahaffey]

[Radio static]
[Chorus - Matt Mahaffey]
You must be…a radio station
And who are we? We must be..a number one song spinnin all day long
And over again[x5]
We don’t win when we call in.
And nothin’s free, sounds to me like
State Run Radio[x8]

[Verse 1]
We interrupt this broadcast,
To bring you this special message bout the forecast
The futures cloudy and it’s raining on the poor class
Road to peace is closed, heavy traffic on the war paths
Love is balling on a budget, the military says it’s gon need more cash
To keep fighting for your gas
Keep us in our hoods and hope we never explore pass
Stay inside of your half
Believe the lies you learned in your class
That there's no treasure in your trash
And the ceiling has the same feeling that the floor has
And that’s where you should stay,
This is what they play

[Chorus - Matt Mahaffey]
Over again
And over again[x4]
And we don’t win when we call in.
And nothin’s free, sounds to me like
State Run Radio[x8]

[Verse 2]
You’re now tuned into the weakest
Frequency of fear keep you locked right here
And hope you never leave this, never be a leader
Think inside the box, and follow all procedures
Never ever believe that you will never need this
Hit up all your friends and tell them to repeat this
Higher on the air, now what you wanna hear?
Well we ain’t got the truth, but how about a remix?
Different is never good, good is only what we pick
You ain’t got a hit, unless it sounds like these did
Not too smart, you will be a superstar
And if you dumb it sumn, maybe you could be number one

[Chorus- Matt Mahaffey]
Over again
And over again[x4]
And we don’t win when we call in.
And nothin’s free, sounds to me like
State Run Radio[x8]

[Verse 3]
So beware what’s on the airwaves.
And be more aware of what’s not getting airplay
Independent spirits, you can barely hear what they’re sayin
Truth ain’t getting on like shampoo on an airplane
Propaganda’s everywhere. Constantly on replay
All the hits, all the time. Back to back on relay
We’re really where it lives, make em hear the records we play
Build your own station, become your own DJ's

[Chorus - Matt Mahaffey]
You must be…a radio station
And who are we? We must be..a number one song spinnin all day long
And you put me…in daily rotation
You’re on the air, we know you’re scared
But we don’t care, we’ll play this here
Over again
And over again[x4]
We don’t win when we call in.
And nothin’s free, sounds to me like
State Run Radio[x16]