To that Porsche grill
It's snakes in the hood
Gotta watch for that Cobra bite
Let me see
There's snakes in the hood
A bird, a horse behind the grill
Something gator on the seat
And a fox behind the wheel

from Lupe Fiasco – Failure Lyrics on Rap Genius

An animal theme begins here as Lupe speaks of a snake, cobra, bird, horse, gator and fox.

In addition theres a car theme going on too:

• Horse behind the grill — Ford Mustang. Also refers to the car’s horsepower.
• Cobra — Ford Mustang SVT Cobra.
• Snake on the hood — A common mod is to put the “snake” logo on the grille of the car.
• “Fox behind the wheel” — Third generation Mustangs were built on the “Ford Fox” platform.
• “Gator” refers to the interior material the cars made from.

These bars go beyond this though as:

• Fox — beautiful young lady.
• Snakes in the hood — other words snitches, people you can’t trust. They’re going after him and talking about him too (cobra bite).
• Birds — Drugs are in the front of the car. Porsche engines are oftentimes in the back of the car. A bird is also a term for a shotgun (esp. a hunting rifle).

Also, although the horse behind the grill could refer to a mustang, the logo for a porsche is a horse so thats more likely to be the car Lupe was referring to

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