Nothin’ On You Lyrics

[Lupe Talking Over Hook]
Heh..you know what I'm sayin'?
I mean, temptation is a mother
But you're like none other
They can't compare
's why I'm here, you know?
It's like FOR-ever, that's like a long time (haha)
Yeah, the vibrations are very nice on this one
Lupe, let's go…PEACE!

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Genius Annotation

This song is off of the mixtape Extra Lasers. It uses the beat of B.o.B.’s song by the same name. The song was originally slated for B.o.B’s Atlantic Records label mate, Lupe Fiasco. Producer Jim Jonsin, who signed B.o.B to his Rebel Rock imprint, told MTV News that he was responsible for redirecting the record to his artist. “I was actually working on a session in Chung King [Studios], and [Atlantic Records chairman] Craig Kallman called me during that session with that particular track, to work on it for Lupe Fiasco,” Jonsin said. “I told Craig, ‘I like the song a lot. It’s a smash and could be somebody’s single. But it’s not Lupe’s record. I need this record for B.o.B. Please give this record to B.o.B’ I guess they went through whoever they went through, convinced whoever they needed to, and it got to B.o.B.”

In this song Lupe uses an extended metaphor in a manner like Common’s “I Used to Love H.E.R.”. Lupe sings three verses apparently to a woman he’s in love with, until the last line of the third verse where he states “I take the rap, they got nothin on you”.

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