I Don't Like To Degrade Women, But

True Terrorism, You Know, Weaponized Fear. In Defense Of Ourselves, We're Fighting - Actively Fighting Something Else. But If You're Going To Fight Terrorism, To Me, You Fight The Root Causes Of Terrorism.

Da Pak Was A Group Out Of Chicago. It Was A Put-together Group. We Actually Met For The First Time At This Showcase. They Were Like 'yo, You Should Do A Song Together.' So We Did. It Just So Happened That The Name Of The Song Was 'wolf Pak.' They Said, 'y'all Should Be A Group Called Da Pak, And Here's A Record Deal.'

The Stuff That I Make And The Things That I Talk About, You Have To Listen, So If The Beat Is Doing Too Much, It's Going To Take You Away. If The Hook Is Too Distracting, It's Going To Take You Away. The Hook Just Needs To Be Enough To Get You From One Verse To The Next.

For Me, I Never Wore My Religion On My Sleeve, You Know What I'm Saying? I Never Put Myself Out There As Lupe Fiasco, He's Muslim, He's From Chicago, He Likes To Ride A Skateboard.

Oh Yeah, I'm Literally Walking Through My House Now Looking Down And There Are Maybe, Like, 15 Pairs On The Floor. For Real. Real Talk. It's Just Simplicity. They're Something I Wear Every Day. Before I Got A Deal With Them, I Was Wearing Some Type Of Vans All The Time. I Would Just Order Them By The Box, Like, 10 At A Time.