Lupe Fiasco releases music video for “CHANNEL No3” (+Lyrics)

Lupe Fiasco releases the music video for the self-produced piece of music titled “CHANNEL No3.” Listen, stream, read the lyrics, buy the song.

Lupe Fiasco fans have been eating in recent times. Although there was a point in the past decade when he threatened to retire, these past few years have seen Lupe deliver some quality music. In 2022, he dropped off his latest body of work, Drill Music In Zion, a 10-song body of work that he referred to as his Illmatic. However, he’s remained active with a slew of singles and guest features including a verse on Aesop Rock and Blockhead’s “Pumpkin Seeds.”

Fortunately, he’s keeping his foot on the gas. In April, he released “SentRock” and followed up with “Checkin’” shortly after. Then, he came through with “Outside” a week later. It appears that he still has more heat in the arsenal, indicating that Lupe still has more music ready to unload on his fans. This morning, he came through with his latest offering, “Channel No 3.” The self-produced single brings a warm sense of nostalgia as he reflects on his love for video games.

Lupe’s quick-witted bars and slick wordplay take center stage on “Channel No. 3.” Throughout the record, the rapper reflects on the world of video games, name-dropping platforms like Nintendo, TurboGrafx, and Genesis as he brings fans on a journey through his childhood. Although Lupe’s established himself as an elite MC, his latest offering is another great showcase of his songwriting abilities.

Outside of music, Lupe Fiasco’s been prospering in the world of post-secondary education as a visiting professor at MIT. The Chicago rapper began teaching the “Rap Theory & Practice: An Introduction” course as part of the MLK Visiting Professor Program at the school. Additionally, he announced that he will be a Saybrook Fellow at Yale University.

Lupe Fiasco – CHANNEL No3 (prod. Lupe Fiasco)

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7 July 2023
1 Song, 3 minutes
℗ 2023 1st and 15th Too marketed and distributed by Thirty Tigers

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Lyrics

[Intro]
And they say, and they say, they say
And they say, they say, say
Uh-huh
Yeah-yeah
Uh-huh
Yeah
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-uh
Yeah, yeah

[Verse 1]
If my Nintendo could talk and the door was a jaw
And the cartridge was a tongue, it’d say, “Come”
You can meet the final boss if you don’t take a loss, so
Just know when to run
Or when to jump or just when to slide
Know where the secrets are (Are)
Know where the treasure hides (Hides)
Pleasure televised (‘Ised), computer terrorize (‘Ize)
But I got the cheat code so I will never die

[Chorus]
I got them video games, video games
Silly old things, I be playin’ in my mama house, in my mama house (Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah)
I got them video games (Uh), video games (Games)
Silly old things, I be playin’ in my mama house (Yeah), in my mama house (Uh, uh)

[Verse 2]
If my Genesis could sing, it’d be crowned the king
Of R&B, make me fall in love with the screen
RNG got me shedding blood for the fling (Fling)
Controller 2 get inside the plug for the team (Team)
Need twice the help ’cause it’s quite hard
Stick a knife into my life bar, save it at the right part
So we ain’t resetting to the beginning
Memorizing the maps, a collection of positions
In my mind, start flying, we running outta time
If we can reach the next checkpoint we’ll be fine
They say it’s more fun out in the sunshine
But I ain’t going outside ’cause I

[Chorus]
I got them video games, video games
Silly old things, I be playin’ in my mama house, in my mama house (Yeah-yeah)
I got them video games, video games
Silly old things, I be playin’ in my mama house (Yeah), in my mama house (Uh, uh)

[Verse 3]
Before the TurboGrafx magic and the PlayStation nation
My dad had cabinets all in the basements
So going downstairs was like taking a vacation
A kid in an arcade, my daily situation
We used to have floppy disks, CDs was a major innovation
I remember Commodore 64, quarters, going to the store to go to war
But wasn’t nothing like sitting on the floor
Flipping up the door and slipping in the game
And remembering the code and forgetting you was poor
GGs my Gs, Westside is logging out one hand on WASD, the other hand on my mouse playin’

[Chorus]
I got them video games, video games
Silly old things, I be playin’ in my mama house, in my mama house (Yeah)
I got them video games, video games
Silly old things, I be playin’ in my mama house (Yeah), in my mama house
I got them video games, video games
Silly old things, I be playin’ (Silly old things) in my mama house (Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah), in my mama house (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
I got them video games, video games
Silly old things, I be playin’ in my mama house, in my mama house, yeah

[Outro]
I got them video games
Silly old things, I be playin’ in my mama house
GG, GG, yeah
I got them video games
Video games, in my mama house, yeah, yeah