Down

[Chorus: Nikki Jean & Lupe Fiasco] Fish is my friends and the whales is my homies Octopuses my people, the shrimp, they all know me The sharks is my niggas, the dolphins is with us The crabs is my comrades, the seahorse be holdin' us down Jellyfish, they just be rollin’ around Lobsters is cool, they are not food They part of the crew And that mean they down (that mean they down) [Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco] Life Aquatic, product of the passage, ooh Stay there with me, lookin' like Atlantis (ayy) We're off to build another planet (ayy) See a ship and then we’re really goin' savage (ayy) From the home, we was lost in the Atlantic I wouldn't make it, but we'll find a way to manage (ayy) Titanic when we're breakin' off the damage I ain't gotta say it man, that wave is automatic Me and my partnas, say your life is a beach, no But life is a beach though Yeah, it's down here on the sea floor (yeah) And now we’re really gettin’ deep though I feel I'm golden (no) I don’t take shit from no one (no) I just be floatin' We're down in the ocean [Chorus: Nikki Jean & Lupe Fiasco] Fish is my friends and the whales is my homies Octopuses my people, the shrimp, they all know me The sharks is my niggas, the dolphins is with us The crabs is my comrades, the seahorse be holdin' us down Jellyfish, they just be rollin’ around Lobsters is cool, they are not food They part of the crew And that mean they down (that mean they down) And that mean they down, that mean they down [Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco] Throw us in the water, execution We really thought we wasn't gonna do nothin' But the sharks and the dolphins gonna do somethin' Walked up out that water, evolution Ayy, ayy, revolution Pass the plate, you should make a contribution If you ain't got it then you gotta go and get it Climate change, chain flooded, call it sleepin' with the fishes Tired of all these bitches, in my net it's just fishes In my net it's just swishes, boom And you know I'm a floater, ballin' Coachin' from the ark, Doc Rivers, call Flipper my nigga Say you got it for the low (low) Say you got it by the boat (by the boat) When you whip it in the water (whip it, whip it) If it's real, it'll float [Chorus: Nikki Jean & Lupe Fiasco] Fish is my friends and the whales is my homies Octopuses my people, the shrimp, they all know me The sharks is my niggas, the dolphins is with us The crabs is my comrades, the seahorse be holdin' us down Jellyfish, they just be rollin' around Lobsters is cool, they are not food They part of the crew (they part of the) And that mean they down (that mean they down) And down, and down, and that mean they down [Bridge: Lupe Fiasco] One time for my homies at the bottom Told some lies, keep it real for the bottom Some of y'all ain't allowed at the bottom 9th Ward, it was down at the bottom Katrina had it down at the bottom Pine Ridge, it be feelin' like the bottom Gaza Strip, baby, tough at the bottom So you gotta give it up to the bottom Some only really talk about the top But I wanna talk about the bottom I know everything got a lot But I want them to know that I got 'em, yeah, yeah [Chorus: Nikki Jean & Lupe Fiasco] Fish is my friends and the whales is my homies Octopuses my people, the shrimp, they all know me The sharks is my niggas, the dolphins is with us The crabs is my comrades, the seahorse be holdin' us down Jellyfish, they just be rollin' around Lobsters is cool, they are not food They part of the crew (they part of the crew) And that mean they down (that mean they down) [Instrumental Outro]