About This Track
Wale opens 'Change Up' with a self-portrait of constancy and sharpness, a rapper unchanged since the beginning but forever honing his edge. The track moves through a series of boasts and deflections: he's playing chess while others play checkers, he's deeper than the surface suggests, he's bored with the usual trappings of success. There's a restlessness beneath the confidence, a sense that the game itself has grown thin. The song turns on a pivot in its second half. Wale separates aspiration from notoriety, claiming he'd rather be well-off than well-known, and positions himself as predator rather than prey in the landscape of hip-hop. He's gluttonous for the work, dismissive of groupies and hangers-on, moving through the industry with the cool detachment of someone who knows his own worth. The final bars circle back to the opening claim: same lyrics, different stage. Nothing has changed except the scale.
"Change Up" is a track by Wale, from the album Folarin, released 24th December 2012. Full lyrics are available below.
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