Kids need teachers growing up who actually treat them like a little adult, instead of a baby, Thats what really prepares you for the world. I had a Social Studies teacher who showed us Slumdog Millionaire, Apocalypto, the Hurt Locker and so much more when we were 12 and 13. Things like that really shaped how I see the world today. Keep it up man
This song is so very special. It starts with a childlike lesson about dinosaur, then you realize the analogy with rappers. In the end you just end up thinking about life. Thank you Lupe good sir. My thoughts were starving for food.
LYRICS: Intro] So, where should we begin? Maybe we should begin at the beginning Sounds fine to me, yeah [Verse] Dinosaurs came in all colors They were creatures with different features Had teeth to eat ya, they made beds called nests And laid eggs after they had sex inside 'em Whether they ate plants or meat is how you could divide 'em And the Flintstones, they, they used to ride 'em With tails particularly good for slidin' But in real life, it probably didn't go down like that (Rawr!) They probably didn't sound like that, but maybe close If we are to believe Noah, they didn't really know how to make boats And they drowned like that Via paleontology, fossily is how they mostly found like that Bones in the stones, that's if you soil-dig But if you oil-rig, they warm up the homes Power up the cars In Jurassic Park, it was a zone full of clones They say they death came from the stars An asteroid flew down and blowed up the grown The babies too, the whole family The entire Brady crew bit the dust like food from the floor Just imagine one day all the Cruncheroos was just removed from the store And not just shooed off the stage, but booed off the tour If they had lawyers, they coulda sued some for sure Class actions when that happens, you know the rules Objection, sustained, raptor snappin' gets overruled Respect the court, this ain't your condo in Toronto They ran in packs, Brontosaurus ran in hers Pterodactyls was the birds The prehistoric conceptual source of the Mighty Morphin' combo Word, uh, it gets rangerous Come hit the museum if you wanna hang with us But mostly just the skeletons Now if you wanna use brain cave space as a metric for intelligence Then Tyrannosaurus Rex wasn't the smartest of the smartest But you wouldn't wanna box with the short-armed carnivorous martial artist You ain't gotta be the sharpest saw to slice the sausage Or the largest ninja star in all of Harlem to carve a part into a target, if we arguin' They say they where we get chickens from So which came first, ancestors or the chicken son? Skulls flows cross roads like tips and thumbs In Bruce Lee's gi, tell me to freeze, I might kick your gun Call it survivin' the ice age Reptilian, how old? 'Bout two-hundred and forty-two million Post-Cretaceous, they status was basically wiped from the face Of our favorite little ball in the skies Some were small, some were tall, some would crawl, some would fly But we gotta thank 'em all 'Cause without them, we wouldn't have the malls of Dubai But they also kinda gave us all a climate change I ain't tryna blame, I'm just saying Sometimes they go by they science names Megalosauroidea or Sauropodomorpha, whatever you wanna call 'em Whether it be Grimlock, Yoshi or Earl Sinclair Just remember at one time, this whole world was theirs
Dre Hardin it's funny cause Lupe also rapped about water, lol. With every day passin by, I'm convinced that Lupe is one of the most creative rappers ever.
I know Lupe was saying this can also be interpreted as he and rappers like him are dinosaurs. I can understand how in the last line he is saying that while rap is where it is because of the so called old heads which has both positive and negative consequences. But to remember that however we think about it now, that at one time rap was theirs. Oh and the being used as fuel analogy also can be interpreted that the foundation laid by those “dinosaurs” now helps run the world where rap now runs the world. But hey maybe I’m reaching.
I wouldn't consider Lupe an old head or dinosaur of rap. I don't think I'd consider Nas or Jay old heads either. I'd consider those old heads to be more in the generation of rakim and big daddy Kane and Kool g rap; and, even before them run dmc and the likes.
@@xWiffler it's crazy before he called i was listen and had to pause and play the song for my self bc they was shittin on it.. i immediately loved the song but when he explained it made it even better
What makes me love this song beyond Lupe's genius delivery is how philosophical it really is. The last line of the song is the most powerful - ''This whole world was theirs''. It really puts the song into perspective when you realize an entirely different way of life existed before we did. Be humble, appreciate your life, and do everything you can to add value to our world while you are still here because life doesn't end with you. The story continues.
He's rapping about dinosaurs because they were an intelligent form of life that mysteriously vanished only to become fossil fuels to our modern civilization. Similarly, humans will disappear one day and our remnants will remain as artifacts for a future species to reminisce and wonder about. What you dont know
Meanwhile, DaBaby, Lil Baby, NBA Youngboy, Rod Wave etc all they new noise gets multimillion views in 2hours of the upload. I see why Lupe don’t want no parts of the SOULED out “music” industry. Keep doing you bro. - Fan of yours since the beginning
Why do yall always have to shit on the younger artist to uplift the older ones the rappers you named arnt even in the same lane as lupe so why even compare ? No hate I just don’t understand why people do that
Let the trash burn it’s all good they all a bunch of small stars, they will burn out soon unlike this young dinosaur lupe still growing and flowing real raps, not some nursery rhymes about money and bitchs
Some people are the absolute worst, and I wonder why great artists, like yourself, even bother with sharing your gift with the world. But, I am thankful that the same God that gave you such rich talent and this as your purpose, chose to give His love even when we don’t deserve it. Thank you for being a light in the sometimes dark world of current hip hop. Of my generation, outside of Kendrick and J Cole, I am sorely disappointed and not really trying to find good music among the popular music, since they scarcely intersect now.
This man's style, lyrics and delivery are inspiring. I'm releasing my first ever song soon, and you're meant to mention which artists you are similar to. I've been listening to the new music that's out now and I'm really struggling to do that. Lupe definitely has an influence on my style and thought process. Do I match him in ability? Nope. Am I being the best version of me? Yes
Nice, lo fi beats with lupe rapping over it. awesome... The world is big and im nothing but, i suggested lupe to rap over lo fi beats when he did UA-cam Live a few months ago like he did with The GORILLAZ beats. im glad he did it.
This world will never be ours I’m just tired of having to cower To the powers that say that My movement is sour Flowers may bloom but That doesn’t mean The doom isn’t ours Confessing to my friend That the end isn’t ours It’s just something To make us feel a little better When we’re not Feeling meta And Greta understands It’s not for the cheddar
This guy is amazing because he is really rapping about dinosaurs and the history from where they came from and I feel he is underrated as a artist. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017.
Come hit the museum if you wanna hang with us But mostly just the skeletons Now if you wanna use brain cave space as a metric for intelligence Then Tyrannosaurus Rex wasn't the smartest of the smartest But you wouldn't wanna box with the short-armed carnivorous martial artist You ain't gotta be the sharpest saw to slice the sausage Or the largest ninja star in all of Harlem to carve a part into a target, if we arguin' They say they where we get chickens from So which came first, ancestors or the chicken son?
For those who didn't know, this song is a metaphor for old rappers like Lupe, Royce, etc. They aren't exactly main stream but still as dangerous. Damn🙌🏽🔥
this song is a master piece I remember when I first Hurd it nobody wanted to bump what ever they all to slow to see the humor and killer bars! The part about a T. rex being some dude who’s super dumb but got a body like Debo and could kill you in a second is crazy! So many small brain strong dudes out there !
This might be my favorite song of my life thus far. One day, in a far away future, something non human and talented might beautifully express to it's fellow non humans about what we once were.
Lupe is the artist I play consistently, I treat him kind a modern 2pac and he’s for the children. Content and he’s full of blessings and I never hear him curse. Hahaha that barney sample. Lupe ♾👊
The reference is the Toronto Raptors, the next line he says BRONTO-saurus. LEBRON JAMES always used to beat the Raptors, so much he was called LEBRONTO one year
I see what you did here Lupe... Channeled some DOOM at around 2:13... What's dope is when you can hit out while bunting... in other words while just messing around...
Nobody gonna comment on how lupe's beats remind you of the old school beats with tasteful drums. Its not abt shaking butts but to frame the words and paints melodic pictures Thank God lupe never stopped rapping
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As a teacher I play tracks like this for language arts lessons in place of analyzing 19th century poets
That’s so dope
THANK YOU
Your awesome man
I wish I had a language arts teacher like you growing up.
Kids need teachers growing up who actually treat them like a little adult, instead of a baby, Thats what really prepares you for the world. I had a Social Studies teacher who showed us Slumdog Millionaire, Apocalypto, the Hurt Locker and so much more when we were 12 and 13. Things like that really shaped how I see the world today. Keep it up man
This should be captioned:
When a lyrical genius gets bored during a pandemic
Lol true.
This needed to be done
i swear
Check TimesNuRoman he got fire Lupe breakdowns not this song but the classics
This song is not just about dinosaurs!
Lupe is a lyrical genius. One of the most underrated rappers ever
Y'all are trolling bro
I always thought he was TRASH
FACTS!
@@HoustoneMunz who's your favorite rapper?
King Manuel why
Lupe so slept on. Love his beat selection
Got a lofi feel...chilled
I wouldn’t say he slept on. A lot of people have him as one of the GREATEST lyricists of all time. He just got fucked over by his label.
Not really
shout out kealin ellis. check out his twitter, he put out beat vids on the regular
Lmao the dude is super main stream. Definitely not slept on.
This song is so very special. It starts with a childlike lesson about dinosaur, then you realize the analogy with rappers. In the end you just end up thinking about life. Thank you Lupe good sir. My thoughts were starving for food.
You saw what i saw
you saw what I saw. the joe budden podcast
LYRICS:
Intro]
So, where should we begin?
Maybe we should begin at the beginning
Sounds fine to me, yeah
[Verse]
Dinosaurs came in all colors
They were creatures with different features
Had teeth to eat ya, they made beds called nests
And laid eggs after they had sex inside 'em
Whether they ate plants or meat is how you could divide 'em
And the Flintstones, they, they used to ride 'em
With tails particularly good for slidin'
But in real life, it probably didn't go down like that (Rawr!)
They probably didn't sound like that, but maybe close
If we are to believe Noah, they didn't really know how to make boats
And they drowned like that
Via paleontology, fossily is how they mostly found like that
Bones in the stones, that's if you soil-dig
But if you oil-rig, they warm up the homes
Power up the cars
In Jurassic Park, it was a zone full of clones
They say they death came from the stars
An asteroid flew down and blowed up the grown
The babies too, the whole family
The entire Brady crew bit the dust like food from the floor
Just imagine one day all the Cruncheroos was just removed from the store
And not just shooed off the stage, but booed off the tour
If they had lawyers, they coulda sued some for sure
Class actions when that happens, you know the rules
Objection, sustained, raptor snappin' gets overruled
Respect the court, this ain't your condo in Toronto
They ran in packs, Brontosaurus ran in hers
Pterodactyls was the birds
The prehistoric conceptual source of the Mighty Morphin' combo
Word, uh, it gets rangerous
Come hit the museum if you wanna hang with us
But mostly just the skeletons
Now if you wanna use brain cave space as a metric for intelligence
Then Tyrannosaurus Rex wasn't the smartest of the smartest
But you wouldn't wanna box with the short-armed carnivorous martial artist
You ain't gotta be the sharpest saw to slice the sausage
Or the largest ninja star in all of Harlem to carve a part into a target, if we arguin'
They say they where we get chickens from
So which came first, ancestors or the chicken son?
Skulls flows cross roads like tips and thumbs
In Bruce Lee's gi, tell me to freeze, I might kick your gun
Call it survivin' the ice age
Reptilian, how old?
'Bout two-hundred and forty-two million
Post-Cretaceous, they status was basically wiped from the face
Of our favorite little ball in the skies
Some were small, some were tall, some would crawl, some would fly
But we gotta thank 'em all
'Cause without them, we wouldn't have the malls of Dubai
But they also kinda gave us all a climate change
I ain't tryna blame, I'm just saying
Sometimes they go by they science names
Megalosauroidea or Sauropodomorpha, whatever you wanna call 'em
Whether it be Grimlock, Yoshi or Earl Sinclair
Just remember at one time, this whole world was theirs
THANKS 🙏
That’s cool thanks
Tanks!!
Thank u
Good lookin out!👍
I’ll argue my life away..Lupe is the BEST writer of our time .#twinning
Look don't do that. we who know, know.
@@isazisempi3896 who are you to tell me what NOT to do? Carry on..
On my mama !!! GOAT 🐐
This dude for real rapped about dinosaurs.
Or did he? 🤔
Lupes sings are never just about one thing that's why I love his music. You Always catch new stuff on every listen.
Its about older rappers
Mos Def rapped about WATER.
There is no limit to creativity for elite skill artists !
🔥
Dre Hardin it's funny cause Lupe also rapped about water, lol. With every day passin by, I'm convinced that Lupe is one of the most creative rappers ever.
This isn't just rap, it's ART
I know Lupe was saying this can also be interpreted as he and rappers like him are dinosaurs. I can understand how in the last line he is saying that while rap is where it is because of the so called old heads which has both positive and negative consequences. But to remember that however we think about it now, that at one time rap was theirs. Oh and the being used as fuel analogy also can be interpreted that the foundation laid by those “dinosaurs” now helps run the world where rap now runs the world. But hey maybe I’m reaching.
Small Dolphin Thank you
Joe yeah that’s what I was referencing
I wouldn't consider Lupe an old head or dinosaur of rap. I don't think I'd consider Nas or Jay old heads either. I'd consider those old heads to be more in the generation of rakim and big daddy Kane and Kool g rap; and, even before them run dmc and the likes.
@@xWiffler it's crazy before he called i was listen and had to pause and play the song for my self bc they was shittin on it.. i immediately loved the song but when he explained it made it even better
@@xWiffler absolutely
What makes me love this song beyond Lupe's genius delivery is how philosophical it really is. The last line of the song is the most powerful - ''This whole world was theirs''. It really puts the song into perspective when you realize an entirely different way of life existed before we did. Be humble, appreciate your life, and do everything you can to add value to our world while you are still here because life doesn't end with you. The story continues.
Getting nostalgia from a brand new song
Only a GOAT 🐐 can do that !
Perfectly described👌🔥
"Perfection is a balance between flawless victory and absolute defeat." -Wasalu Jaco
Care to Elaborate on this quote plz?
Yen and Yang ☯️
I think Lupe's talking about the hip hop game this man is highly underrated
He's rapping about dinosaurs because they were an intelligent form of life that mysteriously vanished only to become fossil fuels to our modern civilization. Similarly, humans will disappear one day and our remnants will remain as artifacts for a future species to reminisce and wonder about. What you dont know
Interesting, yet scary at the same time.
cesar bones in the fucking stones
Artificial Intelligence
No
And a metaphor for old rappers... Lol .. Listen again
Meanwhile, DaBaby, Lil Baby, NBA Youngboy, Rod Wave etc all they new noise gets multimillion views in 2hours of the upload. I see why Lupe don’t want no parts of the SOULED out “music” industry. Keep doing you bro.
- Fan of yours since the beginning
Day Ones over here
Why do yall always have to shit on the younger artist to uplift the older ones the rappers you named arnt even in the same lane as lupe so why even compare ? No hate I just don’t understand why people do that
Let the trash burn it’s all good they all a bunch of small stars, they will burn out soon unlike this young dinosaur lupe still growing and flowing real raps, not some nursery rhymes about money and bitchs
Just because you can't relate to modern day commercial music doesn't mean it's trash. Keep listening to songs about dinosaur eggs..
Al Sahim what you listening to on the daily cuz ?
Some people are the absolute worst, and I wonder why great artists, like yourself, even bother with sharing your gift with the world. But, I am thankful that the same God that gave you such rich talent and this as your purpose, chose to give His love even when we don’t deserve it. Thank you for being a light in the sometimes dark world of current hip hop. Of my generation, outside of Kendrick and J Cole, I am sorely disappointed and not really trying to find good music among the popular music, since they scarcely intersect now.
Lupe is God tier as far as topical rap goes
“In Bruce Lee’s gi tell me to freeze I might kick ya gun” one of my favorite bars off this project
Jim Kelly enter the dragon
Dinosaurs in other words a good opportunity to use difficult words while still flowing as it ain't nothing difficult
they say "they where we get chickens from" so which came first? ancestors? or the chickens sons?
2:07
think about it.
@@Nub00005 crazy line
@@Nub00005 please break it down i can't figure it out besides the idea that we are asking the wrong questions if chickens came from dinosaurs
@@godinasenze5303 he's asking are we (culturally) responsible for this behavior or are we this way because our people have always been this way.
Aww my lupe my mind needs this... greatest all timer.
- What a way to end the month with 3 dope tracks from Lupe!
he said " you wouldn't wanna box with the short-armed carnivorous martial artist...."
He's Crazy With It !
I was thinking Marshall as in Mathers.
Or Paulo costa
🤣
@@RasDam good shout
That barney reference at the end, fire.
Ahhhhhh I didn't even catch that was Barney!
The yoshi shout.. Earl Sinclair .. so fire
Ok so I'm not just crazy. I was like "is...is this nigga *humming the barney theme* '
Grimlock was the most powerful dinobot.
The amount of RZA and GZA I hear in this is astounding.
Get this man a WuTang spot
Rza and Gza at age 11 maybe
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Cornelis van Nielen (Slinkse Wijze) lol
This is one of the dopest songs ever. Crazy how the knowledge and history flows so effortless. Never heard nothing like it. Dope song, dope album.
Lupe the 🐐
My guy is truly all alone in the game with how far out he is.
An emcee far greater than the rest of them. Goat Lupe
Unbelievable. A true lyrical talent.
hi from Toronto, but not in a condo.
Lofi beat😍 and your poetry 🥺
Really one of the best hip-hop tracks of 2020. Thank you Lupe!
Hearing Lupe say Toronto makes me happy 🇨🇦
Wow. Just thinking of Lupe. Been rocking Shining Down all day today!
This is why Lupe is in my Top 5
There are a lot of Lupe songs I can't rap along with the whole time, and it just helps me listen more and learn from this man.
This is definitely a lyrical painting💪🏿💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This man's style, lyrics and delivery are inspiring. I'm releasing my first ever song soon, and you're meant to mention which artists you are similar to. I've been listening to the new music that's out now and I'm really struggling to do that. Lupe definitely has an influence on my style and thought process. Do I match him in ability? Nope. Am I being the best version of me? Yes
Nice, lo fi beats with lupe rapping over it. awesome... The world is big and im nothing but, i suggested lupe to rap over lo fi beats when he did UA-cam Live a few months ago like he did with The GORILLAZ beats. im glad he did it.
I was listening to Kick Push remix and freestyling to it. And now Lupe in my feed. Issa good day🙌🏽
Genius Lupe!! You've never dumbed it down!!! Make em think king!!!
Easily one of the most underrated songs in 2020.
Dinosaurs ..It's a metaphor for how the one's who once ruled, loses power.. Like the Government, Music Industry ..
Your parents ect.
Love the Dinosaurs television show reference. Lupe brilliant as always.
This world will never be ours
I’m just tired of having to cower
To the powers that say that
My movement is sour
Flowers may bloom but
That doesn’t mean
The doom isn’t ours
Confessing to my friend
That the end isn’t ours
It’s just something
To make us feel a little better
When we’re not
Feeling meta
And Greta understands
It’s not for the cheddar
Nice
I sit and listen and I have to laugh and just keep starting over the track cause its so good. It's like I can't tell ppl enough how good this man is
Brodie GOAT'n again... 💪🏽🔥💪🏽🔥💪🏽🔥
This guy is amazing because he is really rapping about dinosaurs and the history from where they came from and I feel he is underrated as a artist. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017.
This dude can rap about anything and it interesting and sound good... Lupe one of the greats, indeed.
This whole song has me going: no way that was insane
Listened to it so many times, honestly feels like one of his older songs which makes me so happy
One of the most spiritual conscious artist around!
Holy...the beat so smooth man
Lupe goes stupid at 1:54
That wordplay🔥
Loving dinosaurs as much as I do, and loving hip hop as much as I do, I’m loving this son man!! Haha and I was like 827. That’s crazy 🤣 good night
The master of story telling.
Thanks lupe!
I LOVE DINOSOURS you just made my child hood memory so much better
Just what I need in this time... timeless music! Thanks Lupe!
Only 646k followers? Are you kidding me. Lupe is the GOAT.
Lupe returned from the avatar state to bring this to us
Really though, his music always sounds like a cool rain
Say my boi Lupe should do the next one on Goats.. the Autobiography 🙌🏾💪🏾✌🏾
The more you listen the better the song gets and the more the song makes sense
Come hit the museum if you wanna hang with us
But mostly just the skeletons
Now if you wanna use brain cave space as a metric for intelligence
Then Tyrannosaurus Rex wasn't the smartest of the smartest
But you wouldn't wanna box with the short-armed carnivorous martial artist
You ain't gotta be the sharpest saw to slice the sausage
Or the largest ninja star in all of Harlem to carve a part into a target, if we arguin'
They say they where we get chickens from
So which came first, ancestors or the chicken son?
I can't survive songs that don't make my neurons burst. And this one, my friend, did just that. 🙏
Thank you Lupe for giving us the recognition we deserve.
This song is genuinely genius.⭐️✨
For those who didn't know, this song is a metaphor for old rappers like Lupe, Royce, etc. They aren't exactly main stream but still as dangerous. Damn🙌🏽🔥
The lyrical God strikes again..... I'm still jamming SLR.
effortless lyrical genius
The beat hard but them first bars whew Lupe really
Lupe essential
To be so gifted to wake up in the morning and think, Today I will rap about dinosaurs!!!
Amazing as always Lupe ❤️ Keep using that beautiful mind of yours.
lupe fiasco is Rap music's best known secret whom be impossible to declare a compare
this song is a master piece I remember when I first Hurd it nobody wanted to bump what ever they all to slow to see the humor and killer bars!
The part about a T. rex being some dude who’s super dumb but got a body like Debo and could kill you in a second is crazy! So many small brain strong dudes out there !
This might be my favorite song of my life thus far. One day, in a far away future, something non human and talented might beautifully express to it's fellow non humans about what we once were.
Lupe is the truth
How I miss lupe.. it’s 20/20 music just ain’t the same
This is beautiful 🤯🤯 Lupe can’t do wrong !!!
Every single organism has a story before you were here don’t forget it ....world is always changing
Damn Lupe. Classic as usual.
"In real life it probably didn't go down like that"
Thanks history teacher Lupe
Now that's creativity
This is so refreshing. Medicine for my eardrums
Wow wow wow, Lupe man , I love you for what you bring , pause , you are the truth man
"They used to ride (write) em with tails (tales) particularly good for sliding,
but in real life.. It probably didn't go down like that."
On a certain level all of this is out of our reach.
This here a gem!
Finding new lupe tracks is like going to sleep with no presents under the tree, then you wake up expecting disappointment but....
Proof Lupe was blackballed smh
This song is genius
Lupe is the artist I play consistently, I treat him kind a modern 2pac and he’s for the children. Content and he’s full of blessings and I never hear him curse. Hahaha that barney sample. Lupe ♾👊
Yo i still bump kick push till this day. Lupe dropped a good one. Vibing to this.
Respect the court this isn’t your condo in Toronto! The prehistoric perception set a mighty morphing combo! Long Live the KING
is that a jab to drake and his OVO basketball court in his mansion from a materialistic standpoint?
I feel like it’s a play on modern thing that includes dinosaurs because he goes into the mighty morphine power rangers... so dope
Raptor is a type of dinosaur too👀
The reference is the Toronto Raptors, the next line he says BRONTO-saurus. LEBRON JAMES always used to beat the Raptors, so much he was called LEBRONTO one year
Ross Geller boppin his head hard to this joint
I see what you did here Lupe... Channeled some DOOM at around 2:13... What's dope is when you can hit out while bunting... in other words while just messing around...
Nobody gonna comment on how lupe's beats remind you of the old school beats with tasteful drums. Its not abt shaking butts but to frame the words and paints melodic pictures
Thank God lupe never stopped rapping
Man we needed this. Bless Lupe Fiasco
This inspired me to write about all the bugs in my backyard. A whole civilization of bug species. That's 5 albums right there.
Great song Lupe. Your creativity never seizes to suprise me yet amazes me everytime... Also dinosaurs are a cover up for Giants of the past😝