This song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco was released on February 8, 2011 as the second single from his third studio album Lasers. The song finds Fiasco questioning a number of issues such as whether 9/11 was a cover-up ("9/11, building 7, did they really pull it?") and the decline in American schools ("Your child's future was the first to go with budget cuts").
American singer-songwriter Skylar Grey, who is best known for co-writing Eminem's hit single "Love The Way You Lie," sings on the chorus, "It's so loud inside of my head with words that I should have said./ As I drown in my regrets, I can't take back the words I never said."
British beatmaster Alex da Kid produced the track and he predicted to MTV News prior to the song's release that the number will ruffle some feathers: "It's politically charged, it's controversial, and it's Lupe being honest about his opinions on society," he said. "It's really cool. I like it."
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