Shining Down Is Here

Ever since this live snippet of Lupe's new song, Shining Down, hit the net my life has pretty much consisted of breathing, eating, and scouring the internet to see if the full song had been released. So finally finding the CDQ version here was a rather landmark moment for me. My initial impressions are WHY WHY WHY the fuck did they change the hook and beat. In the initial version Santos murdered the hook and the beat went harder than my dick on viagra with Scarlett standing naked in front of me. The final version is softer and the beat is much less forceful, and still it remains dope as hell. It is unlike anything I've heard, probably a top 5 beat Lupe has rapped over. Let's get to the content, the hook seems to be alluding to someone deceased looking over you.

Look Up in the Sky
Thought I was down.
Thought I was gone.
Thought I wasn't around.
When I left you alone.
Look Up in the Sky.
Just look Up in the Sky.
See that I’m everywhere
Everywhere
Shining Down on You.

The final line of the first verse also kinda confirms this.

Rap name Lupe but my daddy named me Warrior
This is his memorial.


Other than that nothing else in the song really has anything to do with that subject matter. Lupe songs can take a while to digest. The third verse is fairly dope, with some vintage Lupe wordplay.

Not a facade cherisher, I’d rather have the skies
I don’t idolize America, I’m dancing with the stars

His use of autotune in the second verse is noteworthy, but he seems to be questioning it. All in all I'm a tad disappointed. But this will suppress my appetite for now. I leave you with my favorite line.

Run around in circles like it's chapstick
Get it?

Shining Down- Sick

Update- Turns out this isn't the final version. Soo you should probably still listen to this and shit til the final mastered version comes out and hopefully hits hard as fuck.