SHOES

Song SHOES
Artist Lupe Fiasco
Artist Virgil Abloh
Artist Kaelin Ellis
Album HOUSE

Lyrics

[00:00.00] 作曲 : Virgil Abloh/Kaelin Ellis/Wasalu Jaco p/k/a: Lupe Fisaco
[00:10.92] Been standing in line since Thursday
[00:12.56] I heard a rumor they might be dropping them early
[00:15.02] Should have 'em just in time for your birthday
[00:17.76] Irrelevant holiday affair
[00:19.32] Got one of those three-leg folding chairs
[00:21.56] I am what you call prepared for the campout
[00:24.80] Evening brings the battery-powered lamps out
[00:27.39] Warm clothes but blanket 'case it get cold
[00:30.84] Corn chips and basic staples to hold
[00:33.38] Hunger over till Uber Eats is ordered
[00:36.08] Maybe pizza, or quesadillas and sopa
[00:38.23] Got a little cooler with assorted waters and sodas
[00:41.07] Cinnamon sugar-coated malassada, the odor
[00:44.21] Makes me the envy of the line
[00:45.86] If not the enemy, not my energy
[00:47.95] I'll be spending plenty of time
[00:49.20] Inside the books that I bought
[00:51.24] Got audios and regulars
[00:52.89] Quite the party goer and reveler
[00:55.97]
[00:57.02] So, on today's to-do list is to design a pair of running shoes
[01:07.29] The goal is as always in my work
[01:10.37] Is to add emotion to inanimate objects, so
[01:15.85] Release day is finally upon us
[01:17.70] More celebratory than the former
[01:19.55] But mixed with bittersweet vibes most certainly switched to different beats
[01:23.74] More policed than Justinian's Byzantinian Christian beliefs
[01:27.34] There's a risen rhythm you can feel it all in the streets
[01:30.03] Like a marathon or a parade
[01:33.08] Poets might wanna pull they pens out like grenades
[01:36.07] Or that model for a year and a half
[01:38.17] And write down all the tears and the laughs
[01:41.17] A shot across the bow of the tyrannous class
[01:43.57] Quote from man standing on float
[01:46.42] The whole event is just biggest-fan-channeling dope
[01:49.93] I mean, one just feels privileged and esteemed
[01:52.48] Inwardly serene and spiritually clean
[01:54.62] Even the line feels like a team
[01:57.22] In stark opposition to a competition for things
[01:59.76]
[02:02.01] With that, these shoes that we are about to design with words
[02:08.79] Starts with a sole
[02:12.08] Not a sole, but soul, you know, what touches you to earth
[02:16.58] That's floating in nowhere, the soul
[02:20.51]
[02:22.00] With touching signs of equality to match
[02:24.70] White kid at the front let me go first cause I was black
[02:29.12] Said it was only right
[02:30.57] He was used to having head starts his entire life
[02:32.57] Maybe it was time to step aside like trilobites
[02:35.46] Touching, I never forget it like riding bikes
[02:38.35] The ordeal starts to spring feelings like guiding light
[02:41.10] Permanent villains go about chilling they psychic fights
[02:43.74] Nice, and to a buyer's delight
[02:46.34] You're limited to two so that means I'm buying them twice
[02:49.49] One pair to wear, one pair on ice
[02:51.48] Aftermarket speculation will surely hike up the price
[02:54.27]
[02:55.86] Call that all in the plans
[02:57.57] Feeling like Mike with the ball in my hands
[03:00.11] Swear to God, it's like the best game he ever played
[03:03.51] I get to wear the first pair possibly ever made
[03:06.11] What does that sole look like
[03:08.25] It's soft to run on
[03:11.40] But tough enough to withstand the reality of the ground
[03:17.31] Or the reality of the context we're living in
[03:20.07] That's the soul
[03:21.96] Let's just call it black
[03:24.31]
[03:27.57] I get applause as I step outside the pop-up
[03:29.72] The shop resembles the unfinished house he was in before they shot us
[03:33.11] We fell down, then we got up
[03:36.21] Pick Pac up, pick Nip up
[03:39.51] This is the type of tripping that scuff kicks up
[03:41.32] Traditionally creases was a style to refuse
[03:43.12] But now they represent every mile in your shoes
[03:45.92] Any mud on your sole gets toweled and removed
[03:48.82] It's like I'm retracing every trial, know it took strength
[03:51.97] Giant steps flowers growing out of the footprints
[03:54.47] Liberation, here's your invitation
[03:57.47] It's a relay race, continuation
[04:00.26] Get the baton and keep bringing it back
[04:02.27] That string theory means we'll keep being attached
[04:05.75] Last thing, this is something of a sight
[04:08.44] Even when you take 'em off they keep running for your life
[04:11.04]
[04:12.78] You know, can withstand multiple beatings by the ground
[04:19.26] But it's tough enough to continue on, that's the sole
[04:24.06] Now there's an upper on top of that sole
[04:27.21] The upper is made of leather
[04:31.73] Or maybe mitt or maybe both, you know?
[04:38.31] That sole and that upper combined by stitches
[04:44.84] Leaves for a dynamic enclosure around the foot
[04:49.83] There's a tongue, there's even shoelaces
[04:53.19] You know, those shoelaces
[04:54.64] They are literally as elastic as a rubber band
[05:04.69] But as tough as links of steel, let's call it chain links
[05:09.71]
[05:10.96] So, here we have the shoe taking shape
[05:15.80] There's a logo on the side, fill in the blank with your favorite one
[05:20.05] They're all man-made, it's all good
[05:22.54] But this shoe, these Air Ahmauds or these Air Arberys
[05:31.07] Are starting to take shape now, you know?
[05:36.11] They connect man and earth, they allow you to run
[05:44.49] That running is freedom,
[05:47.39] Accelerated heart rate by design through design
[05:54.01] Air Ahmaud, Air Arbery
[06:00.57]
[06:00.92] What color are these shoes? The upper of these shoes
[06:07.86] Maybe white, maybe black, pick your favorite
[06:12.95] But, you know, the world's black and white anyways
[06:17.69] So might as well limit the whole color palette to that
[06:21.39] Signed, Virgil Abloh, in quotes of course
[06:26.59] Oh yeah, there's a red zip-tie on this thing, it makes it our own
[06:34.82] It's tied into a history of art that's now
[06:38.22] Copright 2020

Pinyin

[00:00.00] zuò qǔ : Virgil Abloh Kaelin Ellis Wasalu Jaco p k a: Lupe Fisaco
[00:10.92] Been standing in line since Thursday
[00:12.56] I heard a rumor they might be dropping them early
[00:15.02] Should have ' em just in time for your birthday
[00:17.76] Irrelevant holiday affair
[00:19.32] Got one of those three-leg folding chairs
[00:21.56] I am what you call prepared for the campout
[00:24.80] Evening brings the battery-powered lamps out
[00:27.39] Warm clothes but blanket ' case it get cold
[00:30.84] Corn chips and basic staples to hold
[00:33.38] Hunger over till Uber Eats is ordered
[00:36.08] Maybe pizza, or quesadillas and sopa
[00:38.23] Got a little cooler with assorted waters and sodas
[00:41.07] Cinnamon sugar-coated malassada, the odor
[00:44.21] Makes me the envy of the line
[00:45.86] If not the enemy, not my energy
[00:47.95] I' ll be spending plenty of time
[00:49.20] Inside the books that I bought
[00:51.24] Got audios and regulars
[00:52.89] Quite the party goer and reveler
[00:55.97]
[00:57.02] So, on today' s to-do list is to design a pair of running shoes
[01:07.29] The goal is as always in my work
[01:10.37] Is to add emotion to inanimate objects, so
[01:15.85] Release day is finally upon us
[01:17.70] More celebratory than the former
[01:19.55] But mixed with bittersweet vibes most certainly switched to different beats
[01:23.74] More policed than Justinian' s Byzantinian Christian beliefs
[01:27.34] There' s a risen rhythm you can feel it all in the streets
[01:30.03] Like a marathon or a parade
[01:33.08] Poets might wanna pull they pens out like grenades
[01:36.07] Or that model for a year and a half
[01:38.17] And write down all the tears and the laughs
[01:41.17] A shot across the bow of the tyrannous class
[01:43.57] Quote from man standing on float
[01:46.42] The whole event is just biggest-fan-channeling dope
[01:49.93] I mean, one just feels privileged and esteemed
[01:52.48] Inwardly serene and spiritually clean
[01:54.62] Even the line feels like a team
[01:57.22] In stark opposition to a competition for things
[01:59.76]
[02:02.01] With that, these shoes that we are about to design with words
[02:08.79] Starts with a sole
[02:12.08] Not a sole, but soul, you know, what touches you to earth
[02:16.58] That' s floating in nowhere, the soul
[02:20.51]
[02:22.00] With touching signs of equality to match
[02:24.70] White kid at the front let me go first cause I was black
[02:29.12] Said it was only right
[02:30.57] He was used to having head starts his entire life
[02:32.57] Maybe it was time to step aside like trilobites
[02:35.46] Touching, I never forget it like riding bikes
[02:38.35] The ordeal starts to spring feelings like guiding light
[02:41.10] Permanent villains go about chilling they psychic fights
[02:43.74] Nice, and to a buyer' s delight
[02:46.34] You' re limited to two so that means I' m buying them twice
[02:49.49] One pair to wear, one pair on ice
[02:51.48] Aftermarket speculation will surely hike up the price
[02:54.27]
[02:55.86] Call that all in the plans
[02:57.57] Feeling like Mike with the ball in my hands
[03:00.11] Swear to God, it' s like the best game he ever played
[03:03.51] I get to wear the first pair possibly ever made
[03:06.11] What does that sole look like
[03:08.25] It' s soft to run on
[03:11.40] But tough enough to withstand the reality of the ground
[03:17.31] Or the reality of the context we' re living in
[03:20.07] That' s the soul
[03:21.96] Let' s just call it black
[03:24.31]
[03:27.57] I get applause as I step outside the pop-up
[03:29.72] The shop resembles the unfinished house he was in before they shot us
[03:33.11] We fell down, then we got up
[03:36.21] Pick Pac up, pick Nip up
[03:39.51] This is the type of tripping that scuff kicks up
[03:41.32] Traditionally creases was a style to refuse
[03:43.12] But now they represent every mile in your shoes
[03:45.92] Any mud on your sole gets toweled and removed
[03:48.82] It' s like I' m retracing every trial, know it took strength
[03:51.97] Giant steps flowers growing out of the footprints
[03:54.47] Liberation, here' s your invitation
[03:57.47] It' s a relay race, continuation
[04:00.26] Get the baton and keep bringing it back
[04:02.27] That string theory means we' ll keep being attached
[04:05.75] Last thing, this is something of a sight
[04:08.44] Even when you take ' em off they keep running for your life
[04:11.04]
[04:12.78] You know, can withstand multiple beatings by the ground
[04:19.26] But it' s tough enough to continue on, that' s the sole
[04:24.06] Now there' s an upper on top of that sole
[04:27.21] The upper is made of leather
[04:31.73] Or maybe mitt or maybe both, you know?
[04:38.31] That sole and that upper combined by stitches
[04:44.84] Leaves for a dynamic enclosure around the foot
[04:49.83] There' s a tongue, there' s even shoelaces
[04:53.19] You know, those shoelaces
[04:54.64] They are literally as elastic as a rubber band
[05:04.69] But as tough as links of steel, let' s call it chain links
[05:09.71]
[05:10.96] So, here we have the shoe taking shape
[05:15.80] There' s a logo on the side, fill in the blank with your favorite one
[05:20.05] They' re all man-made, it' s all good
[05:22.54] But this shoe, these Air Ahmauds or these Air Arberys
[05:31.07] Are starting to take shape now, you know?
[05:36.11] They connect man and earth, they allow you to run
[05:44.49] That running is freedom,
[05:47.39] Accelerated heart rate by design through design
[05:54.01] Air Ahmaud, Air Arbery
[06:00.57]
[06:00.92] What color are these shoes? The upper of these shoes
[06:07.86] Maybe white, maybe black, pick your favorite
[06:12.95] But, you know, the world' s black and white anyways
[06:17.69] So might as well limit the whole color palette to that
[06:21.39] Signed, Virgil Abloh, in quotes of course
[06:26.59] Oh yeah, there' s a red zip-tie on this thing, it makes it our own
[06:34.82] It' s tied into a history of art that' s now
[06:38.22] Copright 2020