Lupe Fiasco: Intruder Alert

She said there was no love in her heart.
Cause one day a rapist attacked her and broke that all apart.
She said there was no way to fix it or to cover her scars.
Then one day a guy came along and probably could help her start.
He was sincere, made her believe it was safe for her to trust again.
Before long she was cool with givin hugs to him.
Knew that it was right,
cause something was wrong, the alarms in her mind didn't tell her
that he didn't belong. There was no...

Intruder, intruder, intruder, intruder,
Alert, alert, alert, alert.
(x2)

He said nobody else ever loved him.
That's why he get high enough to go touch the heavens above him.
Vividly remembers every pipe, every needle that stuck'em.
Every alley he ever slept in, every purse that he snuck in.
Every level of hell he's been to and the one that he's stuck in.
The one he can't escape, even though it's of his own construction.
Maybe you can't relate, maybe you one of those that just doesn't.
Maybe he doesn't care, loves to allow these demons to come in with no...

Intruder, intruder, intruder, intruder,
Alert, alert, alert, alert.
(x2)

Famine striking his home, landing no social standing
in the economic pecking order.
Emergency relief distribution systems is in disorder,
he's checking water making sure it's safe enough
for his daughter to float across in the boat he built.
Hopefully strong enough to support her.
Praying border patrols don't catch her ass process
and deport her before she reach the shore of the land
of the free. Where they feed you, treat you like equals.
Deceive you, stamp you, and call you illegal when there's an...

Intruder, intruder, intruder, intruder,
Alert, alert, alert, alert.
(x2)

(Sarah Green)

There's someone here, and it's not me
How could this be?
I locked my doors
Kept my armies on my shores
Point my rockets at my sky
I'm so fortified
I built my walls so high (so high)
So, why? (So, why?) ...are there...


Intruder, intruder, intruder, intruder,
(x3)