Lupe Fiasco Shows How He Was Inspired By Drake's 'Champagne Poetry' Song

by Daryl Nelson

Lupe Fiasco recently completed a 10-song album that he called his Illmatic, a reference to Nas' classic LP.

The Chicago rapper also delivered a freestyle called "Diet Soda Poetry" on Thursday, September 9, which he made after hearing “Champagne Poetry” off Drake's Certified Lover Boy LP.

"Mind my behavior / I park the cars for the valets, set the table for the waiters / Totally self-sufficient with a whole lotta favors / Blue note table watching jazz on a xylophone / Forty dog need a chain from a microphone / Chill as gusto / This that '99 headed to the studio with the nine in my backpack on the bus flow,” raps Lupe.

How are you feeling "Diet Soda Poetry?"