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"Hurt Me Soul" is a satirical song by rapper Lupe Fiasco. The Needlz-produced track was released in September 2006 on his debut album Food & Liquor. "Hurt Me Soul" is considered by many hip-hop enthusiasts as one of the greatest hip-hop tracks of 2006.[1][2] Lupe first of all criticizes his own hypocrisy during his younger years in the opening verse, and even more so the ongoing hypocrisy of most rappers in the modern rap scene. He refers to the fact that rap is currently being flooded with the glorification or subliminal promotion of misogyny, drug-dealing, materialism and violence. Moreover, this kind of rap music can be metaphorically viewed as the world in general, for these vices still continue to exist universally, even in societies where rap is absent. However, Lupe questions whether or not hip-hop should be criticized for such things, since in his own vision, rap legends such as 2Pac, Nas, and Jay-Z (who are frequent sources of these glorifications), rap about subjects that are in reality "coming true", despite the vulgarity of it all. Moving on, as the track arrives at the last verse, Lupe lists a catalog of things he thinks corrupts the world. Consequently, in three uniquely different hooks, Lupe represents numerous people suffering from this corruption, still bearing the general theme that virtually everyone in the world is susceptible to misfortune. He mourns for the world as a result, hence the title "Hurt Me Soul".
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