Matthew Santos: A Music Superstar in the Making

15 Jun, 2008

Matthew Santos: A Music Superstar in the Making

Posted by: Zang Caesar In: Entertainment

I’ve been loving Lupe Fiasco’s “Superstar” as it has this rhythm that I so love. Plus the chorus really makes me want to sing with the song. This song features Matthew Santos in the chorus, and never did I know that this Matthew guy has this Filipino blood in him until that day when the DJ of my favorite radio station mentioned so.

Searching into the net, I found this tidbit of info that justifies Matthew’s being a Filipino. This is from Wikipedia.

matters of the bittersweet by matthew santos

Matthew Santos was born on December 2, 1982 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His mother is Scandinavian and his father is Spanish-Filipino.

So there, he’s not half-Filipino as I thought then when the DJ spoke of his descent. Matthew is a rising star in the music industry, with a lot of promises to dish out to all the music fanatics. He is currently based in Chicago where he is becoming known as one of the Windy City’s most promising musical talents. His current album is entitled “Matters of the Bittersweet”, a showcase of 12 live solo acoustic recordings.

Meanwhile, if you haven’t heard “Superstar” yet, then it’s time you heard it, right here, right now.

Superstar by Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos (Radio Edit)

[crowd cheering]

[Chorus (Matthew Santos):]
If you are what you say you are, a superstar
Then have no fear, the camera is here
And the microphones
And they wanna know oh oh oh oh (the return)
If you are what you say you are, a superstar
Then have no fear, the crowd is here
And the lights are on
And they wanna show oh oh oh oh, yeah

[Verse 1 – Lupe Fiasco]
Yeah, uh
A fresh cool young Lu’
Tryna catch his microphone check 2, 1, 2
Wanna believe my own hype but it’s too untrue
The world brought me to my knees, what have you bring you?
Did you improve on the design? Did you do somethin’ new?
Well your name ain’t on the guest list, who bring you?
You! The more famous person you come through
And the sexy lady next to you, you come too
And then it hit me
Standin’ outside of heaven waitin’ for god to come and get me
I’m too uncouth
Unschooled to the rules and too gum shoe
Too much of a new comer and too un-cool
Like Shadow and Lavelle, I battle with it well
Tho I need holiday like lady who sung “Blue”
Go back, whatever you did you undo
Heavy as heaven
The devil on me, two ton’s too

[Chorus (Matthew Santos):]
If you are what you say you are, a superstar
Then have no fear, the camera is here
And the microphones
And they wanna’ know oh oh oh oh, yeah

[Verse 2 – Lupe Fiasco]
And you better wear your shades
The spotlights here can burn holes through the stage
Down to the basement pass the Indian graves
Where the dinosaurs laid
Then out through China, nearly miss the airliners
Magnified times five, ‘less it’s pointed at the rhymer
Ricochets off the moon and sets the forest ablaze
Now that’s important to say
’cause even with all that most of us don’t want it to fade
We want it to braid, meaning we want it to grow
Meaning we want it to stay
Like the Governor called and he told him to Wait
Un-strap him from the chair and put him back in his Cage
The audience ain’t fazed
And they ain’t gonna clap and they ain’t gonna praise
They want everything back that they’ve paid
’cause they’ve been waitin’ since ten to see the lights get dim

[Chorus (Matthew Santos)]

[Verse 3 – Lupe Fiasco]
So chauffeur chauffeur come and take me away
’cause I’ve been standin’ in this line for like five whole days
Me and security ain’t getting’ along
And when I got to the front, they told me all of the tickets were gone
So just take me home where the mood is mellow
And the roses are grown, M&M’s are yellow
And the light bulbs around my mirror don’t flicker
Everybody gets a nice autograph picture
One for you and one for your sister
Who had to work tonight but is an avid listener
Every songs her favorite song and mics don’t feedback
All the reviewers say “You need to go and see that”
And everybody claps ’cause everybody is pleased
And then they all take the stage and start performin’ for me
Like, ha ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha, ha

[Chorus (Matthew Santos):]
If you are what you say you are, a superstar
Then have no fear, the camera’s is here
And the microphone’s
And they wanna know oh oh oh oh
If you are what you say you are, a superstar
Then have no fear, the crowd is here
And the lights are on
And they wanna show oh oh oh oh, yeah

If you are, what you say you are
Then have no fear