1. Lupe Fiasco - Sunshine
ANALYSIS OF THE LYRICS

2. THE LYRICS
 Uh, Fresh to def she is Never met her before
From her steps to the set she is But I think I like her like a metaphor
So “death” might not let me live It‟s hard to get in the car we sit
Ya dig From the intro she rolled down her
Fresh uh huh, yes she is window just in case I was a skitzo
Had a feeling that it would be a day like this I compliment her on the common
The orchestra in my mind don‟t play like this (naw), sense
But I‟m prepared for it I‟m calm
Got a lil rare for it A lil more confident (Uh Huh)
Brushed off my airs And then we lose consciousness
Even cut my hair for it She says “that I‟ve been waiting for
„Cause normally I don‟t care for it you”
Don‟t even be looking for like, like that And I know you‟ve been chasing me
Then there go it too since they kidnapped me from a
Yea right over there so I prepare the poet castle
Lil scared my stair lowered I been thinking of you
Momma said have no fear I told her “fire breathing dragon he bet
Plus I‟m already outta my chair not harm me” or he be sorry when he
God love my airs on my square from here forward meets my one man army
It‟s nothing right so here go it And thou has come to rescue me
Whisper in her ear “it‟s kinda crowded in here” My knight in shining armor yes you be
Would she care to blow it she said “yea” Woken up by the horn of an SUV
I said “see, too beautiful to let you
 [chorus]
sleep”
You‟re my sunshine (you‟re my sunshine),
[chorus]
You‟re my moonlight (you‟re my moonlight),
Relationship is just 30 minutes long
You‟re the starry skies above me won‟t you please come
It‟s kinda heavy maybe a lil strong
down and hug me,
Gonna take much more than once
Think I found love in this club tonight (Wowowowo)
Can‟t trust what each of us say at least
for a month
Or two before I bid you a due

3. LINES 1-7
 ‘Had a feeling it would be a day like this...The
orchestra in my mind don’t play like this..’
 The first verse creates a romantic feel as
orchestra is usually a joyful mixture of many
instruments playing classical music.
 So “death” might not let me live
 The first verse is showing how he is
having a crap day

4. LINES 8-13
 Line 8-13 he’s explaining how he even cut
his hair for it. This adds a sense of humour
and makes the lyrics light and humorous.
The lyrics are more soft and not very deep in
lines 8-13. This is important to keep the lyrics
flowing as the first few lines are very strong
and meaningful.

5. LINES 9-14
 In lines nine to fourteen, the emotion of fear
and anxiety is conveyed, therefore, the facial
expressions of our chosen characters in this
verse should change from serious to more
relaxed. There should not be an attitude of
over confidence in comparison to lines 8-13.
However the phrase, ‘Momma said have no
fear,’ adds a sense of humour and at this
point we are considering of having a male
dressed as a female being the male
characters mother.

6. LINES 14-17
 In this verse the male and female character
could whisper in his ear ‘it’s kind of crowded
in here,’ at the same time as the song will
say it and we are considering of having a
close up shot on the female characters face
as she will say it as well.
 This verse will show that the female
character is interested in the male character
as well.

7. CHORUS
 You‟re my sunshine (you‟re my sunshine),
You‟re my moonlight (you‟re my moonlight),
You‟re the starry skies above me won‟t you
please come down and hug me,
Think I found love in this club tonight
(Wowowowo)
 At this point the chorus will be playing. As
Lupe says, „ I think I found love in this club
tonight, 'we were considering to have our
setting in a club but due to the
complications behind it we decided not to.
Now we are considering the location to
either be London, Park, Shop or a
Highstreet.

8. LINES 18-24
 I find the lyrics very interesting in this verse. He
says,‘ I like her like a metaphor,’ I find this line
very interesting as it shows the innocence and
purity of his love.
 This verse changes image of the girl as he says
she rolls down the window to make sure he’s
not a skitzo. The change in character of the
female will be shown through her facial
expressions and body language to create a
sense of negativity.

9. LINES 25-33
 In this verse Lupe has used metaphorical
language to describe affections towards one
another. The female character says, “that I‟ve
been waiting for you,” at this point we can have
the female character actually miming those lines.
 She also flatters him by saying I've been thinking
of you since they kidnapped me from my castle
and he replies as they better not harm her or
they‟ll meet his one man army. These lines
invoked my group to think more about how the
character will dress and appear to be in the music
video. We decided that he must be a bit muscular
as the phrase, „one man army,‟ is usually said to
someone who is strong enough like an army.

10. LAST VERSE
 The last verse talks about time and his
excitement to may be see the girl he’s fell in
love with the next say.
 You could possibly show the male character
as well as artist wake up and realise it’s all a
dream or even show that its all a flashback.