Lasers’s second single is a political statement by Lupe, and it was seemingly inspired by the events of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.

Addressing topics such as war and racism, Lupe heavily criticizes the US government and challenges the status quo. He also talks about people’s willingness to blindly follow their government, saying that he himself doesn’t want to be silent and later regret that he never said anything; he wants to stand up and speak up.

The song thematically is similar to “Hurt Me Soul” and features guest vocalist Skylar Grey for the hook. This is actually Lupe and Skylar’s second collab after both appearing on Fort Minor’s “Be Somebody” back when they were both relatively unknown, and Skylar was known as Holly Brook.

Lupe (in)famously performed a 30 minute version of this song at an event celebrating Obama’s 2013 inauguration and was thrown off stage.

Checkout the Genius “Words I Never Said” music video breakdown here.