Theory made by poster CT on kanyetothe
"Backwards, the first 5 tracks up to Deliver can be seen as a character reincarnated and then dying. Chopper, which starts out "Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you, Lupe Fiasco" can be seen as the first character being reincarnated again - this time he is a rapper known as Lupe Fiasco. Lupe has taken a similar route to the first character. He's never been no trouble, but he is surrounded by the same dark environment and people (Drug dealers, etc). He's in a dark time in his life. No Scratches also plays into this mood. In Body of Work, he begins to question "Have I been this?" and "Realize my begin when I find where my end is" This is where he realizes his future is somebody else's past. He begins to realize he's been reincarnated. Upon this realization he attempts to change, but he wonders in Prisoners "Or will the new lane lead em to the same pen" and later "they sell their souls, they sell themselves". In the remainder of the album, there is a much happier tone, as if Lupe has started to break the cycle of reincarnation (samsara). Dots & Lines has Lupe spreading positivity and attempting to break others out of this cycle by telling them "Don't sign" be your own person, recognize the cycles of the world (circles, 2nd verse), to love unconditionally, and the other enlightenment lines (soul/gold/etc). In Blur My Hands, Lupe essentially turns hate into love (chorus). This turning hate into love is the last step Lupe needed.
In Mural, Lupe defeats samsara and reaches enlightenment (-insert entire song here-)
"Defeat Samsara achieves nirvana and brilliance"
So then the album ends on Summer, which is the most peaceful of interludes. Nirvana
Edit: To clarify my first sentence, Spring is the character (i'm not going to say MYH but you can if you want) coming back to life. TRON is also a song of reincarnation. Adoration of the Magi is the first song we see of the character going down the wrong path. Being arrogant "you're sooo smart" "washing down the ham with the zam zam" living reckless "why you ready to die, you just a baby" and how this path is pointless "Just to be back in, reincarnated exact twin". In Madonna, the character dies at the end. There's a hint that he tried to change his life (tried to go to church, church aint work), but not too much (Lupe Fiasco, the character, also realizes this faith is pointless in no scratches. "It's hopeless nikka get real" ) Deliver is the character, right before being reincarnated, reflecting on his life and wondering about his circumstances. "I always wondered where the ghetto from". Other key lines in Deliver would be
"Can I get delivered from the sin?
Get a little slice of Heaven, I can enter in again"
and "Make a savior out of savage like they made it out of magic"
A savior out of savage is essentially what is made in the 2nd half of the album as I described above."
That theory makes an adsurd amount of sense.
