Common Lyrics

[Intro:] For his goodness and for his wonderful works Unto the children of men If my people will lift my name tonight I will come in I ...

[Common:] A man who's genius and freedoms and - Ability to communicate and - To talk, and to touch chords - A man who has the abilit...

They've been using this system to will their power. So Its kind of like a slippery slope to teach their children to teach your children ...

[Common:] Here we go, here, here we go again Trayvon'll never get to be an older man Black children, they childhood stole from them ...

[PJ:] You're my lovestar What we gonna do, baby? You're my lovestar What we gonna do, baby? [Common:] I'm on what? What y...

[Syd:] Red wine time on the couch Happy you agreed to hang out Keep my head in the clouds Keep them old names out your mouth I can make...

[Common:] A nigga told me he only rhyme for 19-year-olds Nigga, you should rhyme wherever the spirit goes Here it goes, lyrical miracles ...

He was a big guy from Tyler, Texas... and... uh I think we walked in the class one day and we passed each other... and he was country, count...

[PJ:] What you doing to my heart is unfamiliar I try to keep it out my head, it's not that simple to me And what you doing to my hear...

[Common:] Living in a glass bubble, the fast hustle The masked struggle that I'm in The same one that you in I knew inside when I wa...

[Common:] There's something 'bout this day that seem good to me When people I ain't like is showin' love to me Good food ...

The wind against my face, tells me that I must go Can't stay around too long before my tracks gonna catch me When they do, I've go...

How should I begin? This is the story of a boy named Lonnie Lynn As I said it, the spirits enwhip me He was raised in the belly of the ci...

 [Common:] Southern leaves, southern trees we hung from Barren souls, heroic songs unsung Forgive them Father they know this knot is undo...

[Intro: James Fauntleroy] Thousand lives ago We were young and we didn't know We were trading our crowns for our souls Made the sacr...

[Verse 1:] Sitting on stairs, in street affairs Jordan Airs, he got at least seven pairs His voice rare, talk with a mumble Chicago Bear...

[Intro:] Blak Majik [x32] [Verse 1 - Common:] Who that boy he radical Talk that money talk emphatical Who in the game had the baddest ...

[Hook - The Notorious B.I.G. (x3):] I just, speak my piece, keep my peace Cubans with the Jesus piece, with my peeps Packing, my piece, J...

[Snoh Aalegra:] Black and blue outside, his soul carries a heart of gold Misconception 'bout what love is, she passes on The child sh...

[Common:] I'm from Chicago, nobody’s smiling Niggaz wyling on Stoney Island Where the chief and the president come from Pop out, pop...

[Hook - Elijah Blake:] You niggas ain't real I think you need to stop pretending These niggas ain't ill We know the deal Niggas...

[Spoken:] I do dirt, in search of a clear mind Money talk, somebodies gonna hear mine Grind early before 9: 30 Got the nine and the thir...

"Rewind that one time, please" Should it be, can it be simple? Life is like the tempo of a No I' instrumental Things that ...

[Common:] Fresh out the county, shoes with no laces Plastic bag carryin, no toothpastes iPhone, belt by Gucci Bands with loose change an...

[Sample:] Gluttony baby Is I needs what I see Gluttony baby Is us, aside to seat two [Intro:] It’s knocking Man, they gon, they gon,...

[Intro - Common:] State of the art, state of the drill State of the mind, state of the city I contemplated with wine State of the art, s...

The city, it blow deep, I know them cold streets Motif is no peace, can't trust the police My momma stay out east, hope that she good ...

For the world world world My name is Common, No I.D [Verse 1] Ferrari testers, Armani dressers Exquisite thick bitches that body bless ...

[Hook] Ghetto dreams Ghetto ghetto dreams Ghetto niggas’ dreams Ghetto ghetto dreams Ghetto niggas’ dreams Ghetto dreams Ghetto nigga...

[Intro] Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us [x4] (Listen) Why you had to hide away for [x4] [Verse 1:] Aston Martin king, Luther with dreams ...

You know they be asking ’bout Common, where he at? I’m doing what I do, hip hop, thats what I do Yeah How can I say this, fuck it I’m th...

[Hook] So we made it to this [?] down the road And we picked up lots of chicks and pots of gold How I made it out with my soul [Verse 1...

[Hook] I remember, I remember the days [Verse 1] I remember she sit there with her thickness Never played a game but I heard about them...

La la la la la La la la la la [Verse 1] Bow! Bow! I came through the door with the raw Martin Margiela superstar status Everything ste...

[Verse 1] We were from different cities on the same block Grew up in different circles in the same spot Like raindrops we fall in love gi...

[Hook] Everybody home, ain’t nobody gone And I got all my niggas around It feel good, don’t it? Getting hood on it And I got all my nig...