[Common] Yeah yo yo yo yo yo yo Yo a touch of jazz y’all yeah yeah ?? y’all yo they got us on the run like
[Jill Scott] 8 minutes to sunrise Oh baby now what are we gonna do? (I don’t know..) Pressure is mountin Oh baby now how we gonna get through? (I don’t know) Can’t go left (uh uh) can’t go right (uh uh) Don’t know how we made it through the night (c’mon c’mon c’mon) 7 minutes to sunrise Oh baby now, what are we gonna do? (Do it, do it..)
[Common] It was once said by Black Thought that +Things Fall Apart+ Knew I shouldn’t have been messin with dude’s girl from start But I pimp from the heart, the art of it made it interestin Plus me and sister blend before we got intimate Friend or no friend, my man caught wind This chick is payin me, it’ll either cost me or cost him Told her she shoulda lost him (when?) a while ago Cause dude’ll drink a pile of Mo’ and defile her yo I ain’t here to start on this [nigga] for me to wreck his broad you could tell what I thought of this [nigga] Nickname was Smoke, don’t know if that was cause of cigarettes (or what?) or guns he tote, he called shots on the deck so I wasn’t tryin to call his bluff, by his persona you could see, he think he tough! If that wasn’t enough, old girl had his son This is Wild like the West I’m like Jesse on the run, uhh
[Jill Scott] 6 minutes to sunrise Oh baby now, what are we gonna do? (I, don’t, know) Pressure is mountin Oh baby now, how we gon’ get through? (I, don’t, know) Can’t go left and (uh-uh) can’t go right and (uh-uh) Don’t know, how we made it through the night (yo, we got..) 5 minutes to sunrise Oh baby now, what are we gonna do? (Do it, do it..)
[Common] I understand that time is runnin out, I’m thinkin of town-skippin Got a Chevy but the alternator be trippin I’m hittin rum straight, thinkin of a route to truncate The streets is watchin, out is one way I put myself in his Nike’s His position is, “Aight man, somebody bonin my lady” Probably snap like Rod-man My plan was to meet at this bar called the Tiki (when?) ’round four, when she was comin she would beep me I sat deep in the corner, drinkin zombies, becomin one by now Wonderin if my style would support her and her child Out the corner of my eye saw this stud I recognized (who?) One of Smoke’s guys, to stay out of sight I tried Told Jill Scott to meet we coulda picked a better spot On some “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here” [shit] like Deborah Cox Looked at my watch, [shit] I don’t even got a watch Felt for my glock, damnit I don’t even got a glock, yo
[Jill Scott] 4 minutes to sunrise Oh baby now, what are we gonna do? (I don’t know..) Pressure is mountin Oh baby now, how we gon’ get through? (I, don’t, know) Can’t go left and (uh-uh) can’t go right and (uh-uh) Don’t know, how we made it through the night (c’mon c’mon) 3 minutes to sunrise Oh baby now, what are we gonna do? (Do it, do it..)
[Common] Pressure puh-pressure what? The pressure’s cookin It ain’t good lookin, like a black promoter I’m talkin bookin Not that I’m spooked of dude, I could whup him But he was on the horn informin the rest of them hoodlums (aight) Usually I wouldn’t fight over a woman, old girl had a sun-shine was messed up, on Smoke’s payroll was one-time My pager went off, it read one line: “Come get me from Halsted,” I’m thinkin this is monkey bar [shit] Went to the phone quick, called her (what happened?) Her line was busy Situation number nine, got my mind dizzy Wondered if this plan was designed to get me I’ve been drinkin too strong to be thinkin too long Like 40 goin North I’m doin 50, headed for the spot Askin God to be with me, and lately she has been actin shifty — (but what?
[Chorus: Jill Scott] Can you speak your words of bedtime I was just saying to myself the other day Most of believing the magician But you’re bewitching Because of this I must say I (I) I (oh I) I Appreciate what you give to me Yeah (I) I (oh I) I Appreciate what you give to me
[Verse 1: Common] People say I got soul look at all the records I hold The lives I’ve affected, connect and control With me in your basement, your mama got blown I provide the vibe to keep the strippers on poles Through me the black experience is glorious told From a school that’s old bold, so I rock gold And platinum, so cats I hold notes and cash for them On streets I rap for them, in ghettos I blast for them Mash with them, at the party and all Peep the universal language that’s embodying all Put the Billie Holiday, Bob Marley in y’all Y’all feel most high when I be in y’all System, with the rhythm I up jump the boogie Shame I rely on record labels to push me Since the bush, I been y’all way to escape Through eight-tracks wax CDs and tapes I am music
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[Verse 2] You can feel me all over alive, I help culture survive, I opened the eyes of many Styles y’all wrote in the skies, with your lows and highs, open your mind to hear me In the streets I beat cops and obsolete On every station it’s hot you can’t stop my heat I taught J and Dre how to rock the beat On what’s going on today yo, I gots to speak I take the stand, yo you could feel me bam Whether in Larry Graham or Steely Dan Live I be killing it man For how long I survived yo I’m realer than man Got a soft side but I’m still a man For me women cry and children dance, I’m trying to eat I could’a got a mil and ran But like Sly for the fam still I stand I am music
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[Verse 3] I been here since the beginning Beginning of time yo beginning of time Deep in the mind of the ancient ones Everybody love me like they do the sun I shine at times yo at times I’m dark You can’t categorize me, my mind’s a art Inside my heart, it ain’t about climbing charts I’m the one you roll with when your ride is smart The change that came, the change that comes I change with chords and I kick it with drums Get blow with horns and did it on the one Riffed for guitars, for the Lord I sung Spun around the world at parties and weddings Wherever I go I create the setting You know me from lessons or your pops collections Whether whole or half stepping I’m a blessing Yo I am music
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