Common - Pops Belief Lyrics

Common - Pops Belief Lyrics

[pops]
yeah, yeah, bring it on
uh huh, with the ya ya, yeah
just sitting around kicking it a little bit
i thought we would record something tonight

and i do want to dedicate it to two very outstanding people
i live the spirit of
gentlemen crispus attucks and mr. marcus garvey
thank you so much

the believer
if i were a believer, i believe i would believe in the beginning
everybody’s beginning
mine, that my very first ancestors were front row and present
when god stepped to the mic
i believe from the creation of the garden of eden
the separation of the tribes
our long marches across the desert
being (?) kids
for instincts born in caves of ice
all, each and every one, the souls of one god
granted earthly existence to allow each to earn
the blessing of transcending, time-traveling throughout the universe
with the blessings and well-wishes of my fathers, prophets of my own
no search, no steer no mysteries
we inherit the power to turn nightmares into dreams
for those of us who come from less than (?) circumstances

dreams, good dreams, sweet dreams, dreams come true
truthful dreams, truthful dreams become life
life becomes belief, belief becomes live!
live the life you believe
the american dream, the black american dream, the universal dream
for the sake of the unwritten laws of humanity, i believe in god
i believe in my ancestors, i believe in my offsprings
i believe in dr. savior, i believe we must stop (?) mention each other
i believe in the truth, truth
see you next lifetime

Common Ft. John Legend - The Believer Lyrics

Common Ft. John Legend - The Believer Lyrics

[hook: john legend]
i believe in the light that shines and will never die
oh i believe the fire burns, we stay alive
they will talk about us
like they talked about the kings before us

they will talk about us

[verse 1]
these are the words of a believer
achiever, leader of the globe
feeding souls of those in need
i bleed the blood of the struggle
walking over troubled puddles
hustles in my chest, no hustle no progress
extremities of life and it’s process
birth of a son, death of another
with love i can rest both mothers
and told ‘em, who’s in control is the one thats above us
i walk where money talks and love stutters
body language of a nation going through changes
the young become dangerous, pain gets spent into anger
anger gets sent through the chamber
it’s tough when your own look like strangers

we are the sons of gangsters and stone rangers
if he could how would ernie barnes paint us?
look at the picture, hard not to blame us
but time forgives in the chi where the young die often
do they end up in a coffin because we haven’t taught them?
is it what we talking we really ain’t walking?
dudes, hustlers pay, how much did it cost ‘em?
find myself on the same corner that we lost ‘em
real talking, in they ear like a walkman
thoughts spin around the corner to the world
when i see them, i see my baby girl
believe!

[hook]

[common]
the lord lives among us
the young uns hunger become a means to get it
by any ways necessary, under pressure
children feeling lesser, with the steel up on the dresser
killin’ will aggressors, destiny’s children
survivors, soldiers, in front of buildings they eyes look older
hard to see blessings in the violent culture
face against weapons, sirens, holsters
that ain’t the way that langston hughes wrote us
soul controllers on the shoulders of moses and noah
we go from being precious to oprah
cultivated to overcome ever since we came overseas
today and the way that you can see we determined

solar keeps burning, shawty’s know to keep learning
lesson’s in our life, but life stripes that we earning
took gramps’ advice that christ is returning
like a thief in the night, i write the beacons of light
for those of us in dark alleys and parched valleys
street kids spark rallies of the conscience conquerors of a contest
that seems beyond us, even through the unseen
i know that god watches
from one king’s dream, he was able to barack us
the prophets, nothing can stop us
believe!

[hook]

Common - Windows Lyrics

Common - Windows Lyrics

[hook]
if your eyes are the window to your soul
open eyes when you’re cold
if your dreams keep you warm in night
baby just keep ‘em closed
if your eyes are the window
i can sneak in at night

in your eyes i can see your soul
staring back into mine

[verse 1]
she was a beautiful rose
from the concrete and heat she grows
in the dark room her life was exposed
her picture of men, we walk on all fours
heart opened and heart closed
every now and then she sparkles
you can tell she was hurt by the words that she chose
i’m thinking like lauryn, a rose is still a rose

even when the door close, there grows a new one
i told her it’s some good men, she asked me if i knew one
her daddy left a hole because she never really knew him
ok sometimes from commitment, we do them
rocking lou vuitton, said she focused on the christian
i’m speaking to her trying to enhance her vision
but not to be married with kids she was wishing
shhh, ’til your soul just listen


[hook]

[verse 2]
she said daddy take me ice-skating
looking at the rear-view, life’s waiting for her
gotta be there to support her
can’t really wait for a court order
she got the type of aura that’s fun and vibrant
a lot of love inside, got to help guide it
daddy will protect it, god will provide it
we all will be there so your soul ain’t divided

man, how quick she grows
looking like her momma but she got my toes
i suppose it’s the age that she really really need me
a lot of girls without, they become needy
“c’mon dad, i’m too old for the back seat
can you come and get me, are you coming to my track meet?”
as she begins the race of life and love i told her
“i can’t run it for ya, but god know’s i’mma coach ya”

Common - Cloth Lyrics

Common - Cloth Lyrics

[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 giving our all
showing her ring off like a player at the ball
i recall the walls that i had up

attracted to women for things that didn’t matter
ka-clow boom pop! sound of my heart when it drop
the night that i met her, it might be forever

i hear people saying that they like us together
i ain’t afraid to gamble when life is getting better
with you, i admit i had issues
like ebony, your essence, your pedigree, your presence
it’s more than clothes can say for you
when i shop i gotta spend more than a day for you
i pray for you and us, that we imbue through lust
and accrue the trust, let’s shake off the dust from the cloth

[hook]
oh you’re worried about when people stop and stare
that’s just a tear on those beautiful clothes you wear
cut from the same, cloth you just want to wear
but that’s just a tear because girl i can get you fresh
la la la la, la la la la

[verse 2]
this is tailor-made love, fit like a snug
anything we can bear so let’s have some cubs
you were there when my cuz passed away
not only does love, but life hatches day
i appreciate the hugs and the days i breed with you
strong seeds i can see with you, the good word i read with you
looking at things that we’ve been through
things that seem simple

i know when to go hard and when to be gentle
sentimental laughs and expressions
let’s stay in the present, no time for second guessing
you said it’s this cloth that makes you feel naked
the truth we address it, that’s so unexpected
yeah that’s the thread that helps us move ahead
your hunger for affection will always be fed
thank god we never sped and let love take it’s course
because what’s inside of us, no need to outsource
the cloth

[hook]

[verse 3]
hey lover we can cover each other
through the coldest nights, tight never smother
it’s two things that seems to hold us together
god is our tailor and forever
it’s two things that seems to hold us together
god is our tailor and forever
it’s two things that seems to hold us together
god is our tailor and forever
it’s the cloth

[hook]

Common - The Dreamer Lyrics

Common - The Dreamer Lyrics

for the world world world
my name is common, no i.d

[verse 1]
ferrari testers, armani dressers
exquisite thick bitches that body bless us
rest assured, we getting festive in miami now

told my nigga ‘ye i’m about to win the grammys now
getting johnny cash old white folks know me now
standing close to the mic like i’m kobe now

we celebrate the ?, they hate because we got love
it’s the pop life, a lot of faces pop up
known to tear the club and the block up
going through the airport with more lie than an opera
new crooks who move books like harry potter

get cleaners to get it cleaner
a legend like john, lennon, i’m a dreamer
tried to fuck the world she only let me finger
mind trips to medina to visit the redeemer
a hero, i’ll drop out like hiroshima
off sangria with two broads
still opening roads for
i’m a dreamer

[hook]
it’s for the world world world world world
dream on

[verse 2]
we take, uh, we make, uh, paper
and build skyscrapers
walking on water, building my faith up
niggas with no heart, i’m the pace maker
get the beat from no i, feel the pulse of the chi
survival of the fit with hope in they eye
taking notes from the sky to fly above understanding
they notes from the most high, so i gotta land them
career ain’t random, make anthems, streets chant them

rock rolls like a phantom
mad hoes like they throwing tantrums
i tell them i need space like richard branson
dancing, with wolves and stars getting full at bars
and then pass out like a pamphlet
never taking grants for granted
it’s common, i’m high above standard
fly nigga, keep my feet planted
to rock the planet, i don’t stop for panic
maybe i’m a hopeless hip-hop romantic
i’m a dreamer

[hook]

[verse 3]
he introduced me, i stepped to the podium
said peace, gave thanks to the holy one
put my water up, thought about my daughter for a second
the youth, the living resurrection
reflections of the sun glaring through the window
now the audience staring at my mental
feeling like the world, the world is at my fingers
‘bout to speak to an auditorium full of dreamers
kinda took me back to when i first had a dream
to be like the king that sang billie jean
now it’s gold records, and i’m on silver screens
at the mountaintop, you still gotta dream
to the dreamers

[bridge]
if i dream you’re here
angel dreaming there
you should just come here
if i wake you up
only difference is
you can live the dream
just believe in it

[maya angelou]
once you find your shoulders dropping
and your speech gets slow and hazy
you better change your way of being
before you found your brain got lazy
you can build a better future when you join the winning team
if you desire a bright tomorrow, you must build a brighter dream
dare to let your dreams reach beyond you
know that history holds more than it seems

we are here alive today because our ancestors dared to dream
from africa they lay in the bilge of slave ships
and stood half naked on auction blocks
from eastern-europe they crowded in vessels overloaded with immigrants
and were mis-named on ellis island
from south america and mexico, from asia, they labored in sweat shops
from all over the world, they came to america
many shivering in rags, and still they dared to dream
let us dream for today and for tomorrow
let us dare to dream

Common - Gold Lyrics

Common - Gold Lyrics

[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]

ashtrays and cigarretes, last days, indigenous people
these are adventures of young black millionaires
i am the voice of the meek and underprivileged
the smell of success, i want y’all to get a whiff of this
on the move like black slaves through the wilderness

i write it, and still get invited to white christmases
when i was born, three wise men came to visit us
one a hustler, one a king, one a prisoner
they cracked the bottle then started giving gifts
you from chicago, we want you to deliver this
show the walking dead who the truly living is
separate the fake from who the real reals is

hot tub time machine, back to the sybaris
hats from liquor stores to avoid syphilis
frivolous spending, drunk nights with storybook endings
i guess it’s my addiction to women
i was in france, hennessey blending
writing my own scripts like i’m tennessee williams
now it’s new beginnings like a born again christian
on the mic, victorious, story is redemption

[bridge]
i’m sitting at the top, i’m not alone
i’m standing here with my soul

[verse 2]
feed our souls with two fish and five loaves
teach a man to cook it for survival
my dad said it rained on my arrival
now a storm of the brain make these guys drive slow
like i was 5-0, but my creed’s apollo
on the rock and roll with the coldest live show
for those before i came, i’m made the song cry for ‘em
lyrical gymnast, you set the bar low

this is that kilimanjaro, like twitter you can follow
it may be hard to read like hieroglyphics
written on the walls of cairo, check my youth revival
truth inside flow, i stand like em did with dido
crashed parties, any live yo
is libel to get banged like things that rival tribal slang
from the, killed the game and watched it die slow
ali mc, i fight for more than the title
your idol

[hook]

Common - Lovin’ I Lost Lyrics

Common - Lovin’ I Lost Lyrics

[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 sisters
a wise mister said love is gunna get ya

but that ain’t what i read in the scriptures, god be with us
it was hard for me to take down the benches
i was tripping, i even called her sister
how could someone you could talk to, each and every day
that you ’bout to marry, be on their merry way
i’m singing through the pain like i was mary j

cause we break up to make up like mary kay
rumors leaving tumors on my heart now
we fell in love huh just to fall apart now
i get your calls and i try to disregard now
what was easy for us now is hard now
huh? who do it better, we used to move together
now we not together, is this our new forever?

[hook]
i remember, i remember, i remember
(it happens to the best, so i love and i lost)
i remember, i remember, i remember

[verse 2]
hell nah, i’m waiting on your call
told you be i’ll be back, had to break down some walls
issues that i had, some say it comes from not seeing my dad, keep moving on
hard for me to stay away and stay in touch
girl, my heart is broke and i need a crutch
thought i was okay but nights that i stayed up
ass got me layed up, girl i never gave up

on you and us, i tried to take it day by day, and whew its tough
i know your young and you gotta live your life ma
i thought it was the right time for me to wife ya
i must confess, i miss the days of you laying on my chest
so confusing losing love, i’m saying god bless
who do it better, we used to move together
now we not together, is this our new forever?

[hook]

Common - Raw (How You Like It) Lyrics

Common - Raw (How You Like It) Lyrics

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 stellar, with some bad bitches and some ex-drug sellers
niggas already jealous, we in this joint like bob marley and the wailers
she already wanna pick, bitch don’t be so over zealous
go to the bar to get around like a propeller
the bar maid’s name is stella

i’m so appalled like mccartney, would you record me
am i really mad? hardly, i’m here to party
one of y’all to give me body like lati-fah
niggas in the corner smoking that ree-fa
seen a girl she had bottom like a speak-er

wanna put some hands on her like a preach-er
hmmmm! well let me take my time
she ordered bacardi, getting twisted in the limelight
seen that ass cause i got hindsight
she was lit shining bright in a fit that was tight
‘bout to get that invite to a night over egypt
she said “you rap?” yea mummy
i’m tutankhamun kicking it, spending this rap money

[hook] x2
feels so good
i wanna touch somebody
so let’s go, go
wanna feel you close, keep touching

[bridge] x4
la la la la la, how you like it

[verse 2]
she was all couture, in a tom ford
security guard let me in cause i’m lord
of finesse, the under, the rings, the dress
code is to always stay fresh
aware of a chest cause i stay abreast
she was extra cold, i’m here to de-congest
this nigga next to us was slopped and made a mess
knocking over bar stools, i hoped that he carpooled
i’m locked into my mood, long as dude don’t disturb my groove
i won’t have to take it back to high school
rewind! no need to take me back in time
keep my mind on the grind and the great feline
cause what’s in front of me is this behind
up north she’s thick, down south she’s fine
tuned in to what i’m doing
i’m so unassuming when i’m pursuing
the ladies, the ladies, a soldier of love like sade
so in love to this lady when this nigga tried to play me
saw me talking to slim and started acting shady
dude got foul like crack in the 80s
uh, uh, uh! you don’t wanna test this yo
you never know who got a check up in the disco
“you hollywood.” nah nigga, i’m chicago
so i cracked his head with a motherfucking bottle

[hook] x2

[bridge] x4

Common - Celebrate Lyrics

Common - Celebrate Lyrics

[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 niggas around

i got a couple minutes in town
a couple hundred bitches around
so baby gonna get us a round
cause i got all my niggas around
celebrate

[verse 1]
we partying, yeah got body in
exotic broads lobbying, spanish, somalian
fly, we live it ’til we die
we living in the night, toast looking in her eye
on our paper ’til we get it like dubai
chi niggas stand up, plastic cups
girls with the drastic butts, that ask for bucks
it don’t stop here
bottles of veuve pop here
and we gonna get around like 2pac’s here
celebrate like it’s new year
some bomb rocks coming, type nuclear
yeah, it’s so ridiculo
lit the medicinal, passed it give-and-go
backwards liquor store
celebrate

[hook]

[verse 2]
in my paul smith like an alcoholic
my guys i used to hoop with, is now who i ball with
this raw bitch came in looking flawless
tonight she’ll be giving conscious, headlights!
beaming from the beemer that her momma bought her
i got to act right for her like i’m an author
look where drama brought us, look where karma brought us
married to the game, like usher we was caught up
now we got some r&b broads we can call up
you niggas come around keep the wall up
smoke blowing out thinking of tomorrow and the simple things
hustlas from the go, how far we done came
celebrate

[hook]

[verse 3]
ah, another night, we love the night
for the life, getting bugged tonight
wait ’til i get my money right
told you it’s gonna be on like the benzes that we lean on
put my team on, get our heat on
ah, i knew her when she strip, her name was chardonnay
my niggas move work even on a holiday
we come from porches and alleyways
i’m the big ticket, don’t need no one to validate
you celebrate

[bridge]
we ain’t gotta wait
it’s a toast to you and me
bills aint so bad, celebrate that
party in the yard ’til the lights come on
ain’t nobody crying
we’ve come so far, been climbing
know the clouds they passed us by
c’mon and raise your glass up high

[hook]

Common - Sweet Lyrics

Common - Sweet Lyrics

[intro]
you know they be asking ’bout common, where he at?
i’m doing what i do, hip hop, thats what i do
yeah

[verse 1]

how can i say this, fuck it i’m the greatest
i am the a-list for all these great debaters
a lot of ya’ll nah nah, forgot na, who i am
the ’87 nigga used to rah rah in the jam
ow yeah, we put them things in the air
when i drop a single, it’s really like a pair
of air jordans, important to the culture
if you aint true to it, callate la boca
get my drink on like a coaster
post up on a wall, a mic, used to live off
hip hop master ?, i’mma get my shit off
rollin’ in a maserati gran with the lid off
i bit off like a monster, live nigga this is my encore
encore, encore, i rhyme for the commoners
my name synonymous with prominence
i’m to hip hop what obama is to politics
common is

yeah, man, y’all niggas man, you soft muthfuckers
yeah my man, muthafcker
then come around my crib
you know where i’m from
some hoes ass niggas
singing all around me man, la la la
you aint muthaf-cking frank sinatra
uh, lil bitch
yeah, this the raw right here
yeah this the raw right here nigga
sweet muthafuckas
sweet ass bitch muthafucka

[verse 2]
wa da da da, wa dada dada da
the c-o double-m o-n, i’m not playin’
da da man at work, i make my own lane
i’m the franchise so i rock my own chain
no i. said give ‘em that 80′s cocaine
somethin’ raw, something pure so i stayed in that vain
the hero that he know, that he cold
like winters below in the geo, wipe ya feet off in the regal
i’m king, observe the throne and the dream
i have it, supreme like mathematics
yeah, i rep the fresh air for you asthmatic rap addicts
pro black magic, this is semi-automatic
rap we won’t jam in traffic
the game need direction, i’m here to map it
uh, some people say that they be missing creativity
but when it come to hip hop, it begins and it’s with me
sweet

[outro]
you know man, you should know where i come from
you should know who i am nigga
you should never wanna go against me
you know man, you too soft for that man
i be seeing you man, i see it in your eyes man
you aint the type of nigga to go against me
you get in my presence you gon’ feel like a little hoe
you aint a man yet, you tryna be somebody else
man, be yourself man, you come around my crib, you get your shit took
huh, wherever you go, you probably be overseas in europe and get yo shit took
you’s a hoe, you know you sweet
aint nothing you can do man, people see that man
broads be seeing you sweet
done wit’ you muthafuckas, it’s over for you
it’s over for you? it’s over, sweet muthafucka

Common - Blue Sky Lyrics

Common - Blue Sky Lyrics

Aston Martin king
Luther with dreams
The young Denzel
The way I move through scenes
I’m like a preacher than once was a fiend
A story of change that came with wings
Pretty as the skyline
The sky is my ally
Son of the Mo so from up high I shine
Suited in Prada stay mellow like lala
Young fresh with dollars
Ladies go gaga

I’m the coom lada
Top of the class
Black Wall Street so my stock’ll never crash
Giving what I ask
Pure religion and cash

For the windows that open I’m raising my glass
Daylight beams
Nightlife schemes
This is my inception
I’m writing my dreams
A mortal view of a star
Doing what I’m born to do
I see the blue skies
Say the lord’s coming through

Common Ft. Nas - Ghetto Dreams Lyrics

Common Ft. Nas - Ghetto Dreams Lyrics

[Hook]
Ghetto dreams
Ghetto ghetto dreams
Ghetto niggas’ dreams
Ghetto ghetto dreams
Ghetto niggas’ dreams
Ghetto dreams
Ghetto niggas’ dreams
From the hood

[Verse 1: Common]
I want a bitch that look good and cook good
Cinderella fancy, but she still look hood
Butt naked in the kitchen flipping pancakes
Plus she tricking from the dough that her man makes
We got our own handshake
Her titties ain’t fake
F-cking in the car cause we just can’t wait to get home
Early in the morn’ getting stoned
Pretty with her eyes low, runny by Bible
The type of bitch that BIG said he would die for
Is the type that I would rather stay alive for
Tatts on her back, looking all tribal
She know shoes like she know survival
Well put together, she weathers the storm
Seen her brother die so forever she’s strong
Hear Beyonce’s song and she gotta perform
Whether f-cking or fighting: we getting it on!

[Hook]

[Verse 2: Common]
I don’t even say shit, she can feel it
I toss the realest, sold nails acrylic
Ass is a weapon and it’s hard to conceal it
Baby in one arm, the other is a skillet
Frying chicken, macaroni
Raise on the ?
Ghetto press, she’s my apolonni like
Tony, Montana
Reminded me of mio ma or my mama
Knowing the drama like she know when to joke
Steal a nigga’s squares, not wanting me to smoke
I poke my head out of Benzes
My beats is the streets and I know who my friends is
In this love for the money, power and clothes
My ghetto housewife watch reality shows
She might get to snapping if the canvas aint closed
When the cameras snap snapping, she’s ready to pose

[Hook]

[Verse 3: Nas]
I notice all my flaws when it comes to writing rhymes
Subject matter be changing too quickly at times
So I keep it strictly ’bout dimes and stick to the story
Call me a pro in the p-ssy category
Had explicit experiences I shouldn’t mention
For me, getting women turn from sport to addiction
Powerful women playing the roles of submission
Lawyers on leashes
Congress women inflicting pain onto my game
Warned that I’m sadistic
They liked it, they diked it, devices twisted
Til I get a nice chick, to get me on some nice shit
Crib raising kids, slap a door behind a white fist
But I’m still single, looking for Cleopatra
African Queen, yo look at me, I’m a bachelor
Y’all niggas in trouble, keeping girls behind closed doors
Cross your fingers, be happy I haven’t chose yours
She loves glamour bought Vera Wang sandals
Valentino bags is my etiquette
My man is half hood half class
Photographers cameras caught us out there
The spotlight, I hope she can handle
She can join me, red carpet at my next non-profit
Event having sponsored by some alcohol product
Jumping out a Bentley with some fresh red bottoms
You live the dream with me when you are just in the projects

[Hook]