Common: What yo yo yo yo yo Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo Check it yo You say a one for the trouble two for the time Come on y'all let's rock that uh (I...

(featuring Sadat X & Talib Kweli) "Still gettin mine, in the" "ONE" "NINE" "NINE" "NINE" *sample cut and played in background* [Talib Kweli] Yo, just relax, ...

[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 bab...

[Chorus: William and Martin Luther King] (I am happyI Have a Dream) I got a Dream (That One Day ) We gonna work it out out out (That One Day ) We gonna work it ...

[Common talking] Yea,Yea,Yea You know, they call me a pimp, and you know what that mean I'm a Person that's Making Profit See I pimp internationally I'm natio...

"Friends Romans countrymen lend me a dollar! Ahh ha!" > Damon Wayans "How much? A dollar" "One dollar" > Dan Akroyd "I got your money I got your poor measly" > ...

(Common) In the Spirit of God In the Spirit of the Ancestors In the Spirit of the Black Panthers In the Spirit of Assata Shakur We make this movement towards f...

[Common (with Badu singing in background)] Yeah wanna feel the vi ah hi hibe Wanna feel the vibe wanna feel the vi ibe! Uhhh wanna what? Yeah Wanna what? Uhh y...

(feat Pharrell) I'm gonna take you to the tip top babyx3 everybody i'd like to announce throw your hands up when we in the house yeah this is hip-hop baby i'm ...

*Common's answering machine beeps* Say brotha If you ever let me leave out a club with a big fat ass stove like bitch like that without point out the facts I'ma...

Guru: Though the times are getting wicked I'm older I got a chip on my shoulder True players always maintaing, I'm different I told ya Don't want to be just a c...

[Common] Yeah! Yeah! [Common] Nigga deep in the rhythm, experience speak Some keepin' the wisdom, the life hustlers seek I seeking it with em, i'm dope the ...

"Baby I'm Selfish" Common feat Kanye West [Chorus: Common] I'm callin' (baby i'm selfish) Out to (I want you to myself I can't help it) All my (baby i'm self...

I want to be as free as the spirits of those who left I'm talking Malcom, Coltrane, my man Yusef Through death through conception New breath and resurrection Fo...

f/ Cee-Lo [First Verse] She rested her head upon my chest Sensed liberation in between breaths Wonder if sex is what she found it in Peace, found it laying do...

Check it We can go toe to toe with the blows to the temple (NOT) Not the Temple of Doom so make room for the Unamerican Caravan (who you down with?) The B Boys ...

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 w...

I got so much trouble on my mind So I take time Out my day To pray and I say Now I lay me down to sleep Hopin' that I keep My soul Peep I'm gettin' old And it's...

A weeby weeby wobble gobble gobble DO the turkey Lord have mercy mercy mercy me You see I'm tryin to get the punani but you just wanna rock me ah eh eh ah eh eh...

Featuring Ynot [Common] I'm not tall, but can I bust? Like the double dutch, going down the street I rap to myself when there ain't no one to rap to And to me,...

I'm the C O to the double M O to the N You heard motherfucker? Well boy I hit ya again Official bald nigga from the City of Winds Stay doing it doing it I am do...

[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 coupl...

I'm the river that flow through the hood Through the woods, through the birds, through the mud Through the bricks over the curves, to the forest reserve Got wit...

Intro whispering: Let's talk about money Get money Common Sense want the money Let's talk about money Common Sense: I be the one they call Peavey I'm Poe as Edg...

A hem What we have here is a very serious delicate situation Lots of people out here always ridin the dick hmmph But check this out I like your style I like you...

f/ Ynot Let's talk about money Ynot get the money Common Sense want the money Let's talk about money [Common Sense] I be the one they call Petey I'm Poe, as ...

[Chorus] [Common sample] And you say Chi city We don't stop naw we don't quit [Repeat 4X] [Common] I rap with the passion of Christ, @#%$ cross me Took it out...

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...

[Common] Cold-blooded, cold-blooded, hard-core Rough and rugged, rugged and raw For you and your-your, for you and your You got the C to the, huh - cold-bloode...

(feat Mary J Blige) [Intro] [Common:] It's just a fly love song, what [Mary J:] Mmmmm [Common:] It's just a fly love song, what [Verse: Common] Are we living...

Intro: Yo Troy I'ma come on the rhythm with a little bit of Communism Yeah hah So check it out yeah Chick a chick a I'm Chick a chick a on Chick a chick a my my...

(featuring Slick Rick) [Common] Yeah yeah You know, Slick, why do he wanna come cri Acting like he know how the brothers live? We have to let 'em know We have...

Ah keep on, chcka chcka chcka (Repeat 6x) Mo'fucker move back, I pursue rap at the pace of a New Jack Miscellaneous numbers and shoes stack grooves Rap I deliv...

It's this thing now, that's drivin' me wild I gotta see what's up before it gets me down It's this thing now, that's drivin' me wild I gotta see what's up befor...

feat Sonny (POD)) [Common] Yo! [Chorus (x8)] Electric! Wire! Hustle! Flower! [Common] Blood and magic dripping from me True thugs and addicts I grip an en...

How did you know I've been waiting for this time to come? And though it tastes like forever it may not stay long Everywhere is summer, everywhere is summer Ever...

(feat Bilal, John Legend) [sample] Faithful to thee [Common] We got to be [sample] Faithful to thee [Common] I want to be [sample] Faithful to thee [Common] Ye...

(feat Kanye West) [Dave Chappelle] Tonight's musical guest Two of Chicago's Finest emcees! Give it up for Common and Kanye West! "It's Common Sense!" [Intro...

[1st Verse] Victory won, in a world of hennessy and guns Too young for the marches but I remember these drums The stark reality of wars and battles, we Fought ...

Chorus: Bilal, Jill Scott AlrightOkay [4X'] AlrightWe'll make it funky for you now [Common] I'm a child of the ahh - The 87 ahh From the streets - Get on a b...

[featuring cee-lo] Common: After bein' 25, you know, just trying to survive in the world Bout to have a little boy or baby girl. who knows? Anyway, just when yo...

God bless [D'Angelo] hmmmmm, doo doooo, doo doooo, yeah, yeah, oooh Know I love my baby, My baby loves me Layin in some heaven, need a little company Let's go...

"Ga-ga-gangbusters!!" [Dove] Hey give it Boogie like the BX, sex regular booger bitches get the backseat, G-bumps'll make you buy tapes Ex-cape the fire tonig...

[Hook] Ghetto dreams Ghetto ghetto dreams Ghetto niggas' dreams Ghetto ghetto dreams Ghetto niggas' dreams Ghetto dreams Ghetto niggas' dreams From the hood [...

(Intro: Talib Kweli) Ghetto to ghetto, backyard to yard We tear it up y'all, bless the mic with the gods (come on) Precious metals round our necks and arms (ye...

Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing Nothing you could do (Straight up) There's nothing you could do (Not a boy says) There's nothing you could do (I want to kn...

(feat Kanye West, John Mayer) [Chorus] (Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three (Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three (Go) go, go, go, go,...

[Common] Yeah, one two Yeah, where my nigga Jay Dee? Where ya at? (Yeah!) (Oooh, you say you got guns, then bring that shit) what? (You say you got ones, then ...

Common (talking) phone rang, screen said caller ID said blocked, but for some reason i decided to answer it on the other end was a french accent he told me we n...

Whatup BITCH? I'm Peavey Wheatstraw And you don't stop with the heidi heidi hoe Hi hoe or bye hoe if you're lookin for a sucker I'm just another motherfucker Pu...

Yo yo check it Unattached and calm sundaes and pills I palm with intentions to make it to the league Intrigued by two letter cars SE's and GS'ses On the court n...

Common: Yo niggaz don't want none of this Niggaz know they can't fuck with this Turn this shit up just a little more I walk the night in rhymin armor bomb a ni...

Same story, same target, different time Cyclical reaction from the prisoners of the bilnd Trying to fight time, it's a battle of the mind Waiting for redemption...

[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...

[Common] Yeah! Hah! Yeah, we got, come on Y'all cats know the abstract nigga with the attitude Pass the booze, and let's build on it I'm rolling in a Cadillac ...

[Chorus - William and Martin Luther King] (I am happyI Have a Dream) I got a Dream (That One Day ) Were gonna work it out out out (That One Day ) Were gonna wor...

Verse one: I met this girl, when I was ten years old And what I loved most she had so much soul She was old school, when I was just a shorty Never knew througho...

Once the love was strong Now it's long, long gone Cause the pain came down like a storm I remained, holding on Cause I want you, cause I want you I want you, I ...

[featuring sean lett] Intro: common Yeah, one two, bless Yeah yeah, check it I got my mellow sean lett He gonna get down for y'all chicago style Eighty-seven, y...

("Yeah yeah now check the method" Extra P from ATCQ's _Keep It Rollin_) * cut and scratched 4X by Mista Sinister Verse One: No ID No time to get all excited jus...

*scratches* Inhale (Verse 1) I breathe deep Like an old man in a deep sleep Or an Indian peace pipe Identity be The beginning, the end, the first, the last Brea...

Envisioning the hereafter listenin to Steve Wonder On a Quest for Love like the Proceed drummer I strike like lightning and don't need thunder Inhale imaginatio...

[Verse 1] Night Blows, Stoves don't work, Hoes at work A warrior, so I wear 'em on my shirt Wish I was free as Che was, I spend a day buzzed Tripping on height...

Erykah Badu and Common ( deeply): Verse 1: Everyone hides thier face, sets behind a mask they wear Jimi was a rock star searching for that magic place That he...

The rhyme I pick up trick up and like hiccup (Hiccup!) This is a good place for a stickup So throw your hands in the air and say hell yeah I Can Beat Mike Tyson...

Everybody wanna be... is the beast on the street no relaxing... Try to figure if this... is a passing form you niggers wanna heat up I would be... I am the pass...

"Like they used to say" *repeated in background* [Common] We dealin wit some very critical and crucial times Some of the most critical and crucial times I've ...

Yeah, yeah [Chorus] How beautiful love can be On the streets love is hard to see It's a place I got to be Loving you is loving me How beautiful love can be On...

[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...

Intro: Gotta watch out for them critters I get the party live Common Sense will get the party live huh (x4) Verse 1: I was born in Chicago raised on Planet Rock...

Ahh the sun is shining brighter cause you really make my day You really make my day Ohhh oh oh Yeah I think I like her cause she really makes my day Yeah she re...

Canibus: Yeah yeah Me and my man Com Sense Rallyin troops like Joseph Stalin Where you at yo? Common: I'm bout to make the name Com Sense a name you fear Y'all...

Baby, you understand me now If sometimes you see that I'm mad No one can always be an angel When everything goes wrong you see some bad Well I'm just a soul who...

(Yeah for your nation for your nation) Verse One: A bitch nigga wit an attitude named Cube Step to Com wit a feud Now what the fuck I look like dissing a whole...

[Common] Yeah baby boy In the place (for you and yours) to be Da uh da uh, we got the uh ya'll We bout to rock ya'll, we got the uh baby Yo yo yo check it Exci...

(feat Laetitia Sadier) Yeah! The war zone Who you fighting for? [Verse 1: Common] It's funk to rhythm and punk to rock loud like shot that come from a glock ...

Intro: Check it on the one, you com is gonna come (x3) And check it out, ha Verse 1: My raps do laps around tracks to the days The idiot vibin', I'm the comma c...

Q-Tip: Hey , hey, hey, hey, Hey, who dat? Hey, who dat? Hey, who dat? Check it, what Hey sucka nigga, whoever you are(x2) Hey sucka nigga, hey sucka nigga Whoev...

Yo you sent out the signal right? And this is what happened The voice of Hip Hop got heard Never comprimised this is how we put it down c'mon Throughout my thu...

Hand me a little bit of umm orange pineapple juice I'ma sip on it check it out I got a rhyme you got a rhyme But my rhyme is better than yours (repeat 2X) U A C...

[Common] Yo I don't know what was on y'all niggaz birds(?) to go up to the boat - and start robbin old folks Now see you done messed with the wrong old lady Yo...

Hey CS man umm Yeah since you don't wanna gimme a dollar for no beer umm Why don't you gimme a lyrical shoutout on your album junior? C'mon man gimme somethin m...

(feat Bilal) Yeah ohhh [x3] [Chorus: Bilal] Ohhh Everything's gone be alright If you play your cards right Everything's gone be alright [Verse 1: Common] I...

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 de...

[Pops] Hey, hey old bean And you to baby sweetness Yeah, this is Pops, and I'm back in the studio And I didn't have to break in this time I'm back as a special ...

Kanye West) Hey baby, am I crazy? Or were you giving me the eye? You said maybe Well, you crazy Because I know I'm to fly Already know I'm too fly Already know ...

This is a U A rhyme dedicate to the ca nine Tch a ch tchk c'mere boy I said it's play time It's time to play with the mind of a slimmie I don't wanna be a freak...

La la la la la La la la la la Bow! Bow! I came through the door with the raw Martin Margiela superstar status Everything stellar, with some bad bitches and som...

[Mya:] Try to make it real compared to what? Oh oh oh oh ohoh oh oh oh Sock it to me now [Common:] They say money make a man strange Is it money or we dont u...

Common: One two one two one two Yo I be the Big Illinois here to build and destroy I come on your deck on your set On your strip through your burrough Rippin an...

[Intro] Yeah, yeah, you know how me and 'Ye do [Verse 1] Real People walk in the streets, the streets is talkin' Often it's beef this city never does People ...

[Common] Yeah, yeah, what, yeah Reminding me of Sef, what? Fat fat thick booty, what? You say jack that big booty, yo He say OOH OH I heard the boy he said OOH...

"What'd you do last night?" "We did umm, two whole cars It was me, Dez, and Main Three right? And on the first car in small letters it said 'All you see is' and...

Verse One: I stagger in the gathering possessed by a patter in That be scatterin Over the globe will my vocals be travellin Unravellin my abdomen it's slime tha...

Ntro: Yeah i'ma get this one off for eighty-seven street South side of chicago, chicago everywhere check it It's like c'mon y'all, get live get down Common sens...

Yo, we gotta start respectin life more y'all You look at your brother man you gotta see yourself Gotta see the God within him Brothers gettin changed real quick...

Girl, you're been touch by the forces of the nature I'm just tryin' to motivate ya Electricity is definitely there I got shot when I touch your hair Sex 4 suga...

Y'all let um know I'm the coldest MC Joe you dig So cool, so cool I wanna move So cool, so cool I was raise in city where the blood is cold Big hats Cadillacs...

(feat D'Angelo) [Intro - D'Angelo] Ohhh, ohhhh I wanna get closerrrrrr to you, baby Ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh Ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh [Chorus - D'Angelo] You have com...

"Gimme a pound thank you man" > Tim Dog (repeat 2X then 4X faster) I'm as bad bad as Leroy Brown Brown Yo I'm a pro pro but not a noun noun If you got beef beef...