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
[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
[Common] She walk into the court her knees buckle Saying for a man to survive he needn't hustle Seen and been through struggle her whole life Made a
showin' It's the city, the city y'all, the city Uh, the city y'all, come on [Chorus] (7x) [while Kanye West sings] And ya say Chi-City (scratched together) Common
(sample) Faithful to thee (Common) We got to be (sample) Faithful to thee (Common) I want to be (sample) Faithful to thee (Common) Yes, its for the people
count of three (Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three (Go) go, go, go, go, go, go And on the count of three everybody run back to your fantasy, now (Common
POPS'] Be, be here, be there, be that, be this Be greatful for life, be greatful to life Be gleeful everyday, for bein the best swimmer among 500,000 Be-nign, be you, be
the sky Talkin' to themselves givin' the version of why help and hurt in they eye I live across from it, some of it I do be in I be showin' niggaz lives
[Verse 1: Common] Memories on corners with the fours & the moors (pronounced foes and moes) Walk to the store for the rose talking straightforward to
of Chicago's Finest emcees! Give it up for Common and Kanye West! "It's Common Sense!" [Intro - Common] Yeah! "Common Sense!" - {*scratched*} It's Common
know they sayin "Damn, Yay snapped wit this beat!" Fuck you expect? I've got a history Groupie love now, gotta be them wheels! Haters back down, gotta be
Earth spin Then I have failed To embrace the touch Of my own skin So please Please make me love To be better Than this machine Has grown to be
laughter And anyway I wanted I could have her Said there were some girls that did attract her A new chapter she was after so I said let's (Go) To a place that you wanna be
She walked into the court her knees buckle Saying for a man to survive, he needn't hustle Seen and been through struggle her whole life Made a transition
don't quit) And ya say Chi-City (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) And ya say Chi-City (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) And ya say Chi-City Common
Tonight's musical guest Two of Chicago's finest emcees Give it up for Common and Kanye West It's common sense Yeah! Common sense It's Common Sense, yeah