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A Place in This WorldCommon

Released: October 30, 2020

Featuring: PJ

Songwriter: PJ Common Karriem Riggins Isaiah Sharkey Burniss Earl Travis II Ali P

Producer: Burniss Earl Travis II Karriem Riggins

[Verse 1: Common]
No justice or justification
We trust in God but can't trust in a nation
The cusp of generations searching for a ventilation
If 2020 vision is any indication of where we are
Where we've been, where do we go
American ain't legible
My rights are being left behind
In questing times they say invest in us
Trying to rest my mind
The press be pressed to find stories by my kind
I suggest the climb
Though many, many holler about justice reform
But won't put dollars wherе the hustle is born
You know our politicians, they likе to perform
Acting and singing that government song
How they love America when you lovin' it wrong
We the people are becoming reborn

[Chorus: Paris Jones]
Cannot understand it
I still believe that there's a place in this world
For people just like me
People out to find a way
I still believe there's a place in this world
A place for me and you

Cannot understand it
I still believe that there's a place in this world
For people just like me
People out to find a way
I still believe there's a place in this world
A place for me and you

[Verse 2: Common]
Elastic winner in America
There's more content than there is character
Truth is we're starring at a derringer
All ways, there's a battle that's daring us
We better cross and cross rivers
A stolen soul and lost figures told by Doc Rivers
Movement of the people, we take God with us
And we create evil that will outlive us
Delivered to this world with authority
Never thought of myself as a minority
Cordial invites to far left and alt-rights
I'm from the Bob Marley party, everything will be alright
You say "All life matters" but you paying no mind when Black life shatters
I know there's end the end of the struggle
Revolution and love is like a couple

[Chorus: Paris Jones]
Cannot understand it
I still believe that there's a place in this world
For people just like me
People out to find a way
I still believe there's a place in this world
A place for me and you

Cannot understand it
I still believe that there's a place in this world
For people just like me
People out to find a way
I still believe there's a place in this world
A place for me and you

Common

Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Common (previously Common Sense), is a Grammy and Oscar-winning rapper and actor from Chicago, Illinois. Common’s inspired mix of poetic flow and hip-hop soul has helped him earn his status as one of the most respected rappers in the game.

After being a ball boy for his hometown Chicago Bulls as a teen and attending Florida A&M University for business administration, Common Sense kicked in and he left school to become a rapper. He gained national attention after being featured in the Unsigned Hype column of The Source magazine in 1991. He released his debut album Can I Borrow a Dollar? through Relativity Records in 1992, followed by his breakthrough second album Resurrection in 1994, which features his hip-hop classic single “I Used To Love H.E.R.”

As his career began to take off, he was sued by the music group Common Sense over the name, leading Common to drop the “Sense” and allude to the change in the title of his third album, One Day It’ll All Make Sense (1997). He has released several critically acclaimed albums, including Like Water For Chocolate (2000), which features his J Dilla-produced hit single “The Light”, and Be (2005), which was released under fellow Chicago musician Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music imprint. He also joined musicians Karriem Riggins and Robert Glasper to form the group August Greene, and the trio released their self-titled album in 2018.

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