Common

Released: July 10, 2005

Songwriter: Common J Dilla James Poyser Bilal

Producer: J Dilla James Poyser

[Intro]
Yeah, they partyin' right now in the North Sea
They lovin' how we do it
Yo, we wanna stay funky up in here
Y'all ready to get funky up in here or what?
It's the basement, you know the basement be funky sometime
I'm talking about that sweat under the armpits
Sweat under the balls funk, you know what I'm talking about?
We get it funky like that
Com Sense gonna make it real funky for you
And we came to make it real funky for you
Den Haag gonna make it real funky for you
Yo, Amsterdam gonna make it real funky for you
I said Holland gonna make it real funky for you
And we came to make it real funky for you
I said we gonna make it real funky for you
I know that we came to make it real funky for you
I said that we gonna make it real funky for you
And 'riem came to make it real funky for you
My man Rock gonna make it real funky for you
Derek B. came to make it real funky for you
I know that I came to make it real funky
Funk, rhythm, the funk, funky, I want the real
Make it real funky for you, I say I'm gonna make it real funky for you
I know that I wanna make, I wanna make it
Yeah yeah, I wanna make it funky for you and you
I wanna make it funky, funk for you
I came to make it real funky, real funky for you
We gonna make it real funky for you
Oh, don't laugh when it's funky for you
And we came to make it real funky for you
DJ Dummy gonna make it real funky for you
My man O gonna make it real funky for you
DJ Dummy came to make it real funky for you
We make it funky for you, I mean funky for you

[Chorus]
Alright...yeah, okay
Yeah, yo, alright... Okay
Sing it with me y'all
Alright... Okay
Alright... We'll make it funky for you now

[Verse 1]
I'm a child of the ahh - The 87 ahh
From the streets - Get on a beat and go ahh
I could break it down like whatever ya ahh
On some KRS be here forever type unh
You-you-you-you know you shouldn't rhyme like unh
Let them pussy niggas get in your mind like unh
Baby boy, you could do it, take your time do it...
If you get the chance
To be a man in a b-boy stance, advanced from the go
I'll trace outer space with a unh
The baby-sitter of styles - I've traveled miles with
Bitches and....I've traveled miles with.....
I've traveled miles with bitches and brew the ritual
Of the real unh
Your platinum but real unh's don't feel you
You sampled real unh's and then filtered
I'm built to last - at last I'm free
The Roots and SV be the family tree
My man DJ Dummy be the family tree
The tree is unh, how we do it y'all

[Chorus]
As long as it's funky...alright, okay
As long as it's funky...alright, okay
Sing it with us
As long as it's funky...alright, okay
Yeah, as long as it's funky...funky for you now

[Bridge]
We came to make it real funky for you
And we gonna make it real funky for you
And we came to make it real funky for you, ah
Funky for you, huh, funky for you, come on
We came to make it real funky for you
And we gonna make it real funky for you
And we came to make it real funky for you, ah
Funky for you, uh, funky for you

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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