Common

Songwriter: J. Period Common

Producer: J. Period

[Intro]
"I met this girl when I was ten years old"
I had a dream, a dream since I was a kid

[Verse 1]
I'm moving, yes I'm moving on, the motor turning over
I met her when I was 10 as I began to grow older
Exposed to the culture, culture that would change me
With the mic check I paint a picture like Banksy
Concrete rose going through hoes and blows
On a paper chase, I found out I was chose
A fetish for clothes, success, and blessing the hood
The struggles of an MC progressing through the good
Music for the 90s, 2000s, and beyond
It started with me wanting niggas to say me could rhyme
And now it's my time, then now it's forever
Change the world, raps and styles getting better
Revolutionize and rising above the game again
My career is fading in, like a DJ on a blend
Women love the voice, brothers dig the lyrics
This is hip-hop y'all, we driving for the spirit

[Outro]
No I.D. is in the house
Twilight Tone he's in the house
J. Period is in the house
Kanye, he's in the house
G.O.O.D. Music, we in the house
J. Dilla, he's in the house
Yo, The Roots they in the house
Kristen Mills is in the house

I had a dream, a dream since I was a kid

"They say hip-hop is dead, I'm here to resurrect me"
"I met this girl when I was ten years old
And what I loved most, she had so much soul"

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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