Common

Released: October 25, 1994

Songwriter: Common

Producer: No I.D.

[Common's answering machine beeps]
Say, brother...
If you ever let me leave out a club with a big fat-ass, stove-like bitch like that without pointin' out the facts...
I'mma kick your motherfuckin' ass! Man, that nerve of the ho not to give me no pussy... Come up in my house trying to watch movies and shit... this ain't no motherfuckin' cinema, bitch! Who the fuck she thought I --
Say, brother, I wasted a evening. I shoulda went with you. But, oh, well. You know I gets my pussy anyway. You know that's how players do. But God-damnit, Rashid, that big-ass bitch-- *laughs*
If you'd have said to spread on that ho, man, I could kick my own ass
Well, should go to work... Just another wasted night
And ohhhh, ohhhh... Heyyy, heyyy... What can you say?

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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