Released: December 9, 2008

Featuring: Martina Topley-Bird

Songwriter: Mr. DJ Common Martina Topley-Bird

Producer: Mr. DJ

[Hook: Martina Topley-Bird]
How did you know I've been waiting for this time to come?
And though it tastes like forever
It may not stay long
Everywhere is summer. (x4)

[Verse 1: Martina Topley-Bird]
A shaman since before my birth
And I came down to rock the Earth
My mission condition:
I give you, you listen
I'm syncing in time in parallel
In binary, no 3rd return
I'm planning intention
With all the redemption

[Hook]

[Verse 2: Common]
No pop, no pop, no pop, no pop
We gon'do this thang till the sky just drop
Lock into ya mind away we rock
In a rocket is the 87 astronaut
Top of the soul, dove and I got in a hole
At the moment they were saying, "It was outta control"
Strap in to your mind, why eyes see some recline
You'll see in time your season to shine
When the stadium is dark, emcees are defined
Get ready, on your mark, put your feet on the line
The race is on to space beyond
You gon' get there by doing what you want
Sometimes the most famous feel all alone
So we drift to a place that we call our home
I was known as being spaced and outta my dome
Now I know, it's all I've known

[Hook]

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.