Common

Released: June 14, 2005

Featuring: John Mayer Kanye West

Songwriter: Common Kanye West John Mayer

Producer: Kanye West

[Hook: Kanye West (& John Mayer)]
(Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three
(Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three
(Go) go, go, go, go, go, go
And on the count of three everybody run back to your fantasy, now
(Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three
(Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three
(Go) go, go, go, go, go, go
And on the count of three everybody run back to your fantasy, now

[Verse 1: Common]
(Go) She was a bad uh
The type at the club niggas would grab her
(Go) Fantasized when I had her
In the bathroom sweatin' with her ass up
(Go) The body of a dancer
We had chemistry cause she was a Cancer
Thought forever it would last for
But forever move faster, so I had to
(Go) Still I gotta pause
When I think about her in them draws
(Go) And uh, ooh baby she liked it raw and
Like rain when she came it poured
(Go) And like a car that I can't afford
I would want it then want some more
The positions our frames explored let me know
She was secure, back for more I wanna

[Hook: Kanye West (& John Mayer)]
(Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three
(Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three
(Go) go, go, go, go, go, go
And on the count of three everybody run back to your fantasy, now
(Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three
(Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three
(Go) go, go, go, go, go, go
And on the count of three everybody run back to your fantasy, now

[Verse 2: Common]
(Go) Freaky like the daughter of a pastor
Said I was bait for her to master
(Go) Little red corvette, nah she was faster
Wet dreams La Mer cream the bathroom
(Go) We make love and then laughter
And anyway I wanted I could have her
Said there were some girls that did attract her
A new chapter she was after so I said let's
(Go) To a place that you wanna be, uh
Get what you want from her and me, uh
(Go) Free love I wanna see, uh
Hot sex in the third degree, uh
(Go) You gettin' served while servin' me, uh
Dirty words encourage me to
Rock steady and sturdily on
You turnin' me no turnin' back the further we

[Hook: Kanye West (& John Mayer)]
(Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three
(Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three
(Go) go, go, go, go, go, go
And on the count of three everybody run back to your fantasy, now
(Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three
(Go) go, go, go, go, go and on the count of three
(Go) go, go, go, go, go, go
And on the count of three everybody run back to your fantasy, now

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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