Common

Released: January 10, 2020

Songwriter: Ron Brown Nicholas Payton Karriem Riggins Isaiah Sharkey Common

Producer: Karriem Riggins Tom Misch

[Intro]
Yeah, uh

[Verse 1]
L-l-l-l-l-let's go on
We we-weather-weather the storm
Love comes through and we get it on
Been through the PM just to see the dawn
They say it never rains in Californ’
That done changed 'cause of global warming
Depends on what you use for a lens
I was told God used rain to cleanse
In you I got a friend, your kin is my kin
I prayed for a woman, so I say amen
A gift in my life that can't be boxed in
You don’t complain when I watch SportsCenter Top 10
Over and over again, no more holding it in
Let's write a love story, we don't know where it end
I'm beginning to understand and understand women
Yeah, understand forgiving, understand commitment
Understand living in love with no division
Understand she gon' be like, "Nigga, just listen"
Girl, in me, a King has risen
So close, the future don't seem as distant

[Chorus]
So fancy free, 'cause I wanna be
To understand part of me
So fancy free, 'cause I wanna be
To understand part of me

[Verse 2]
Ah, ah, new shoes, ah, ah, new clothes
Really that glow is from your inner soul
You a good DJ as long as you ain’t blow
Red carpet looks I tell you when they coals
Use no stylist, you know I joke childish
My Gambino is black not Italian
Let’s watch ATL, drink wine, and order Postmates
Background music either Anita or Ghostface
Any time I get with you, it's a dope date
You juicin’? Don't lose too much weight
Mind full of Gotti, Soulcycle for the body
Your hero's Angela Davis, mine's is Ali
I probably couldn’t have done this, years ago
Relationship journey is spiritual, lyrical
Written in the sky above, it's a higher love
If it get ashy, we can start applying love
We can work, we can laugh, we can cry in love
Let's get gray, then we can die in love
Tell the first responders, this is a fire love
Gratitude, to the Most High above

[Chorus]
So fancy free, as I wanna be
To understand part of me
So fancy free, as I wanna be
To understand part of me

[Verse 3]
You my partner, da-na-na-na-na-na
You are part of, da-na-na-na-na-na
This is sparks of, no matter what they call it
This is God's love, our love
You get spicy, any time I act like a Pisces
That's the only time you really wanna fight me
Can't copy sex, still you can bite me
That could be the start of our black clan like Spike Lee
You help me with my lines, tell me when my raps are wack
When I'm sick you got remedies to battle back
Your jellyfish theory we could master that
I love you this lifetime and after that

[Chorus]
So fancy free, as I wanna be
To understand part of me
So fancy free, as I wanna be
To understand part of me

[Outro]
Ooh– yeah
Ooh–
Ooh– yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh– yeah

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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