[Verse 1: Common] Behind my eyes, I reach for skies that tell no lies The earth, it cries for change that can't be televised We polarized and synthesized by stimuli My heart is why the parts all died, I can't deny I realize your eternal eyes see through my disguise These falls, what do they symbolize? I know that you made me to rise I need pain to...Learn More

[Interlude: Morgan Parker] Tell you something about poetry, it refuses It breaks and asks to be broken The broken pieces form a question mark And this is the revolutionary poem, exclamation point The radical belief that broken is beautiful That breaking is essential That revolution is built from wreckage Exclamation comes from asking The question...Learn More

[Chorus] How beautiful love can be On the streets love is hard to see It's a place I got to be Loving you is loving me How beautiful love can be On the streets love is hard to see Gotta reach that frequency Loving you is loving me [Verse 1] Yeah, you know what love is Even found it on the ground where the thugs live My man had to dig deep to find...Learn More

[Verse 1: Common] Me know, me know, me know, me know, me know, me know I walk in the dream of a kid from the go Some people say when we defeat the beast, the peace will glow Lead 'em to the freedom, when I lead 'em, yo, they grow Big up hallelujah when I'm feelin' low low It shall pass, there's a bigger photo My cup overflow, I can't do it...Learn More

[Chorus: Raphael Saadiq] Time flies No time to waste while it's passing you by Time files Be patient 'cause good things happen in time We gon' get it right, we gon' get it right We gon' get it right, we gon' get it right [Verse 1: Common] Protest the anthems, yes, we chantin' A movement of people, it's like we dancin' To the ministry of, it's the...Learn More

[Sway] Prehistoric [Common] Prehistoric, I never been that I just pursue rap because my rap is like chloric Clearing you out, yo, and I'm all for it Then I come to the rock of ages, with different type of pages This ain't no dinosaur rap, prehistoric This is for the people that like the pro-black [Sway] Hell on wheels [Common] Hell on wheels,...Learn More

[Sonny Carson Sample] That's right He got - I got to take him off of here. That's right. I gotta take him off of here. 'Cause there's only one, and that's me, you understand? 'Fore all of that fightin', you understand? The sucker think he good, the sucker think he can whoop me. And I knew he can't whoop me, huh? Hey, boy, the nigga whole style is...Learn More

[Produced by No I.D.] [Chorus] A-yes, yes y'all, and you don't stop To the beat, y'all, and you don't stop Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop A-one, two, y'all, and you don't stop A-yes, yes y'all, and you don't stop And to the beat Com Sense'll be the sure shot, come on [Verse 1] I met this girl when I was ten years old And what I loved most,...Learn More

[Intro: Common] Yeah! It's been a long time comin' You know what they say Kanye Slow motion better than no motion [Chorus: Kanye West] I walked in the crib, got two kids And my baby mama late (uh oh! uh oh! uh oh!) So I had to did, what I had to did 'Cause I had to get (duh-ough! duh-ough! duh-ough!) I'm up all night, getting my money right Until...Learn More

[Verse 1] Like the 'pollo, I, the holy spirit of Chicago Married to the game, I should have took the bitch to Cabo I know, I know like Bill Withers, feel niggas They say, "Stay safe" but they still hit us Fill the rivers, it's like the ghost of Emmett Till with us We got black cards, now they gotta deal with us Rihanna got a bil', they gotta deal...Learn More

[Verse] Yeah yeah This is common Shout outs to No I.D Shout outs to Chicago Good music Yeah what up, what up ye, love Yo, this is my sixteen bars Feed live souls with two fish and five loaves Teach a man to cook it for survival My dad said it rained on my arrival Not a storm of the brain makes these niggas drive slow Like I was five-O but my...Learn More

[Intro: Pharrell] Aiyyo, all they wanna do is dance That's all they wanna do [Verse 1: Common] This is that automatic I stay fresh like I'm wrapped in plastic P goes spastic, C galactic Southside boy, we Cadillac it Charismatic, Asiatic I hustle for mathematics Cameras, action, changed the status Actor tappin' yo' favorite actress Gucci rockin',...Learn More