Blows to the Temple

Check itWe can go, toe to toe, with the blows to the temple (NOT) Not the Temple of Doom, so make roomfor the Unamerican Caravan (who you down with?)The B-Boys, I’mmenslope, Twilite Tone, Derrick and then someI don’t get rid of some faceswhile marks be lookin hard, and they be […]


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Soul By the Pound

"Gimme a pound, thank you man" –> Tim Dog(repeat 2X, then 4X faster) I’m as bad bad, as Leroy Brown BrownYo I’m a pro pro, but not a noun nounIf you got beef beef, then you’ll get ground groundCut up in soul soul, by the pound poundI’m going downtown like […]


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In My Own World (Check the Method)

("Yeah yeah, now check the method" – Extra P from ATCQ’s _Keep It Rollin_) * cut and scratched 4X by Mista Sinister Verse One: No I.D. No time to get all excited, just write itfrom the inside let the pen slide, and spreadthe ink on the papyrus, come understand this […]


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Pitchin’ Pennies

Hey C.S. man, umm Yeah since you don’t wanna gimme a dollar for no beer umm why don’t you gimme a lyrical shoutout on your album junior? C’mon man, gimme somethin man! Common! Ah-heh! Let’s Make a Deal, pickle I’m pitchin penny dimes and nicklesYou couldn’t sell a sticker, on […]


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G.O.D. (Gaining One’s Definition)

[Common]After bein’ 25, you know, just trying to survive in the world Bout to have a little boy or baby girl. Who knows? Anyway, just when you start gettin that little age and experience to youYou start thinkin about stuff…tryin to make the right moves So bust it out, this […]


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Invocation

Envisioning the hereafter, listenin to Steve WonderOn a Quest for Love like the Proceed drummerI strike like lightning and don’t need thunderInhale imagination and breathe wonderThat’s your lady, I used to run up in her and G weed from herIt’s a cold world and niggaz need summerAt times my going […]


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Reminding Me (of Sef)

[Common]Yeah, yeah, what, yeahReminding me of Sef, what?Fat fat thick booty, what?You say jack that big booty, yoHe say OOH OHI heard the boy he said OOH OHThe party people he said OOH OHUhh uh uh uhh yo yo yoCheck it, check it Driftin on a memory, brought forthfrom a […]


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Just in the Nick of Rhyme

The rhyme I pick up, trick up, and like hiccup(Hiccup!) This is a good place for a stickupSo throw your hands in the air and say hell yeahI Can Beat Mike Tyson, plus I’m Fresh-er than the Prince of Bel AirAnd I Blossom, In Colour is how I’m Living seesome […]


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Book of Life

I got so much trouble on my mindSo I take timeOut my dayTo pray and I sayNow I lay me down to sleepHopin’ that I keepMy soulPeep, I’m gettin’ old And it’s a cold cold worldAnd I ain’t even got a bomberLivin’ with my mommaIt’s the same routineKeep my room […]


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Take It EZ

Verse One: I’m {easy} easy, easy like Sunday morningI can kick a stupid nervous joint when I’m yawningAhhh, Common’s comin with that old oh excuse meElizabeth, this is a big one, I mean a dewe-deweDoogie, Howser, cause see I’m like BowserKickin it with the sha-na-na-na, the t-shirt, and thetrousers, how’s […]


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Funky For You

Chorus: Bilal, Jill Scott Alright…..Okay [4X’]Alright……We’ll make it funky for you now [Common]I’m a child of the ahh – The 87 ahhFrom the streets – Get on a beat and go ahhI could break it down like whatever ya ahhOn some K-R-S be here forever type unhYou-you-you-you know you shouldn’t […]


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Breaker 1/9

A weeby weeby wobble gobble gobble DO the turkeyLord have mercy, mercy mercy meYou see I’m tryin to get the punanibut you just wanna rock me, ah-eh-eh, ah-eh-ehYou see I’m tryin to get the punanibut you just wanna rock me, oooh, check itSo get your ride on ride the thundercloud […]


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Another Wasted Nite With…

*Common’s answering machine beeps* Say brotha If you ever let me leave out a club with a big fat ass, stove-like bitch like that without point out the facts, I’ma kick your motherfuckin ass. Man that nerve of the hoe not to give me no pussy. Come up in my […]


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Gettin' Down at the Amphitheater

"Ga-ga-gangbusters!!" [Dove]Hey give it Boogie like the BX, sex regular booger bitchesget the backseat, G-bumps’ll make you buy tapesEx-cape the fire tonight, switch like Jekyll and Hydeand shit, wreckin we live and shitThis swamp water style’ll keep em dirty and wetI bet mills on the rhyme skills, we walk away […]


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Geto Heaven Part Two

God bless… [D’Angelo]hmmmmm…, doo doooo, doo doooo, yeah…, yeah…, ooohKnow I love my baby, My baby loves meLayin in some heaven, need a little companyLet’s go into a heaven, time to get some Geto HeavenGeto… [Verse 1]Searchin for a love, throughout the ghettoYoung girls is thick, righteousness is narrowI got […]


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