[Intro: Common]
You know they be asking 'bout Common, where he at?
What that man doing now?

I'm doing what I do
Hip-Hop
That's what I do

Yeah

[Verse 1: Common]


How can I say this, $#&@ it I'm the greatest
I am the A-list for all these great debaters

A lot of ya'll nah nah, forgot now who I am
The '87 ^!$$% used to rah rah in the jam
Aw yeah, we put them things in the air

When I drop a single, it's really like a pair
Of Air Jordans, important to the culture
If you ain't true to it, cállate la boca

Get my drink on like a coaster
Post up on the wall that Mike used to live off
Hip-hop Master Cleansin', I'mma get my %#@! off

Rollin' in a Maserati Gran with the lid off
I bit all like a monster, live ^!$$% this is my encore
Encore, encore, I rhyme for the commoners

My name synonymous with prominence
I'm to Hip-Hop what Obama is to politics
Common is


[Interlude]


Yeah, man
Y'all ^!$$%s man, you soft mutha$#&@ers
Yeah my man, mutha$#&@er

Then come around my crib
You know where I'm from
Some ho $$# ^!$$%s

Singing all around me man, la la la
You ain't mutha$#&@ing Frank Sinatra
Uh, lil' (*##$

Yeah, this the raw right here
This the raw right here ^!$$%
Sweet mutha$#&@a

Sweet $$# (*##$ mutha$#&@a

[Verse 2: Common]


Wa da da da, wa dada dada dang
The C-O double-M O-N, I'm not playin'

Da da man at work, I make my own lane
I'm the franchise so I rock my own chain
No I said give 'em that 80′s cocaine

Somethin' raw, something pure so I stayed in that vein
The hero that he know, that he cold
Like when it's below in the Geo, wipe ya feet off in the Regal

I'm king, observe the throne and the dream
I have it, supreme like mathematics
Yeah, I rep the fresh air for you asthmatic rap addicts

Pro black magic, this is semi-automatic
Rap we won't jam in traffic
The game need direction, I'm here to map it

Uh, some people say that they be missing creativity
But when it come to hip-hop, it begins and ends with me
Sweet


[Outro: Common]


You know man, you should know where I come from
You should know who I am ^!$$%
You should never wanna go against me

You know man, you too soft for that man
I be seeing you man, I see it in your eyes man
You ain't the type of ^!$$% that could go against me

You get in my presence you gon' feel like a little ho
You ain't a man yet, you tryna be somebody else
Man, be yourself man, you come around my crib, you get your %#@! took

Huh! Wherever you go, you probably be overseas in Europe and get yo %#@! took
You's a ho, you know you sweet
Ain't nothing you can do man, people see that man
Broads be seeing you sweet
Done wit' you mutha$#&@as, it's over for you

It's over for you
It's over, sweet mutha$#&@a