Like They Used To Say lyrics translation: COMMON Like They Used To Say song texte and letras COMMON Like They Used To Say tab, paroles and testo COMMON Like They Used To Say Karaoke and Music Video - none yet
[Common]
We dealin wit some very critical and crucial times
Some of the most critical and crucial times I`ve ever seen
I wrote Stoney Island on my guy
He was tryin me about the S-I-E experience
Tried to tell him about the C-S-E experience, you know?
Yo I`m the rap profession, I go the session
Study MC`s like a god do lessons
Mic testin in the rain, I brainstorm
You feelin me out nigga? We got the same form
I drop heavy in spots you scared to put your weight
There`s only so much ice you can skate on
Shit cats right for you, you say wrong
No time to debate on, who`s your pop and who`s not
Or who shot Big and Tupac
Or who this stud fuckin or how much this crew got
That`s hoe shit
That ain`t me or the type of niggas I roll wit
I Cold Get Dumb, like a brother in prison
Who hasn`t had a chance to hold his son
Sacrificin like Abe did his oldest son
Tryin to hold my come, I think of raps
Seen the BDP cover and I start thinkin back to
* `Silly Hoes` sample* say what? `Like they used to say`
`Kool G Rap and Polo, back again` [Kool G Rap]
Yeah `Like they used to say`
* `Ain`t No Half-Steppin` sample*yeah `Like they used to say`
(Dig it, like they used to say) *Biz Markie sample* `Like they used to say`
[Common]
I walk through triple darkness wit a childproof lighter
All your homeboys`ll bite us, so what`s up wit that?
Your producer pumped the track
Told him, `Naw, I can`t fuck wit that`
Nice way of sayin `Big, bring a rougher track`
My ball in my ear said `Enough of that humble rap`
Now every single you drop I`ma double that
Jigga-jigga Joe cut the record down to
My sound surround you like racism, you feel it all around you
I go into a soundproof booth and change flows
Track the strange hoes wit headwraps and Bangols
Hip-hop is gettin strangled by this Puff Combs syndrome
Niggas Been Around The World actin like they never been home
I ain`t hatin cuz I can only love niggas
It`s just outta the game, I wanna sub niggas
I be dub figure rusty to adjust the in-dustry
And speak up, like when my homey`s musty
Here we go yeah * `Roxanne Roxanne` sample* yeah, dig it
`Like they used to say`
`You don`t want it` [T-La Rock] `Like they used to say`
`F-R-E-S-H` [Fresh 3 MC`s] `Like they used to say`
`My Adidas, walk through concrete doors and broke` [Run-DMC]
`Like they used to say`
[Common]
Yo *repeating `zen zen zen zen` for about 20 sec.*
`Like they used to say` 3x
Yo yo check it
Appreciate the art that came through Puerto Ricans and Blacks
Speakin the facts, the sound is much deeper than wax
Dug Inf, Luke Lumberjack I`m keepin the axe
Layin on passed out nights wakin up reekin wit raps
Geek like the Fat Boys ?produce the feeb? in fat
In shows I get more hoes/holes than a seam in the matt
Raps develop like film (so what?) so call me Instant Common
This business of pimps and hoes, I stick out like Bishop Juan
Talk to my nigga Ron about openin shops
Holdin up cops, I`m from the `Go, it don`t stop
Contract ain`t show enough options, it`s time to pop guns
It`s gon` be some Shook, Lost and popped Ones
Askin How Come like Wyclef, they`ll be Gone before November (yeah)
Name`ll be in sentences wit the word `remember`
Wrote a letter to `88, let`s get back, love me tender
The letter came back three days later, return to sender
Damn!
`Like they used to say`
`Hot damn hoe here we go again` [MC Lyte] `Like they used to say`
`I want it like that, I got it like that, I have it like that` [Kool Keith]
`Like they used to say`
`You gots to chill` [PMD] `Like they used to say`
`Boyz in the hood are always hard` [Eazy E] `Like they used to say`
`One for all and all` [Brand Nubian] `Like they used to say`
`Zoom zoom zoom, zoom zoom zoom zoo zoom` [MC E-Z]
`Like they used to say`
`I get money, money I got` [Milk-D] `Like they used to say`
`Plug one, plug two` [De La Soul] `Like they used to say`
`For all the pioneers, I`m goin way back` [Just-Ice] `Like they used to say`
`I think that`s about as far back as we can go` [Just-Ice]
`Like they used to say` 3x
`Yo what happened to the beats` [Eric B.]
`Like they used to say`
PEACE!!! `Like they used to say` `Like they used to say` Send " Like They Used To Say" Ringtone to your Cell