Common - Common Freestyle | LA Leakers Freestyle #119 lyrics

arried to the game, I should have took the b*tch to Cabo I know, I know like Bill Withers, feel ni**as 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 with the sisters In pursuit of happiness, I ask God to Will Smith us Blessed are the meek, we inherit Earth and then we speak Into existence, I'm rooted in black thoughts like Tariq I was a drifter, now I'm a shifter of paradigms I uplift thе untethered minds Forеver signed to the artform, no, things didn't start warm Wrinkles in time 'til I met my Tony Starks form And straightened it out, Iron Man While some was workin' the pots and frying pans Some of my guys moved keys like Robert Glasper They gave me room so I could be a master My book of life, I write it like a Christ chapter When Hip Hop was dead I met it in the life after Vision in the hereafter, listenin' to Donny Hatha Tryin' to find a way to get my people out the trap or the prisons Talkin' with my daughter, I learned to listen She's studyin' law, I told her, "make firm decisions," This is a prism of Hip Hop realism From the block we arisen, still we walk like Egyptians This the not-need edition, Planet Rock reinvention The lock key ignition to them Ali dimensions Grew up around stones and they rocked me the wisdom They yell, "All is well," and it got me to wishin' 2Pac, the ambition, I'm keepin' my head up, I am a rider From the black pool of genius and I'm a diver Striver of perfection, inside of my inflections The blessings of the destined restin' with no questions These are the strides of a knocker Took time to myself like Naomi Osaka Took time off to never rhyme soft, my mind's off The grid that I climbed off, I'm live 'til I sign off My man Murray said, "never take your shine off," Sometimes I go offline to get these lines off My crown chakra's like a Chi-town opera Violence, violence, they broke in my crib and seen Oscars Emmys, Grammys, damn he Near a EGOT and he still Hip Hop I'm to rap what Bird is to Bebop, what AI is to Reebok What Jada is to D-Block, the game need a detox Go get your turmeric, your Dr. Sebi Sea Moss Burning sands that we crossed for the tribes that we lost In a war with stars, I make ni**as into ewoks I'm a rap god but still human like the beatbox Like (beatbox sounds) a one, two Rest in peace to Biz Markie, honor those that spark me I spit verses like girls get purses Some rappers get by and some get purchased My shape's earthless, I came to earth's surface To reverse curses and birth purpose, my verse nurtures A woman's worth is first is as soul merchin' Like a sneakerhead, I just keep sole searchin' As far as freestyles, I go wild like no churches My occupation, greatness is my coworker Like uh [Verse 2] Warriors rejoice at the voice of a black king Some say I'm slept on, I symbolize the rap dream The unforgettable, them ni**as must be napping I been as cold as J or Nat King It was all notorious, the glow of the glorious The story gets wild, Zendaya's Euphoria Morpheus morals, black Orpheus orals To them we just mortals, to the Lord, we portals For the prophets, I wear my ancestor's watches That's why I'm timeless and know God got us Sittin' back watchin' shottas like I was a Rasta I guess what it taught us about the imposters It's kinda tricky how quickly one'll stick me For so long you ain't care about the sickly I keep it a buck fifty, like Giannis Yesterday's lies and tomorrow's not promised To stay Common I can't stare at the comments I'm a slave to progress and A1 honest Malcolm X-ray vision, I see through devils The God's stay down the block, I always knew the levels These are petals to flow words Oral arrangements like orchids, I turn the desert to an orchard It's a few deserts in my city They say a change gon' come but only by committee The witty unpredictable, every time this play Give Rae his residuals, nine individuals Eight in the physical, just gotta give the Wu They props, it don't stop, rap is a ritual I'm the untouchable style Capone Yellin', "peace," on the phone while it's wild at home It's warzones, ni**as hustlin' still They say you gotta bear arms like Justin Fields I quarterback black movements Like the influence of black music, the confluence Beyond nuance through aunts and uncles We were conduits for hot clothes and hustle I ain't catch no cases like the NBA bubble Too much talkin' and flexin' stimulate trouble Brothers gon' work it out, my mind is the muscle I exercise thoughts, divine in the subtle Like a blind man's rebu*tal to see what I'm sayin' Kaepernick of this rap sh*t, you see I ain't playin' With these goofy ass rappers, I do movies, I know actors It's all in your face, you ain't never been proactive This is pro-black hood, wrapped in Backwoods Yeah we stack good and still show black love Like Barack and Michelle, I'm like an electric car Out of my shell, I plot and prevail Pushin' these bars like I got out of jail You ain't fu*kin' with it, well I'm feelin' myself Put me on the list where the Gods will dwell Nas and BIG, I got a story, it ain't hard to tell Uh, yeah, yeah It ain't hard to tell, yo I'm giving California love, like the LA Leakers Yeah I love the sun like LA preachers I'm doing movies, ni**as askin' me for features Lifetime achiever like Queen Latifah Yo, knock 'em out the box, yeah I been a seeker Ask Lauren, going up the hill it always gets steeper My mind, I grind, yo I'm a keeper And I'ma tell you, y'all I'm with the LA Leakers I came to speak, y'all