Common - Sunshine (Remix) lyrics

[Intro: Wale] May the optimism of tomorrow be your foundation for today [Hook] The spotlight on my fans Sunshine, I can't tell a lie Want me to say what they just wanna hear now Want me to say what they just wanna hear now [Interlude: Wale (Rick Ross)] I can't lie I feel quite phenomenal today baby, yeah That new black soul sh**, this that new black soul That new black soul Bounce, bounce It's so soulful at the moment (I'm just happy to be apart of it) [Verse 1: Rick Ross] Born to be poor, chose to be rich Black Panther party, n***a hold up your fist Food on my plate, gold on my neck n***a lace up your sneakers and go and get some respect Cover my body with ink, I never cherished the flesh And buy a funeral home because n***as bury the best Which is sad to say, but did you graduate? Debatin' Ivy League over the UCLAs I struggled at math therefore perfected my craft In the back of my mind I said "Establish your staff" Right or wrong n***as make mistakes You shed your tears and then you wiped your face You hold your head to the sky, you put your face in the light Makaveli the Don, I pray I make it tonight They never said that the odds were fair Now we standin' in line for that Obamacare Pray for a better today, bring my brother home n***a murdered a child, what the f** you was on? I just wanna let my top down But I'm still runnin' from the dark cloud It got me prayin' for some sunshine You got me prayin' for that sunshine And I'm prayin' for a better day I'm just prayin' for a better day [Hook] [Verse 2: Common] I'm drinkin' Cabernet, think of better days Rock 'til my beard is gray like Frank Bev and Maze In this maze they called us the black rats Because we trap from the projects, we stack that Hopin' I reach twenty one, n***a black jack Blackstrap mola**es in the backpack Dreamin' of the p**y that I slept on, cat nap Moon walk like Mike Jack, but never backtrack I hold the MAC that Them panthers and the black cats used to hold The Kendrick Lamar Odom cause I lose control When it comes to dope raps, yeah n***a you can quote that Used to hold back like a ma**euse The fruits of my labor is to produce On Netflix watchin' Juice I wanna 2pac the people That mean keep 'em regal, at the same time lethal [Hook] [Verse 3: Wale] I don't like to boast but they ain't touchin' the flow (nope) f** a therapist, I put everything in this cone My only fear is marriage she scared of bein alone She settle for this bread so therein should be a trophy I'mma prolly marry somebody already familiar VH1 10 and I'm not thinkin about these b**hes Can do without opinions Another brother caught up in the business Had that lock since I lost my scholarship I been gettin' it to my old coach and ballin' Rose gold was forty, dopest n***a recordin' Make hoes sprint the 40 See me I thought money would change it it got worse But its alot better than screamin "who got work?" (who got work?) From opening up for Back to packing out 9:30 I never sold crack when crack rappin was workin With that fact its back packin and murkin Gettin' that Bobby Heenan while you Mr. Perfect [Outro] We ain't posed to never ha- We ain't posed to never have