Common - The Next Chapter (Still Love H.E.R.) lyrics

[Intro] "I met this girl when I was ten years old" I had a dream, a dream since I was a kid [Verse 1] I'm moving, yes I'm moving on, the motor turning over I met her when I was 10 as I began to grow older Exposed to the culture, culture that would change me With the mic check I paint a picture like Banksy Concrete rose going through hoes and blows On a paper chase, I found out I was chose A fetish for clothes, success, and blessing the hood The struggles of an MC progressing through the good Music for the 90s, 2000s, and beyond It started with me wanting n***as to say me could rhyme And now it's my time, then now it's forever Change the world, raps and styles getting better Revolutionize and rising above the game again My career is fading in, like a DJ on a blend Women love the voice, brothers dig the lyrics This is hip-hop y'all, we driving for the spirit [Outro] No I.D. is in the house Twilight Tone he's in the house J. Period is in the house Kanye, he's in the house G.O.O.D. Music, we in the house J. Dilla, he's in the house Yo, The Roots they in the house Kristen Mills is in the house I had a dream, a dream since I was a kid "They say hip-hop is dead, I'm here to resurrect me" "I met this girl when I was ten years old And what I loved most, she had so much soul"