Common - They Say (Original Version) lyrics

[Hook: John Legend] They say "What's happenin'?" We say the facts and if, they lie We comin' back for them They might say... but they don't know! (They say, They say...) They don't knowwwww [Verse 1: Common] They say a n***a lost his mind But in the scheme of things I never lost a rhyme The thin line between love and hatred I'm the black pill in the Matrix, the saturated life They say life is what you make it So I wait quick on a spaceship so I can take it As high as the stakes get when paper get low I be tellin Derick, "Tell Cara get us a show" Little Com, I make righteous b**hes get low The richest man ain't necessarily the n***a with dough They say "You ripped" "Wow..." Yea, that's what they say My n***as couldn't tell it was me, like Jamie in Ray Paintin a day, wit focused crime, broads, and good wine They say "Dope is sour so it's homework and hood crimes" I stood mine, for forever and a day so goodbye They never could say - tell 'em, J [Hook] [Verse 2: Consequence] See my life was kinda simple like Nicole and Paris 'Til i started making dollars like I rolled with Paris Then we went our seperate ways like annulling a marriage Cause they talk behind my back even worse than the past Cause while i tried to make it happen they preferred an excuse And that rubbed me the wrong way like a pervert ma**euse Cause nothing free about juice when you go to the market So how you using mine just to corner the market Now I'm more of a target than the items in Target And matter fact homie I'm tired of talkin' So if you got them k**ers what you need to do is send one Otherwise start calling me Ben cause i been one Cause 'Quence getting stung ain't in this package deal So I'm screening all my calls like the actors deal And since [?] in the hood is even higher than Dre Day I could give a damn about the things that they say [Hook]