Common - They Say

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[00:00.00]They Say - Common
[00:02.87]Written by：Lonnie Lynn/Kanye West/John Stephens/Thomas Bell/Linda Epstein
[00:05.74]They say what's happenin'
[00:07.54]We say the facts and they lie
[00:10.78]We coming back for them
[00:12.60]They might say but they don't know
[00:16.38]They say they say
[00:19.14]They don't know
[00:26.40]They say a ni**a lost his mind
[00:27.91]But in the scheme of things I never lost a rhyme
[00:30.31]The thin line between love and hatred
[00:32.48]I'm the black pill in the matrix the saturated life
[00:35.80]They say life is what you make it
[00:37.69]So I wait quick on a spaceship so I can take it
[00:40.54]As high as the stakes get when paper get low
[00:42.89]I be telling Derick tell Kara get us a show
[00:45.45]Little com I make righteous b**ches get low
[00:47.70]The richest man ain't necessarily the ni**a wit dough
[00:50.35]They say you ripped wow yea that's what they say
[00:52.91]My niggaz couldn't tell it was me like Jamie in Ray
[00:55.51]Painting a day wit focused crime broads and good wine
[00:58.11]They say d**e is sour so it's homework and hood crimes
[01:00.77]I stood mine for forever and a day so goodbye
[01:03.89]They never could say tell 'em J
[01:05.94]They say what's happenin'
[01:08.12]We say the facts and they lie
[01:11.16]We coming back for them
[01:13.03]They might say but they don't know
[01:17.13]They say they say
[01:19.78]They don't know
[01:25.83]Ahh the sweet taste of victory
[01:28.19]Go head and breath it in like antihistamine
[01:30.83]I know they saying damn yay snapped wit this beat
[01:33.23]F**k you expect I've got a history
[01:36.03]Groupie love now gotta be them wheels
[01:38.56]Haters back down gotta be that steel
[01:40.92]I know they can't wait till ya outta ya deal
[01:43.15]Look how they did D'angelo ask em how do it feel
[01:46.06]My best friends worry bout me
[01:47.67]Cause they know when you famous
[01:49.18]You had made cash the media aims at us
[01:51.59]And you be up so high
[01:52.94]If you ever fall off it feel like a plane crash
[01:56.04]But God don't ever give me nothing I can't handle
[01:58.60]So please don't ever give me records I can't sample
[02:01.05]So I could vacate where it ain't no channels
[02:03.41]But it's quite OK for a gangsta to wear sandals
[02:06.33]They say because of the fame and stardom
[02:08.32]I'm somewhere in between the church and insane asylum
[02:10.85]I guess it's messing with my health then
[02:12.82]And this verse so crazy when I finish
[02:14.66]I'm just gone check myself in
[02:16.78]They say what's happenin'
[02:18.74]We say the facts and they lie
[02:21.77]We coming back for them
[02:23.64]They might say but they don't know
[02:27.67]They say they say
[02:30.18]They don't know
[02:37.51]They say Dude think he righteous
[02:39.15]I write just to free minds from Stoney to Rikers
[02:41.63]Amongst the lifeless in a world crazy as Mike is
[02:44.21]On my paper whether its w**d or Isis
[02:46.79]They say life is a game so I play hard
[02:49.18]Writing for my life cause I'm scared of a day job
[02:51.88]They say Sef kept the hood together
[02:53.72]I tell the young we can't play the hood forever
[02:56.57]Play my cards right they say I went to left
[02:59.09]They showed me strange love like I was Mr F
[03:01.47]Played chess in this game of pawns and knights
[03:04.27]Now I claim king like Don or Frank White
[03:06.83]They say my life is comparable to Christ's
[03:09.19]The way I sacrificed and resurrected twice
[03:11.48]They say the crochet pants and the sweater was wack
[03:14.14]Seen the corner now they say that ni**a's back uh
[03:17.23]They say what's happenin'
[03:19.16]We say the facts and they lie
[03:22.35]We coming back for them
[03:24.09]They might say but they don't know
[03:28.06]They say they say
[03:30.60]They don't know