Chi City - Common

[00:03.75]And ya say Chi City
[00:05.13]We don't stop naw we don't quit
[00:09.09]And ya say Chi City
[00:10.53]We don't stop naw we don't quit
[00:13.23]And ya say Chi City
[00:15.81]We don't stop naw we don't quit
[00:19.86]And ya say Chi City
[00:21.33]We don't stop naw we don't quit
[00:23.4]I rap with the passion of Christ n***a cross me
[00:26.4]Took it out of space and n***as thought they lost me
[00:28.92]I'm back like a chiroprac' with b boy survival rap
[00:32.4]It ain't ninety fo' Joe we can't go back
[00:34.89]The game need a makeover
[00:36.81]My man retired I'mma takeover
[00:39.39]Tell these halftime n***as break's over
[00:42.93]I'm raw hustlas get your baking soda
[00:45.66]Too many rape the culture
[00:47.52]Leave rappers with careers and they faith over
[00:50.25]It's a war goin' on you can't fake bein' a soldier
[00:53.64]In the basement listening to tapes of Ultra
[00:56.25]Magnetic to the fact the messiah is black
[00:58.83]I'll turn the TV down we can take it higher than that
[01:01.59]I wonder if these whack n***as realize they whack
[01:04.37]And they the reason that my people say they tired of rap
[01:06.93]Inspired by black Muslims and Christians
[01:09.42]Pushin' cutlasses d**e and other traditions
[01:12.270004]In the conditions of the city the city
[01:14.67]The city the city the city the city
[01:17.34]Come on
[01:19.08]And ya say Chi City
[01:20.46]We don't stop naw we don't quit
[01:23.43]And ya say Chi City
[01:25.86]We don't stop naw we don't quit
[01:29.82]And ya say Chi City
[01:31.29]We don't stop naw we don't quit
[01:33.84]And ya say Chi City
[01:35.61]We don't stop naw we don't quit
[01:37.8]A black figure in the middle with chaos and gunfire
[01:41.520004]So many raps about rims surprised n***as ain't become tires
[01:44.85]On the street you turn cold and then go screech
[01:47.4]I tell 'em f**k 'em like I do to police
[01:49.65]The beast is runnin' rampant
[01:51.15]I'm in between sheets tryin' to have s*x that's tantric
[01:54.3]For the ghetto tryin' to make a get up stand up anthem
[01:57.69]You spit hot garbage son of Sanford
[02:00.18]What you rappin' for to get fame or get rich
[02:02.76]I slap a n***a like you and tell him Rick James b***h
[02:06.3]With your Hollywood stories on porches
[02:08.58]We polly hood stories about who became rich
[02:11.67]And whatever light they hit we wanna hit the same switch
[02:14.4]You didn't know where to aim it you still remain b***h
[02:17.07]I'm forever puttin' words together
[02:18.99]Some'll sever mothers from daughters and fathers from sons
[02:21.63]The name Com' has never been involved wit' run
[02:24.6]Unless it's DMC or runnin' these broads to bein' free
[02:27.69]I'm harder than the times you hardly scary
[02:30.12]Holdin' gats inside you cats is Halle Berry
[02:32.67]They ask me where hip hop is goin' it's Chicagoan
[02:36.06]Poetry's in motion like a picture now showin'
[02:38.55]It's the city the city y'all the city
[02:41.97]Uh the city y'all come on
[02:45.20999]And ya say Chi City
[02:46.44]We don't stop naw we don't quit
[02:49.59]And ya say Chi City
[02:51.9]We don't stop naw we don't quit
[02:54.27]And ya say Chi City
[02:57.3]We don't stop naw we don't quit
[02:59.79001]And ya say Chi City
[03:02.61]We don't stop naw we don't quit
[03:05.52]And ya say Chi City
[03:08.25]We don't stop naw we don't quit
[03:11.76]And ya say Chi City
[03:18.39]We don't stop naw we don't quit
[03:22.83]And ya say Chi City
[03:24.87]Common Sense from the city of wind