Chi-City Common

[00:03.13] And ya say Chi-City
[00:04.73] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit)
[00:08.83] And ya say Chi-City
[00:10.18] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit)
[00:13.76] And ya say Chi-City
[00:15.30] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit)
[00:19.25] And ya say Chi-City
[00:21.10] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit)
[00:23.38] I rap with the passion of Christ, nigga, cross me
[00:26.28] Took it out of space and niggaz thought they lost me
[00:28.88] I'm back like a chiroprac' with b-boy survival rap
[00:31.90] It ain't ninety-fo', yo, we can't go back
[00:34.73] The game need a makeover
[00:36.48] My man retired, I'ma takeover
[00:39.16] Tell these halftime niggaz, "Break's over"
[00:42.26] I'm raw, hustlas get your baking soda
[00:45.61] Too many rape the culture
[00:47.15] Leave rappers with careers and they faith over
[00:50.13] It's a war goin' on, you can't fake bein' a soldier
[00:53.38] In the basement, listening to tapes of Ultra-Magnetic
[00:56.62] To the fact the messiah is black
[00:58.66] I'll turn the TV down, we can take it higher than that
[01:01.29] I wonder if these whack niggaz realize they whack
[01:04.23] And they the reason that my people say they tired of rap
[01:06.89] Inspired by black Muslims and Christians
[01:09.26] Pushin' cutlasses, dope and other traditions
[01:12.06] In the conditions of the city, the city
[01:14.52] The city, the city, the city, the city, come on
[01:18.68] And ya say Chi-City
[01:20.28] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit)
[01:23.69] And ya say Chi-City
[01:26.02] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit)
[01:29.31] And ya say Chi-City
[01:31.23] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit)
[01:33.89] And ya say Chi-City
[01:36.36] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit)
[01:37.72] A black figure in the middle of chaos and gunfire
[01:41.14] So many raps about rims, surprised niggaz ain't become tires
[01:44.65] On the street you turn cold and then go screech
[01:47.40] I tell 'em, "Fuck 'em" like I do to police
[01:49.52] The beast is runnin' rampant
[01:51.24] I'm in between sheets tryin' to have sex that's tantric
[01:54.00] For the ghetto, tryin' to make a get-up stand-up anthem
[01:57.34] You spit hot garbage, son of Sanford
[02:00.12] What you rappin' for, to get fame or get rich?
[02:02.68] I slap a nigga like you, and tell him, "Rick James bitch"
[02:06.11] With your Hollywood stories on porches
[02:08.53] We prolly heard stories about who became rich
[02:11.42] And whatever light they hit, we wanna hit the same switch
[02:14.24] You didn't know where to aim it, you still remain bitch
[02:16.81] I'm forever puttin' words together
[02:18.74] Some'll sever mothers from daughters and fathers from sons
[02:21.78] The name Com' has never been involved wit' run
[02:24.50] Unless it's DMC, or runnin' these broads to bein' free
[02:27.38] I'm harder than the times, you hardly scary
[02:29.88] Hopin' God's inside you, God is Halle Barry
[02:32.65] They ask me where hip-hop is goin', it's Chicagoan
[02:35.95] Poery's in motion like a picture now showin'
[02:38.40] It's the city, the city y'all, the city
[02:41.75] Uh, the city y'all, come on
[02:44.52] And ya say Chi-City
[02:46.90] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit)
[02:50.05] And ya say Chi-City
[02:51.83] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit)
[02:54.93] And ya say Chi-City
[02:57.25] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit)
[03:00.39] And ya say Chi-City
[03:03.04] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit)
[03:05.78] And ya say Chi-City
[03:08.54] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit)
[03:11.35] And ya say Chi-City
[03:13.29] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit)
[03:16.30] And ya say Chi-City
[03:18.66] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit)
[03:21.34] And ya say Chi-City
[03:24.32] Common Sense, from the city of wind
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