Kanye West - Common

Yeah it's been a long time comin'

But you know what they say kanye

Slow motion better than no motion

I walked in the crib got 2 kids
And my baby momma late uh oh uh oh uh oh
So I had to did what I had to did
'Cause I had to give do-ough do-ough do-ough
I'm up all night getting my money right
Until the blue and whites popo popo popo
Now the money coming slow but at least a know
Slow motion better than no-oh no-oh no-oh
You love to hear the story again and again

About these young brothers from the city of wind
Like juice and gin in the city we blend
Amongst the hustle titties and skin fifties and rims
Y'all know the spreewells
And trucks that's detailed

Heartless females that wanna ride in em
Felt the southside in them with raw hides and denim
Bent minds collide with them
A system that tries victims we living in
My man in the fast lane pivoting
On the block selling like m & m
On the block get jump off like kiming
On the block is how you can feel it in your skin-nin-nin
Shorties get the game with no instructions of asembling

Odds right it seems like the fight is diming
Call my man 'cause in like I'm kin to him
He trying to stay straight the streets is bending him
I walked in the crib got 2 kids
And my baby momma late uh oh uh oh uh oh
So I had to did what I had to did
'Cause I had to give do-ough do-ough do-ough
Yo I'm up all night getting my money right
Until the blue and whites popo popo popo
Now the money coming slow but at least a know
Slow motion better than no-oh no-oh no-oh
It's all good in the hood like rats and gyms
Thowbacks and tims blacks and rims

Whether on ball courts
Attires are ball shorts
We never fall short
With us it's all force like air ones
Some wave some air guns
The day of the fair ones it's over for
Cats is colder than four below what's up
I go toe to toe
Wondering if it's for the art or for the dough

Though I know to grow a gotta learn to let go
Though I know the dough I gotta bring back to the ghetto
Aeros or tarot cards pointing to the grind
Po living and mo prisons pointing to my mind
Shine the light up
Clench my fists tight and holding it right up
Freedom fight in dark gear for the years to get brighter
Situations the jaws get tighter
My man trying to get his way to higher
I walked in the crib got 2 kids
And my baby momma late uh oh uh oh uh oh
So I had to did what I had to did
'Cause I had to give do-ough do-ough do-ough
I'm up all night getting my money right
Until the blue and whites popo popo popo
Now the money coming slow but at least a know
Slow motion better than no-oh no-oh no-oh

I I know I could make it right
If I can just swallow my pride
But I can't run away or put my gun away
You can't front on me
I no I can't let it ride

No no not tonight
See I can't run away or put my gun away
You can't front on me
I break bread with
Thieves and pastors og's and masters
Emcees and actors that cease and capture
Moments like a camcorder
You ain't killing it yo that's manslaughter

Though paper can't change a mans aura

It can feed a mans daughter
I stand for the blue collar
On the side making a few dollars
Lights say I'm jacked they manuver through drama like
I I know I could make it right
If I can just swallow my pride
But I can't run away or put my gun away
You can't front on me
I no I can't let it ride

No no not tonight

See I can't run away or put my gun away
You can't front on me
I I know I could make it right

If I can just swallow my pride

But I can't run away or put my gun away
You can't front on me
I no I can't let it ride

No no not tonight

See I can't run away or put my gun away
You can't front on me