Common - A Penny For My Thoughts Lyrics
Friends.. romans countrymen.. lend me a dollar! ahh-ha! -> damon wayansHow much? -- a dollar.One dollar.. -> dan akroydI got your money.. I got your poor, measly.. -> eddie murphyOne dollar.. -> dan akroydCan I borrow a dollar? -> bizmarkieNigga you aint shit.. you wasnt shit when you was here!I seen you do that shit all thats the same shitYou was doin round the poolroom niggaIt aint nuthin -- let me have a dollarCan I have a dolla? one dollaOne dollar.. -> dan akroydHow much? -- a dollar.One dollar.. -> dan akroydOne beer? man you gotta give me a dollar for a beer[twilite tone]Check this outOne time, steps a manCommon sense and the unamerican caravanThe true b-boys, dem dere and we in hereYeah, ya know, from the southside of chicagoAnd we dont frontWho me? I am twilite toneBabylon dread, bumstead, and we come like dis[common]This the start of somethin bigMethink I knows ya gonna dig itIts time to plant the seedHip-hops the tree and ima fig itFigure it out, the mic, Im rippin it like a ligamentGimme a light a bud light, and shitll get lit just like a cigaretteIm a b-boy so dont test me, many rappers dont impress meYou try steppin into my city ill, snipe em like wesleySo you best be on your way, Im doper than marion berry, heyWake up everyday and make-up rhymes but Im not mary kaySome say Im dope as *****, some label my rhymes incestMy flex is kinda mean yo, so hey kid, catchThese nuggets, these nuggets, these nugget ugget uggetsWith some peas and a hole in the bucket (cool, cool)Dear liza, minelli, I jam like jelly and I gotHelly what, helly what, helly rhymesI can remember times when for a 40 I had to beg for bucksNobody really gave a, so I had to beg for *****sNow what do niggaz do when they got not foodSkibbidy skap and busta bust a rapSo I pick up the pen and then begin the thoughts to get to pumpinHopin like all the people let me talk, let me say somethinCause nothin for nothin leaves nothin, I got nuthin to loseI put, nuttin in my notes, Im not your host when I got nuttin to useDues gettin credited, now I debit my bank accountNot on a blind date, could I see me taken outBy some glutteus, glutteus, maximus, maximusIm spas-ta-gis-a-mister-gis a mister-gis-ta-spas-ta-gisSpectacular, the papes I count like draculaYou cant cut the rug, because you suck, mc vacumn upRappers I skip on like walter paytonTheir aint no way or half-step, and flex a rhyme like a bicepSome steps with concepts, but umm, who caresNot even the damn people under the stairs[twilite tone]Interruption, interruptionTrue b-boys runnin shitUnamerican caravan, beatin you downDen deres de man who dont stopYo com, come back with some sense, uhh[common]Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, here I come, here I come (what? )A-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, here I come, here I come (yeah!)Im comin around the mountain high as lower than a valleyIm the cat, from the alley, from the back, ima rallyAnd tally up points, rollin joints, risin to the topsSomewhat of a playwright, cause like a stage I got propsMy crews a strange brew, a drink a dayll keep the stink awayWe been through aa, but hey, what can I say?Say say say, what you want, but youll pay the con-se-quencesCause mister common sense is (yeah)Not gonna take it, so leave you better believe itEven if your name aint ripley, cause ripley dont know diddleyHit me one time, two times, for the u-ayyy-cHeyyyyyy, but anywayI hit a skid, and I peel out like mc eiht, damn I kill itEarn my money the old fashioned way - I steal itStop thief in the temple, I hit em with a blowSomebody done stole my beeper but ima steal the showIm throwin a heidi hoe into a bro and tellin herGo for what you know bruh, the people before me go underYo we gotta gotta get we gotta get we gotta getGotta get, gotta gotta gotta get get overSomewhere over the rainbow, Im still the same old same oldRingin around the collar, borrowin a dollar, check my ballsDirty drawers, see the kitty suckin tittiesVideo watchin lush from the cityIm the extra-terrestrial rappers go home cause they have toThem marks be callin ork, come in ork, nanu nanuThe perfect stranger, comin in to a, ***** a new landCause jeffrey where osborne, and see Im only humanDoin anything to make a buck, what the ***** I gottaDo what I gotta go (*echoes*)
