Common - Like They Used To Say Lyrics
"Like they used to say" *repeated in background*[Common]We dealin wit some very critical and crucial timesSome of the most critical and crucial times I've ever seenI wrote Stoney Island on my guyHe was tryin me about the S-I-E experienceTried to tell him about the C-S-E experience, you know?Yo I'm the rap profession, I go the sessionStudy MC's like a god do lessonsMic testin in the rain, I brainstormYou feelin me out nigga? We got the same formI drop heavy in spots you scared to put your weightThere's only so much ice you can skate onShit cats right for you, you say wrongNo time to debate on, who's your pop and who's notOr who shot Big and TupacOr who this stud *****in or how much this crew gotThat's hoe shitThat ain't me or the type of niggas I roll witI Cold Get Dumb, like a brother in prisonWho hasn't had a chance to hold his sonSacrificin like Abe did his oldest sonTryin to hold my come, I think of rapsSeen the BDP cover and I start thinkin back to* "Silly Hoes" sample* say what? "Like they used to say""Kool G Rap and Polo, back again" [Kool G Rap]Yeah "Like they used to say"* "Ain't No Half-Steppin" sample*yeah "Like they used to say"(Dig it, like they used to say) *Biz Markie sample* "Like they used to say"[Common]I walk through triple darkness wit a childproof lighterAll your homeboys'll bite us, so what's up wit that?Your producer pumped the trackTold him, "Naw, I can't ***** wit that"Nice way of sayin "Big, bring a rougher track"My ball in my ear said "Enough of that humble rap"Now every single you drop I'ma double thatJigga-jigga Joe cut the record down toMy sound surround you like racism, you feel it all around youI go into a soundproof booth and change flowsTrack the strange hoes wit headwraps and BangolsHip-hop is gettin strangled by this Puff Combs syndromeNiggas Been Around The World actin like they never been homeI ain't hatin cuz I can only love niggasIt's just outta the game, I wanna sub niggasI be dub figure rusty to adjust the in-dustryAnd speak up, like when my homey's mustyHere we go yeah * "Roxanne Roxanne" sample* yeah, dig it"Like they used to say""You don't want it" [T-La Rock] "Like they used to say""F-R-E-S-H" [Fresh 3 MC's] "Like they used to say""My Adidas, walk through concrete doors and broke" [Run-DMC]"Like they used to say"[Common]Yo *repeating "zen zen zen zen" for about 20 sec.*"Like they used to say" 3xYo yo check itAppreciate the art that came through Puerto Ricans and BlacksSpeakin the facts, the sound is much deeper than waxDug Inf, Luke Lumberjack I'm keepin the axeLayin on passed out nights wakin up reekin wit rapsGeek like the Fat Boys ?produce the feeb? in fatIn shows I get more hoes/holes than a seam in the mattRaps develop like film (so what?) so call me Instant CommonThis business of pimps and hoes, I stick out like Bishop JuanTalk to my nigga Ron about openin shopsHoldin up cops, I'm from the 'Go, it don't stopContract ain't show enough options, it's time to pop gunsIt's gon' be some Shook, Lost and popped OnesAskin How Come like Wyclef, they'll be Gone before November (yeah)Name'll be in sentences wit the word "remember"Wrote a letter to '88, let's get back, love me tenderThe letter came back three days later, return to senderDamn!"Like they used to say""Hot damn hoe here we go again" [MC Lyte] "Like they used to say""I want it like that, I got it like that, I have it like that" [Kool Keith]"Like they used to say""You gots to chill" [PMD] "Like they used to say""Boyz in the hood are always hard" [Eazy E] "Like they used to say""One for all and all" [Brand Nubian] "Like they used to say""Zoom zoom zoom, zoom zoom zoom zoo zoom" [MC E-Z]"Like they used to say""I get money, money I got" [Milk-D] "Like they used to say""Plug one, plug two" [De La Soul] "Like they used to say""For all the pioneers, I'm goin way back" [Just-Ice] "Like they used to say""I think that's about as far back as we can go" [Just-Ice]"Like they used to say" 3x"Yo what happened to the beats" [Eric B.]"Like they used to say"PEACE!!! "Like they used to say" "Like they used to say"
