Common - Soul Power Lyrics
[Intro]Yeah, for the world!Keep going so you can(yo you can rock on)We keep going so you can (yo you can rock on)We keep going so you can (yo you can rock on)We keep going[Verse 1]Nigga breath can tell by how you rap you don't believeAin't hungry no mo' so off me you feedI hustle at a speed between greed and needOn the streets where intuition and weed are breedShoot the gift and viff, at the myths upliftMy rhyme the clip its like the boom bip to tip(q)In gangways where cats that rhyme the same waySpending nites over Egypt to learn a brave dayPaint a picture of the ghetto like JJYou the Ray J Of this rap worldI travel the globe with a black girl name BeckyGrand like Auto Theft 3Style so developed the law cant arrest meYou walk with blood on your shirtLike Jesse Jackson trying to test the reaction of the peopleSee thru trying to out act Don CheadleI speak to original Hebrew s you know how we doAnd bleed thru the needle with truthThat needs no preview to proof its in the peopleAnd how they react still in the business of smackingRappers is wack you had a dope track I guess oppositesattract my mind state is blackBlack like bernie mack no cowards soul power in the words we rap[Verse 2]Picks with fist, thick grease, dark nipplesMy guy buy ice I search for the dark crystalRacing for paper these broads is starter pistolsI spit thru gang wars and strange doorsOut the sky flames pour the beats claims warI see niggaz with flags who they waving them for?I'm the nigga that you put the chain on the door forThe nigga that you started changing the laws forOrator of hard-core and moreMy raps the portal for the blue collarThan made a