Living Legends - CommonGround (feat. JC) Lyrics
[Chorus: Bicasso]It's a kid on the corner of his blockAnd there's a genius in his room with a deep thoughtIt's a grower in the hills with a cropBut if they all come together what they got?A little power unified to make a knotWell of courseAnd if a plan to expand is endorsed for some moreLend a hand, pay attention and exploreWe all in this people we all in this...[The Grouch]Well I don't know where you've beenBut if you got here I'll let you inWelcome you with open arms, now let's beginSet the scene, serious as ***** minus the meanBuild up your esteem and get to growingI'm showing fools a place where they can comeAnd release the dumb deeds they've doneCause ever since I was young I've been shown I wasn't aloneI roamed with my unhoned skillAnd anyone who talked down on meI knew they didn't know the dealMy belief was way larger than lifeTaking charge with the might in my mindAnd recognizing that in other mankindI knew I was on the right path, seeCombating a fight, wrath raging for way too longAnd you might say you're strong, proud, loud and so onSteadily doing damage every time you get your flow onI build in Oakland, Chicago and everywhere else I goThere are people who know exactly what I meanMore than a scene, great minds think alikeSo when you find hate it ain't tightDecipher the paint rightGet your sights set on what's importantStop distorting the big pictureWhen will it hit ya?[Chorus][JC]A rich man in poor man's bodyThat's what I was growin' up, hustlin' for the buckMentally torn between just to be or not to beIt gotta be it betta, be betta days ahead of meCheddar cheese, luxuries, were never gave to meInstead I shift from home to home, feelin' lone was I proneFrom the destiny in which I lay to wallowTo live for today and give a ***** about tomorrowThe sorrow and hatred is my only perceptionBecause all my memories are filled with lies and deceptionThe stressin', deprived of a childhood and adolescenceLearn my lesson, now it's all goodI never thought I'd see the streets of so many hoodsMy heart done broke so many times, boy it's harder than woodIt's been a long road, but you know the game unfoldsI listen to the stories told by the cats of oldTryin' to tell me I don't know about strugglin'Like in the slave days, but ain't shit changedInstead we ain't wearin' chains, huhI feel the same pain but it's escalatedNiggas feel free, but still ain't emancipatedSo getting' faded is what's left off the green leafHindering the mind, but when I'm high I feel fineBeen in the wrong place at the wrong timeAll the timeTryin' to journey into the lightBut the dark ain't far behindI'm at a color disadvantage but I manageTo make it work for me by the use of my talentsAnd use common sense to gain dollars and centsAnd ain't ashamed of what I doUntil the day I repent[Chorus][PSC]I stay humble through the many of fumbles I found troubleAnd trouble it doubles in cities amongst the rubbleI learned from my mistakes to miss anotherResembling ignorance, isn't it all in the struggle?Got you wondering, why?You wanna bubble so you hustleBuilding the muscle that's not neededSo the other one you ignore itAnd feed it more fantasy and you store it, the bubble(Your circumference of comfort)"Ghetto fabulous" important in societyA circle of clubbing and girl *****ing amounts to really nothingWhile we fronting for the publicWe shove it down the throats of our kids and watch em love itAnd got the nerve to wonder why shit's *****ed upThe government lucked up, by giving fools the right to bear armsCause we shoot each other down after last call...What the ***** y'all???[Chorus]
