Southside - Common

Everybody say  say

I know you  I know you
I know you're thinking  thinking that it must be
I'm a raw flow 'cause it never get rusty
I ain't gotta say it  man  dawg  trust me
Bust somebody head  TLC  where was we
Still rock the Prada 'fore that  rock the Starter
Niggas out in Georgetown  and Magic way harder
Thinking back to the projects and
They way they tore 'em all up
Like when I do a project and come back
And tear the mall up
Southside  southside
Southside  southside
Southside  southside  south Side of the broads
The cars  the half moon  the stars
I'm like Jeff Fort  the way I get behind bars
Burn CDs with no regard for the stars
Come to the grip with conflict diamonds
And the arts  Back in '94 they call me Chi-Town's Nas
Now them niggas know I'm one of Chi-Town's gods

We even yo  you still talking no cops
A conscious nigga with mac like Steven Jobs
Southside  southside

Southside  southside
Southside  southside
Southside side of the Chi
Your fly is open  McFly
The crowd is open  I think I know why
I'm back from the future  seen it with my own eyes
And yep  I'm still the future of the Chi Back in college
I had to get my back up off the futon
I knew that I couldn't cop a coup with no coupons
Look at that neutron on his green like two dimes
People asking him  "Do you have any gray poupon "
 We coming from the
Southside  southside

Southside  southside
Southside  southside  southside
Side of the Chi You in the building but the building's falling
You wouldn't be balling if your name is Spalding
My mind get flooded  I think about New Orleans
Back in school  y'all niggas  you should
Call him August I'm the sun that goes down
But I'm still revolving
Southside 'bout to walk it out  I still get crawling
If rap was Harlem  I'd be James Baldwin
With money in the bank like G Rap  we're calling
We coming from the
Southside  southside
Southside  southside
Southside  southside  southside of the Chi
With niggas masked up like Phantom of the Opera
Dreaming of the day they push a phantom to the operas
Can't wait 'til they say  "Yeah  he ran up at the Oscars"
Poppa  I heard his life is like a movie
Like when Em' played him and Mekhi played a rasta
Mexicans don't love it like it was for La Raza
But this is for the mobsters  holla
We some true Chi-Town legends
Accept no imposters We coming from the
Southside  southside
Southside  southside
Southside  southside  southside of
The Chi The un-American Idol  Tower like the Eiffel
'Lean Wit it  Rock Wit It'  black like the Disciples
Know when to use a Bible and when to use a rifle
You rap like you should be on the back of a
Motorcycle Caught a case of robbery
And 'Beat It' like Michael
Your career is a typo  mine was written like a haiku
I write to 'Do the Right Things' like Spike do
Through conflicts is crucial and trauma is psycho
We coming from the
Southside  southside
Southside  southside
Southside  southside  southside of the
Chi  We're coming from the