[00:00.32]COMMON - The Game
[00:08.92]"It's only right that I address this..."
[00:13.46]"Gotta be in it to win it..."
[00:15.02]"I never come lame type killin in the game..."
[00:17.54]"Now... get busy..."
[00:19.78]"It's only right that I address this..."
[00:22.89]"Gotta be in it to win it...."
[00:25.29]"I never come lame type killin in the game..."
[00:27.45]"Hot music..."
[00:29.92]Raised by game where niggas ain't phased by fame
[00:32.51]Come to the crib, get banged, they take your chain.
[00:34.80]Stay in your lane, Brokeback ain't the way of the game
[00:37.28]My brainstorm is like I stay in the rain
[00:39.40]My favorite was Kane, now I'm dope with weight in the game
[00:42.42]You was hot but can't stay in the flame
[00:44.34]Ghetto pain and windows crack, the fist is like a symbol for black
[00:47.94]Can tell the real by how the real interact
[00:49.93]In the middle of whack my soul sticks to a track
[00:52.57]Kickback records get kicked to the back
[00:54.79]I want big cribs and my man Ronnie to get his
[00:57.34]Child in a good school and know what her gift is
[01:00.04]It's global warming, the world is shifting
[01:02.41]Watching Sweet Sixteen, Bitchin-ass rich kids
[01:04.92]You don't know it like you gotta go the distance
[01:07.44]Whether yoga or doja, we all get lifted in the Game
[01:11.32]"It's only right that I address this..."
[01:13.31]"Gotta be in it to win it..."
[01:15.26]"I never come lame type killin in the game..."
[01:17.11]"Now... get busy..."
[01:19.89]"It's only right that I address this..."
[01:22.66]"Gotta be in it to win it...."
[01:25.20]"I never come lame type killin in the game..."
[01:27.70]"Hot music..."
[01:29.53]I never kissed the ass of the masses, I'm the black molasses
[01:32.46]Thick and I lasted past these rat bastards
[01:34.91]They try to box me in like Cassius Clay
[01:37.52]
[01:38.06]Hey I'm like Muhammad when he fasted
[01:40.17]Opposing the fascist, make cuts and got gashes
[01:42.88]Scratches over third eyelashes
[01:44.82]Punchlines are like jab hits to rappers
[01:47.35]Whose careers now ashes it's too many slashes
[01:49.82]In his name, came in the game these gun-clappers
[01:52.47]From weak lines to clothing lines to an actress
[01:54.97]I seen em dashing smash hits
[01:56.46]I yell run nigga run while I cook up classics
[01:59.74]The weak hearted, become Babylon puppets
[02:02.45]Making it hard for real hustlas
[02:04.58]Touch the sky now and then, with a lady friend
[02:07.41]Give thanks to the most that's how the day begins in the game.
[02:10.25]"It's only right that I address this..."
[02:12.60]"Gotta be in it to win it..."
[02:14.91]"I never come lame type killin in the game..."
[02:17.38]"Now... get busy..."
[02:19.68]"It's only right that I address this..."
[02:22.59]"Gotta be in it to win it...."
[02:25.07]"I never come lame type killin in the game..."
[02:27.17]"Hot music..."
[02:29.16]I just wanna be like Akeelah, an achiever
[02:31.75]from the streets of the Chi where some get high for leisure
[02:35.13]Selling weed out of cleaners
[02:36.43]From rocks to barber shops and beemers
[02:38.96]Chicks with blond weaves and strong legs like Serena
[02:42.30]The demeanor of the Ghetto, to never stay settled
[02:44.76]Aldermen and corrupt men play Pharaoh
[02:47.44]GOOD bring business to the hood like heralds
[02:49.79]Find your own, walking by themself in the street
[02:52.29]The young die of cancer, I stop eating meat
[02:54.85]Greet the gods on 87th street like peace
[02:57.31]Even though it's war to G, got em facing the east
[03:00.04]The game ain't tasting as sweet
[03:01.43]Cats flow is still, and they complacent with beats
[03:04.63]My radio station is deep, so eff em
[03:07.35]Progression, counting paper and blessings in the game
[03:10.71]"It's only right that I address this..."
[03:13.05]"Gotta be in it to win it..."
[03:14.95]"I never come lame type killin in the game..."
[03:17.18]"Now... get busy..."
[03:19.61]"It's only right that I address this..."
[03:22.76]"Gotta be in it to win it...."
[03:24.92]"I never come lame type killin in the game..."
[03:27.20]"Hot music..."