Southside

Song Southside
Artist Common
Album Entourage

Lyrics

[00:01.71] Common
[00:01.92] Finding Forever
[00:02.76] Southside
[00:02.94] La, la, la, la, la - and e'rybody say
[00:06.48] La, la, la, la, la - I know you, I know you...
[00:11.52] I know you're thinking, thinking that it must be
[00:14.13] I'm a raw flow cause it never get rusty
[00:16.86] I aint gotta say it, man dawg trust me
[00:19.50] Bust somebody head, T.L.C. where was we?
[00:22.17] Still rock the prada 'fore that, rock the Starter
[00:25.47] Niggas out in Georgetown, and Magic way harder
[00:27.39] Thinking back to the projects, and they way they tore 'em all up
[00:30.33] Like when I do a project, and come back and tear the mall up
[00:32.67][Chorus]
[00:32.91] We coming from the..
[00:33.30] South (side), South (side)
[00:33.81] South (side), South (side)
[00:37.23] South (side), South (side)
[00:37.89] South (side), Side of the Chi
[00:38.55] The broads, the cars, the half moon, the stars
[00:41.46] I'm like Jeff Fort the way I get behind bars
[00:44.25] Burn cd's with no regard for the stars
[00:46.83] Come to the grip with conflict, diamonds and the arts
[00:49.59] Back in '94 they call me Chi-town's Nas
[00:52.35] Now them niggas know I'm one of Chi-town's gods
[00:55.05] We even yo, you're still talking no cause
[00:57.81] A conscious bitch with mac like Steven Jobs
[01:04.11][Chorus]
[01:06.60] Your fly is open, McFly
[01:08.58] The crowd is open I think I know why
[01:11.37] I'm back from the future seen it with my own eyes
[01:14.13] And yep, I'm still the future of the Chi
[01:16.68] Back in college I had to get my back up off the futon
[01:19.71] I knew that I couldn't cop a coup with no coupons
[01:22.47] Look at that neutron on his green like two dimes
[01:25.17] People asking him, "Do you have any grey poupon?"
[01:27.42][Chorus]
[01:33.66] You in the building but the buildings falling
[01:36.06] You wouldn't be ballin' if your name is Baldwin
[01:38.82] My mind get flooded I think about New Orleans
[01:41.43] Back in school, y'all niggas you should call in August
[01:44.13] Summer sun it goes down but I'm still revolving
[01:46.83] Southside 'bout to walk it out, I still get crawling
[01:49.77] If rap was Harlem, I be James Baldwin
[01:52.44] With money in the bank like G. Rap, we're calling
[01:55.08][Chorus]
[02:00.69] With niggas masked up like Phantom of the Opera
[02:03.39] Dreaming of the day they push a phantom to the operas
[02:06.21] Can't wait till they say, "Yeah, he ran up at the Oscars."
[02:09.09] Poppa, I heard his life is like a movie
[02:11.37] Like when Em' played him and Mekhi played a rasta
[02:14.31] Mexican don't love it like it was for La Raza
[02:17.10] But this is for the mobsters, Holla
[02:19.11] We some true chi-town legends, accept no imposters
[02:22.08][Chorus]
[02:27.69] Uh, the un-American idol, tower like the Eiffel
[02:30.81] Lean wit it, rock wit it, back like the disciples
[02:33.51] Know when to use a bible, and when to use a rifle
[02:36.33] You rap like you should be on the back of a motorcycle
[02:38.82] Caught a case of robbery, and 'Beat It' like Michael
[02:41.55] Your career is a typo, mine was written like a haiku
[02:44.55] I write to 'Do the Right Thing' like Spike do
[02:47.16] Do crime fixed is crucial and trauma is psycho
[02:49.59][Chorus]
[02:49.83] La, la, la, la, la, la, la-la
[02:53.04] La, la, la, la, la, la
[02:55.65] La, la, la, la, la, la, la
[03:01.02] La, la, la, la, la, la, la
[03:16.50] We're coming from the...Hey!
[03:17.25] *scratches*.. spice it up (la, la , la..)
[03:20.01] Ya might have to spice it up
[03:22.14] Spice it up, spice it up,
[03:25.26] Take your life and...
[03:26.73] Yo, we're coming from the...Hey!
[03:38.40] We're coming from the...Hey!
[03:44.91] ...and this concludes our Chicago show
[03:48.15] Please stay tuned