[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