Common, Kanye West, John Legend - They Say

[00:05.46] They say, "What's happenin'?" [00:07.27] We say the facts and if, they lie [00:10.31] We comin' back for them [00:12.38] They might say but they don't know [00:16.55] They say, they say [00:18.91] They don't know [00:25.93] They say a nigga lost his mind [00:27.71] But in the scheme of things I never lost a rhyme [00:30.07] The thin line between love and hatred [00:32.19] I'm the black pill in the Matrix, the saturated life [00:35.29] They say life is what you make it [00:37.39] So I wait quick on a spaceship so I can take it [00:40.02] As high as the stakes get when paper get low [00:42.73] I be tellin' Derick, "Tell Cara get us a show" [00:45.08] Little Com, I make righteous bitches get low [00:47.95] The richest man ain't necessarily the nigga with dough [00:50.14] They say, "You ripped, wow" yeah, that's what they say [00:52.60] My niggas couldn't tell it was me, like Jamie in Ray [00:55.19] Paintin' a day, with focused crime, broads, and good wine [00:57.92] They say, "Dope is sour so it's homework and hood crimes" [01:00.48] I stood mine, for forever and a day so goodbye [01:03.35] They never could say tell 'em, J [01:05.52] They say, "What's happenin'?" [01:07.71] We say the facts and if, they lie [01:10.82] We comin' back for them [01:12.99] They might say but they don't know [01:16.27] They say, they say [01:19.25] They don't know [01:25.04] Ah, the sweet taste of victory [01:27.51] Go 'head and breath it in like antihistamine [01:30.25] I know they sayin', "Damn, Ye snapped with this beat" [01:33.20] Fuck you expect? I've got a history [01:35.78] Groupie love now, gotta be them wheels [01:37.86] Haters back down, gotta be that steel [01:40.78] I know they can't wait 'til ya outta ya deal [01:42.84] Look how they did D'Angelo ask him, "How do it feel?" [01:45.78] My best friends worry 'bout me [01:47.62] 'Cause they know when you famous [01:49.35] And you had made cash the media aims at us and you be up so high [01:52.86] If you ever fall off, it feel like a plane crash [01:55.71] But God don't ever give me nothin' I can't handle [01:58.05] So please don't ever give me records I can't sample [02:00.55] So I could vacate where it ain't no channels [02:03.13] But it's quite okay for a gangsta to wear sandals [02:05.68] They say 'cause of the fame and stardom [02:08.14] I'm somewhere in between the church and insane asylum [02:10.49] I guess it's messin' with my health then [02:12.72] And this verse so crazy when I finish I'm just gon' check myself in again [02:15.84] They say, "What's happenin'?" [02:18.58] We say the facts and if, they lie [02:21.25] We comin' back for them [02:23.53] They might say but they don't know [02:27.13] They say, they say [02:30.08] They don't know [02:37.05] They say, "Dude think he righteous" [02:39.05] I write just to free minds, from Stoney to Rikers [02:41.57] Amongst the lifeless, in a world crazy as Mike is [02:43.92] On my paper, whether it's weed or Isis [02:46.51] They say, "Life is a game", so I play hard [02:48.81] Writin' for my life 'cause I'm scared of a day job [02:51.74] They say, "Sef kept the hood together" [02:53.66] I tell the young, "We can't play the hood forever" [02:56.12] Play my cards right, they say I went to left [02:58.92] They showed me strange love, like I was Mr. F [03:01.23] Played chess in this game of, pawns and knights [03:04.31] Now I claim king like Don, or Frank White [03:06.67] They say my life is comparable to Christ [03:09.12] The way I sacrificed, and resurrected, twice [03:11.03] They say, "The crochet pants and the sweater was wack" [03:13.73] Seen the corner, now they say, "That nigga's back", uh [03:16.28] They say, "What's happenin'?" [03:18.95] We say the facts and if, they lie [03:21.69] We comin' back for them [03:23.94] They might say but they don't know [03:27.39] They say, they say [03:30.87] They don't know [03:34.21]