Common - Be (Intro)

[01:10.73] I want to be as free as the spirits of those who left [01:13.37] I'm talking Malcolm, Coltrane, my man, Yussef [01:16.27] Through death through conception, new breath and resurrection [01:19.55] For moms, new steps in her direction in the right way [01:22.36] Told inside is where the fight lay [01:23.96] And everything a nigga do may not be what he might say [01:26.55] Chicago nights stay, stay on the mind [01:28.96] But I write many lives and lay on these lines [01:30.82] Wave the signs of the times, many say the grind's on the mind [01:34.79] Shorties blunted-eyed and everyone wonderin' where I'm [01:37.43] Bush pushing lies, killers immortalized [01:39.65] We got arms but won't reach for the skies [01:42.14] Waiting for the Lord to rise, I look into my daughter's eyes [01:44.88] And realize that I'ma learn through her [01:46.83] The Messiah, might even return through her [01:49.42] If I'ma do it, I gotta change the world through her [01:51.94] Furs and a Benz, gramps wantin 'em [01:54.40] Demons and old friends, pops they hauntin' him [01:56.68] The chosen one from the land of the frozen sun [01:59.57] When drunk nights get remembered more than sober ones [02:02.12] Walk like warriors, we were never told to run [02:04.63] Explored the world to return to where my soul begun [02:07.02] Never looking back or too far in front of me [02:10.21] The present is a gift and I just wanna be... [02:15.50]