Common - Chi-City

[00:03.13] And ya say Chi-City [00:04.73] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) [00:08.83] And ya say Chi-City [00:10.18] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) [00:13.76] And ya say Chi-City [00:15.30] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) [00:19.25] And ya say Chi-City [00:21.10] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) [00:23.38] I rap with the passion of Christ, nigga, cross me [00:26.28] Took it out of space and niggaz thought they lost me [00:28.88] I'm back like a chiroprac' with b-boy survival rap [00:31.90] It ain't ninety-fo', yo, we can't go back [00:34.73] The game need a makeover [00:36.48] My man retired, I'ma takeover [00:39.16] Tell these halftime niggaz, "Break's over" [00:42.26] I'm raw, hustlas get your baking soda [00:45.61] Too many rape the culture [00:47.15] Leave rappers with careers and they faith over [00:50.13] It's a war goin' on, you can't fake bein' a soldier [00:53.38] In the basement, listening to tapes of Ultra-Magnetic [00:56.62] To the fact the messiah is black [00:58.66] I'll turn the TV down, we can take it higher than that [01:01.29] I wonder if these whack niggaz realize they whack [01:04.23] And they the reason that my people say they tired of rap [01:06.89] Inspired by black Muslims and Christians [01:09.26] Pushin' cutlasses, dope and other traditions [01:12.06] In the conditions of the city, the city [01:14.52] The city, the city, the city, the city, come on [01:18.68] And ya say Chi-City [01:20.28] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) [01:23.69] And ya say Chi-City [01:26.02] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) [01:29.31] And ya say Chi-City [01:31.23] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) [01:33.89] And ya say Chi-City [01:36.36] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) [01:37.72] A black figure in the middle of chaos and gunfire [01:41.14] So many raps about rims, surprised niggaz ain't become tires [01:44.65] On the street you turn cold and then go screech [01:47.40] I tell 'em, "Fuck 'em" like I do to police [01:49.52] The beast is runnin' rampant [01:51.24] I'm in between sheets tryin' to have sex that's tantric [01:54.00] For the ghetto, tryin' to make a get-up stand-up anthem [01:57.34] You spit hot garbage, son of Sanford [02:00.12] What you rappin' for, to get fame or get rich? [02:02.68] I slap a nigga like you, and tell him, "Rick James bitch" [02:06.11] With your Hollywood stories on porches [02:08.53] We prolly heard stories about who became rich [02:11.42] And whatever light they hit, we wanna hit the same switch [02:14.24] You didn't know where to aim it, you still remain bitch [02:16.81] I'm forever puttin' words together [02:18.74] Some'll sever mothers from daughters and fathers from sons [02:21.78] The name Com' has never been involved wit' run [02:24.50] Unless it's DMC, or runnin' these broads to bein' free [02:27.38] I'm harder than the times, you hardly scary [02:29.88] Hopin' God's inside you, God is Halle Barry [02:32.65] They ask me where hip-hop is goin', it's Chicagoan [02:35.95] Poery's in motion like a picture now showin' [02:38.40] It's the city, the city y'all, the city [02:41.75] Uh, the city y'all, come on [02:44.52] And ya say Chi-City [02:46.90] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) [02:50.05] And ya say Chi-City [02:51.83] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) [02:54.93] And ya say Chi-City [02:57.25] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) [03:00.39] And ya say Chi-City [03:03.04] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) [03:05.78] And ya say Chi-City [03:08.54] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) [03:11.35] And ya say Chi-City [03:13.29] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) [03:16.30] And ya say Chi-City [03:18.66] (We don't stop, naw, we don't quit) [03:21.34] And ya say Chi-City [03:24.32] Common Sense, from the city of wind [03:27.23]