Common, Kanye West, John Legend - They Say(2005)

[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
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