{"id":3576,"date":"2014-04-21T17:11:50","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T17:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=3576"},"modified":"2020-04-11T18:49:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T18:49:27","slug":"common-erykah-badu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=3576","title":{"rendered":"Common + Erykah Badu"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u221e\u00a0 COMMON: \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rap.genius.com\/Common-the-light-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;The Light&#8217;<\/a> \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0[ft. Erykah Badu]<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OjHX7jf-znA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There are times when you&#8217;ll need someone\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><strong>I will be by your side<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There is a light, that shines&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>special for you, special for me\u2026<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Yeah..<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Doo-doo-doo, mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm..<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Doo-doo-d-doo, diggy-doo YO..<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I never knew a luh, luh-luh, a love like this<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Gotta be somethin&#8217; for me to write this<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I ain&#8217;t seen you in a minute<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wrote this letter, decide to send it<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Signed sealed delivered for us to grow together<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Love has no limit, let&#8217;s spend it slow forever<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>your heart is weathered by what studs did to you<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I ain&#8217;t gon&#8217; assault em, I did it too<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Because of you, feelings I handle with care<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Some niggaz recognize the light<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>but they can&#8217;t handle the glare<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I ain&#8217;t the type to walk around with matchin&#8217; shirts<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If relationship is effort I will match your work<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I wanna be the one to make you happiest,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>and hurt you the most<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>They say the end is near,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>it&#8217;s important that we close&#8230; to the most, high<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Regardless of what happen on him let&#8217;s rely<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There are times when you&#8217;ll need someone\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><strong>I will be by your side<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There is a light, that shines&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>special for you, and me yeah\u2026<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Yo, yo, check it<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>It&#8217;s important, we communicate<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>and tune the fate of this union, to the right pitch<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I never call you my bitch or even my boo<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There&#8217;s so much in a name and so much more in you<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Few understand the union of woman and man<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And sex and a tingle is where they assume that it land<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>But that&#8217;s fly by night for you and the sky I write<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>these cold Chi night&#8217;s moon, you my light<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If heaven had a height, you would be that tall<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ghetto to coffee shop, through you I see that all<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Let&#8217;s stick to understandin&#8217; and we won&#8217;t fall<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>For better or worse times, I hope to me you call<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I pray everyday more than anything<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>friends will stay as we begin to lay<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>this foundation for a family &#8211; love ain&#8217;t simple<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Why can&#8217;t it be anything worth having you work at annually<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We known each other for some time<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>It don&#8217;t take a whole day to recognize sunshine<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sunshine\u2026<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There are times when you&#8217;ll need someone\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><strong>I will be by your side,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There is a light that shines&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>special for you, special for me..<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Yeah.. yo, yo, check it<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>It&#8217;s kinda fresh you listen to more than hip-hop<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>and I can catch you in the mix from beauty to thrift shop<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Plus you ship hop when it&#8217;s time to, thinkin&#8217; you fresh<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Suggestin&#8217; beats I should rhyme to<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>when I&#8217;m lost I try to find you<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You know to give me space when it&#8217;s time to<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My heart&#8217;s dictionary defines you, as love and happiness<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>it&#8217;s hard tryin&#8217; to practice abstinence<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The time we committed love it was real good<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Had to be for me to arrive and it still feel good<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>the sex ain&#8217;t gon&#8217; keep you,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>but as my equal it&#8217;s how I must treat you<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>As my reflection in light I&#8217;ma lead you<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And whatever&#8217;s right, I&#8217;ma feed you<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ticka tah, ticka tah, ticka ticka tickah<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Yo I tell you the rest when I see you, peace<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There are times when you&#8217;ll need someone\u2026<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I will be by your side<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There is a light that shines,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>special for you, special for me\u2026<\/strong><\/address>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2666\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rap.genius.com\/Common-the-corner-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;The Corner&#8217; <\/a>\u00a0\u2193 [ft. The Last Poets]<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6mnKNr2Tiq8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>[Verse 1: Common]<\/i><br \/>\n<strong>Memories on corners with the <em>fours<\/em> &amp; the <em>moors<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><i>[pronounced &#8216;foes&#8217; &amp; &#8216;moes&#8217;]<\/i><br \/>\n<strong>Walk to the store for the rose talking straightforward to<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Got uncles that smoke it some put blow up they nose<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> To cope with they lows the wind is cold &amp; it blows<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> In they socks &amp; they souls holding they rolls<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Corners leave souls opened &amp; closed hoping for more<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> With nowhere to go rolling in droves<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> They shoot the wrong way cause they ain&#8217;t knowing they goal<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> The streets ain&#8217;t safe cause they ain&#8217;t knowing he code<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> By the fours I was told either focus or fold<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Got cousins with flows hope they open some doors<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> So we can cop clothes &amp; roll in a Rolls<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Now I roll in a \u00abOlds\u00bb with windows that don&#8217;t roll<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Down the roads where cars get broke in &amp; stole<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> These are the stories told by Stony &amp; Cottage Grove<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> The world is cold the block is hot as a stove<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> On the corners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>[Hook: Kanye West]<\/i><br \/>\n<strong>I wish I could give ya this feeling<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> I wish I could give ya this feeling<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> On the corners, niggas robbing, killing, dying<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Just to make a living (huh)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>[Spoken: The Last Poets]<\/i><br \/>\n<strong>We underrated, we educated<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> The corner was our time when times stood still<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> And gators and snakes gangs and yellow and pink<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> And colored blue profiles glorifying that<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>[Verse 2: Common]<\/i><br \/>\n<strong>Streetlights &amp; deepnights cats trying to eat right<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Riding no seat bikes with work to feed hypes<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> So they can keep sweet Nikes they head &amp; they feet right<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Desires of streetlife cars &amp; weed types<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> It&#8217;s hard to breath nights days are thief like<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> The beast roam the streets the police is Greeklike<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Game at it&#8217;s peak we speak &amp; believe hype<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Bang in the streets hats cocked left or deep right<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Its steep life coming up where sheeplike<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Rappers &amp; hoopers we strive to be like<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> G&#8217;s with 3 stripes seeds that need light<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Cheese &amp; weaves tight needs &amp; thieves strike<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> The corner where struggle &amp; greed fight<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> We write songs about wrong cause it&#8217;s hard to see right<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Look to the sky hoping it will bleed light<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Reality&#8217;s and I heard that she bites<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> The corner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>[Hook]<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[Spoken: The Last Poets]<\/i><br \/>\n<strong>The corner was our magic, our music, our politics<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Fires raised as tribal dancers and<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> war cries that broke out on different corners<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Power to the people, black power, black is beautiful<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>[Verse 3: Common]<\/i><br \/>\n<strong>Black church services, murderers, Arabs serving burger its<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Cats with gold permanents move they bags as herbalist<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> The dirt isn&#8217;t just fertile its people working &amp; earning this<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> The curb-getters go where the cash flow &amp; the current is<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> It&#8217;s so hot that burn to live the furnace is<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Where the money move &amp; the determined live<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> We talk play lotto &amp; buy german beers<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> It&#8217;s so black packed with action that&#8217;s affirmative<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> The corners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BgmeItVMELQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-42451\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/A+Dream.jpg\" alt=\"A+Dream\" width=\"207\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/A+Dream.jpg 207w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/A+Dream-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a>[Hook]<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[Spoken: The Last Poets]<\/i><br \/>\n<strong>The corner was our Rock of Gibraltar, our Stonehenge<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Our Taj Mahal, our monument,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Our testimonial to freedom, to peace and to love<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Down on the corner&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rap.genius.com\/Common-i-used-to-love-her-lyrics#note-198674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#8216;I used to love H.E.R.&#8217;<\/strong> <\/a>\u21d0[Common]<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a4 \u00a0 Erykah \u00a0Badu: \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u21d3 \u00a0&#8216;Love Of My Life \u00a0(An Ode To Hip Hop)&#8217; \u00a0\u2665<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dNk3R23Twgw\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Right here what we gon&#8217; do is go back<br \/>\nWay back, oooh way back yeah<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I met him when I was a&#8230; a\u00a0little girl he gave<br \/>\nHe gave me poetry &#8211;\u00a0He was my first<br \/>\nBut in my heart I knew I wasn&#8217;t the only one<br \/>\nCause when the tables turned, he had to break<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>But whenever I got lonely \u00a0o<\/strong><strong>r needed some advice<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> He gave me his shoulder \u00a0h<\/strong><strong>is words were very nice<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> But that is all that I need, \u00a0&#8216;c<\/strong><strong>ause now there is no other<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> My love is his and his is mine, m<\/strong><strong>y friend became the<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Love of my life<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You are my friend<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Love of my life<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I can depend<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Love of my life<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Without ya baby\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Feels like a simple true love<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Yeah oh [&#8230;?] didn&#8217;t clear<\/strong><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">(Common)<br \/>\nUh freak freak y&#8217;all and ya don&#8217;t stop<br \/>\nUh to the beat y&#8217;all and ya don&#8217;t stop<br \/>\nUh freak freak<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Or would it be that it was\u00a0All just so simple then<br \/>\nA teenage love but you say\u00a0He&#8217;s just a friend<br \/>\nHe moved around and we kept\u00a0In touch through his friend Mike<br \/>\nThe world was younger and we knew\u00a0We couldn&#8217;t rush<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>But whenever I got lonely \u00a0o<\/strong><strong>r needed some advice&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Y&#8217;all know how I met her<br \/>\nWe broke up and got back together<br \/>\nTo get her back I had to sweat her \u00a0 <em>(sweat her)<\/em><br \/>\nThought she roll wit bad boys forever<br \/>\nIn many ways them boys made her better<br \/>\nTo grow I had to let her \u00a0<em> (let her)<\/em><br \/>\nShe needed cheddar and I understood that \u00a0 <em>(that)<\/em><br \/>\nLookin&#8217; for cheese that don&#8217;t make her a hood rat \u00a0 <em>(rat)<\/em><br \/>\nIn fact she&#8217;s a queen to me, her light beams on me<br \/>\nI love it when she sings to me<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s like that and a<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em> (Love of my life)<\/em><br \/>\nOoh you know you rock my world<br \/>\n<em>(Love of my life)<\/em><br \/>\nAnd you be boy and I&#8217;ll be girl<br \/>\n<em>(Love of my life)<\/em><br \/>\nAnd we don&#8217;t stop until the break of dawn<br \/>\n<em>(Love of my life)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u25ca \u00a0&#8216;<strong>On And On&#8217;<\/strong> \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0[vid_1997]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-CPCs7vVz6s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ohh, my, my, my &#8230;\u00a0I&#8217;m feelin&#8217; high<br \/>\nMy money&#8217;s gone &#8211;\u00a0I&#8217;m all alone<br \/>\nToo much to see, the world keeps turnin&#8217;<br \/>\nOh what a day, what a day, what a day<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Peace &amp; blessins&#8217; manifest<br \/>\nWith every lesson learned<br \/>\nIf yo knowledge were yo wealth<br \/>\nThen it would be well earned<br \/>\nIf we were made in His image<br \/>\nThen call us by our names<br \/>\nMost intellects do not Believe in God<br \/>\nBut they fear us just the same<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh On &amp; On and On &amp; On<br \/>\nMy cipher keeps movin&#8217; like a rollin&#8217; stone<br \/>\nWoo On &amp; On and On &amp; On<br \/>\nAll night till the break of dawn<br \/>\nI go On &amp; On and On &amp; On<br \/>\nMy cipher keeps movin&#8217; like a rollin&#8217; stone<br \/>\nOoohhh On &amp; On and On &amp; On<br \/>\nGod damn it I&#8217;mma sing my song<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I was born under water<br \/>\nWith three dollars &amp; six dimes<br \/>\nYeah, you may laugh<br \/>\n&#8216;Cuz you did not do yo math<br \/>\nLike one, two, three<br \/>\nDamn, Ya&#8217;ll feel that?<br \/>\nLike one, two, three<br \/>\nThe world keeps turnin&#8217;<br \/>\nOh what a day, what a day, what a day<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The man that knows something<br \/>\nKnows that he knows nothing at all<br \/>\nDoes it seem colder in yo summer time<br \/>\nAnd hotter in yo fall<br \/>\nIf we were made in His image<br \/>\nThen call us by our names<br \/>\nMost intellects do not Believe in God<br \/>\nBut they fear us just the same<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh On &amp; On &amp; On &amp; On<br \/>\nMy cipher keeps movin&#8217; like a rollin&#8217; stone<br \/>\nOn &amp; On &amp; On &amp; On<br \/>\nAllnight &#8216;till the vultures swarm<br \/>\nI go on-on-on-on-on-on-on-on-on-on-on<br \/>\nMy cipher keeps movin like a rollin stone<br \/>\nBuu On &amp; On &amp; On &amp; On<br \/>\nMad props to the god Ja&#8217;Born<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m feelin&#8217; kind of hungry<br \/>\n&#8216;Cuz my high is comin&#8217; down<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t feed me yours<br \/>\n&#8216;Cuz your food does not endure<br \/>\nI think I need a cup of tea<br \/>\nThe world keeps burnin&#8217;<br \/>\nOh what a day, what a day, what a day<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You rush into destruction<br \/>\n&#8216;Cuz you don&#8217;t have nothing left<br \/>\nThe mothership can&#8217;t save you<br \/>\nSo yo ass is gon&#8217; get left<br \/>\nIf we were made in His image<br \/>\nThen call us by our names<br \/>\nMost intellects do not Believe in God<br \/>\nBut they fear us just the same<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh On &amp; On &amp; On &amp; On<br \/>\nMy cipher keeps movin&#8217; like a rollin&#8217; stone<br \/>\nDoh on-on-on-on-on-on-on-on-on-on-on<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t fuck wit&#8217; me, so just leave it alone<br \/>\nOoh way On &amp; On &amp; On &amp; On<br \/>\nMy cipher keeps movin&#8217; like a rollin&#8217; stone<br \/>\nOh On &amp; On &amp; On &amp; On On<br \/>\nAnd On &amp; On<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cv73_vvC0iU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aozycLq5kw8#t=219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-42499\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/E_Badu.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u0394\u00a0 &#8216;on &amp; on&#8217; \u00a0 \u21d1 \u00a0(acapella)<\/h6>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00abThey play it safe, are quick to assassinate what they do not understand. They move in packs ingesting more and more fear with every act of hate on one another. They feel most comfortable in groups, less guilt to swallow. They are us. This is what we have become. Afraid to respect the individual. A single person within a circumstance can move one to change. To love ourself. To evolve.\u00bb<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">[Window Seat_<strong>Erikah Badu<\/strong>]<\/address>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a4 \u00a0Common<\/strong> Biography: \u00a0Life and Career of the Rapper and Actor \u00a0\u21d3<\/h5>\n<div>\n<div id=\"img_box\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YwmuxYoWLwg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"thumb_big\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Common Biography: Life and Career of the Rapper and Actor\" src=\"http:\/\/df7ok8j6on3a4.cloudfront.net\/images\/blipthumbs\/M-R-Common-480i60_480x270.jpg\" alt=\"Common Biography: Life and Career of the Rapper and Actor\" width=\"270\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This rapper\u2019s had a love affair with hip hop all his life. Welcome to <em>WatchMojo.com<\/em> and today we\u2019re taking a look at the life and career of \u00a0<strong>Common\u00a0\u21d2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Musical Beginnings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr. was born March 13th, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois. In his youth, his high school rap trio C.D.R. opened for hip hop heavyweights like N.W.A and Big Daddy Kane.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Debut as Common Sense<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1992, Lynn signed a record deal with Relativity Records and released his first single <em>\u201cTake it EZ\u201d<\/em> under the name Common Sense. It hit number five on the Hot Rap Singles chart and was followed by his full-length debut <em>Can I Borrow a Dollar?<\/em> that year. The album was produced by Common\u2019s close friend and soon-to-be super-producer No I.D., who helped legitimize Chicago hip hop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Sophomore Album<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Common Sense expanded his fan base outside of his hometown to catch the attention of critics and hip hop fans across America with his follow-up effort. 1994\u2019s Resurrection was a critical success and was named his defining record.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0\u201cI Used to Love H.E.R.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The album\u2019s standout single was \u201c<em>I Used to Love H.E.R.,\u201d<\/em> in which the rapper speaks to hip hop as if it were a woman. The song has been commonly upheld as one of his all-time greatest, as well as one of the best recordings in hip hop history. Despite this acclaim, the song created friction between Common Sense and rap group Westside Connection, which felt the lyrics insulted West Coast rap. The rivals then released a series of diss tracks but eventually settled their differences at the insistence of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Critical Success as Common<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1997, he released his third album One Day It&#8217;ll All Make Sense under the shortened moniker Common following legal action by a California reggae band called Common Sense. The critically successful disc featured collaborations with artists such as Canibus, Lauryn Hill and The Roots\u2019 drummer, Questlove.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022 Soulquarians<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After signing with MCA Records and moving to New York, Common started recording with the Soulquarians in 1999. The musical collective was comprised of artists like <strong>Mos Def, Q-Tip, Erykah Badu, J Dilla<\/strong> and <strong>Questlove<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Breakthrough<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Common\u2019s critical and commercial breakthrough was 2000\u2019s gold-certified <em>Like Water for Chocolate.<\/em> The single <em>\u201cThe Light\u201d<\/em> was included on that record, and received heavy rotation on MTV.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Experimentation and Top Five Success<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Up next was the boundary pushing but less commercially successful effort <em>Electric Circus.<\/em> Then came 2005\u2019s well-received <em>Be,<\/em> which reached the second spot on the Billboard 200 charts. The disc produced the single <em>\u201cGo!\u201d<\/em> featuring John Mayer and Kanye West.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0More Albums<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2007\u2019s Finding Forever topped the Billboard 200 chart and sold one hundred and fifty five thousand copies in its first week. The next year, the gold-certified album also won a Grammy for a track featuring Kanye West. Also in 2008, Common dropped the album Universal Mind Control to mixed reviews.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Acting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the last years of the decade, Common began appearing on the big screen. In 2007, he was seen in the crime movies <em>\u201cSmokin\u2019 Aces\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cAmerican Gangster.\u201d<\/em> The next year, he had roles in the action films <em>\u201cStreet Kings\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cWanted.\u201d<\/em> Before returning to music, Common also acted in the films <em>\u201cTerminator Salvation,\u201d \u201cDate Night\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cJust Wright.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Beef with Drake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2011 saw the release of the No I.D.-produced <em>The Dreamer\/The Believer<\/em>. Besides the single <em>\u201cGhetto Dreams,\u201d<\/em> the top twenty record contained the track <em>\u201cSweet,\u201d<\/em> which saw Common taking shots at rapper Drake. As a result, the two traded barbs in song form for a few months until Common ended the beef at the 2012 Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Other Pursuits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to music and acting, Common dabbled in modeling and fashion, and even published a memoir. He has been a spokesperson for several brands, supported various social causes, and he established the Common Ground Foundation for disadvantaged children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0White House Poetry Reading\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite his philanthropy, Common has been involved in scandal: in 2011, a media storm erupted when he was invited to the White House for a poetry reading by First Lady Michelle Obama due to his sometimes controversial lyrics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0Musical Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With his smooth flow and poetic lyrics, Common paints vivid imagery with his words. In a genre where one-hit wonders and superficial lyrics reign supreme, he is a breath of fresh air. So when you look at Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr.\u2019s love and respect for hip hop, you realize there is really nothing Common about him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u221e COMMON: &#8216;The Light&#8217; \u2193 [ft. Erykah Badu] <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p> There are times when you&#8217;ll need someone\u2026 I will be by your side There is a light, that shines&#8230; special for you, special for me\u2026 Yeah.. Doo-doo-doo, mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm.. Doo-doo-d-doo, diggy-doo YO.. I never knew a luh, luh-luh, a love like this Gotta be somethin&#8217; [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":3575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[102,313],"class_list":["post-3576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rap","tag-lyrics","tag-america","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3576"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52072,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3576\/revisions\/52072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}