They Say-Common

[ti:They Say] [ar:Common] [al:Be] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]They Say - Common [00:02.87]Written by：Lonnie Lynn/Kanye West/John Stephens/Thomas Bell/Linda Epstein [00:05.74]They say what's happenin' [00:07.00] [00:07.54]We say the facts and they lie [00:10.14] [00:10.78]We coming back for them [00:12.60]They might say but they don't know [00:15.71] [00:16.38]They say they say [00:18.54] [00:19.14]They don't know [00:21.13] [00:26.40]They say a ni**a lost his mind [00:27.91]But in the scheme of things I never lost a rhyme [00:30.31]The thin line between love and hatred [00:32.48]I'm the black pill in the matrix the saturated life [00:35.21] [00:35.80]They say life is what you make it [00:37.69]So I wait quick on a spaceship so I can take it [00:40.54]As high as the stakes get when paper get low [00:42.89]I be telling Derick tell Kara get us a show [00:45.45]Little com I make righteous b**ches get low [00:47.70]The richest man ain't necessarily the ni**a wit dough [00:50.35]They say you ripped wow yea that's what they say [00:52.91]My niggaz couldn't tell it was me like Jamie in Ray [00:55.51]Painting a day wit focused crime broads and good wine [00:58.11]They say d**e is sour so it's homework and hood crimes [01:00.77]I stood mine for forever and a day so goodbye [01:03.89]They never could say tell 'em J [01:05.94]They say what's happenin' [01:07.53] [01:08.12]We say the facts and they lie [01:10.63] [01:11.16]We coming back for them [01:13.03]They might say but they don't know [01:16.12] [01:17.13]They say they say [01:18.82] [01:19.78]They don't know [01:21.31] [01:25.83]Ahh the sweet taste of victory [01:28.19]Go head and breath it in like antihistamine [01:30.18] [01:30.83]I know they saying damn yay snapped wit this beat [01:33.23]F**k you expect I've got a history [01:35.33] [01:36.03]Groupie love now gotta be them wheels [01:37.97] [01:38.56]Haters back down gotta be that steel [01:40.92]I know they can't wait till ya outta ya deal [01:43.15]Look how they did D'angelo ask em how do it feel [01:46.06]My best friends worry bout me [01:47.67]Cause they know when you famous [01:49.18]You had made cash the media aims at us [01:51.59]And you be up so high [01:52.94]If you ever fall off it feel like a plane crash [01:55.49] [01:56.04]But God don't ever give me nothing I can't handle [01:58.60]So please don't ever give me records I can't sample [02:01.05]So I could vacate where it ain't no channels [02:03.41]But it's quite OK for a gangsta to wear sandals [02:06.33]They say because of the fame and stardom [02:08.32]I'm somewhere in between the church and insane asylum [02:10.85]I guess it's messing with my health then [02:12.82]And this verse so crazy when I finish [02:14.66]I'm just gone check myself in [02:16.10] [02:16.78]They say what's happenin' [02:18.14] [02:18.74]We say the facts and they lie [02:21.21] [02:21.77]We coming back for them [02:23.64]They might say but they don't know [02:26.83] [02:27.67]They say they say [02:29.57] [02:30.18]They don't know [02:32.31] [02:37.51]They say Dude think he righteous [02:39.15]I write just to free minds from Stoney to Rikers [02:41.63]Amongst the lifeless in a world crazy as Mike is [02:44.21]On my paper whether its w**d or Isis [02:46.79]They say life is a game so I play hard [02:49.18]Writing for my life cause I'm scared of a day job [02:51.88]They say Sef kept the hood together [02:53.72]I tell the young we can't play the hood forever [02:56.57]Play my cards right they say I went to left [02:59.09]They showed me strange love like I was Mr F [03:01.47]Played chess in this game of pawns and knights [03:04.27]Now I claim king like Don or Frank White [03:06.83]They say my life is comparable to Christ's [03:09.19]The way I sacrificed and resurrected twice [03:11.48]They say the crochet pants and the sweater was wack [03:14.14]Seen the corner now they say that ni**a's back uh [03:16.59] [03:17.23]They say what's happenin' [03:19.16]We say the facts and they lie [03:21.71] [03:22.35]We coming back for them [03:24.09]They might say but they don't know [03:27.38] [03:28.06]They say they say [03:30.05] [03:30.60]They don't know