The Game (Explicit Album Version)-Common

[ti:The Game] [ar:Common] [al:Finding Forever] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Game (Explicit Album Version) - Common [00:08.92]"It's only right that I address this " [00:13.46]"Gotta be in it to win it " [00:15.01]"I never come lame type killin in the game " [00:17.54]"Now get busy " [00:19.78]"It's only right that I address this " [00:22.89]"Gotta be in it to win it " [00:25.29]"I never come lame type killin in the game " [00:27.45]"Hot music " [00:29.91]Raised by game where niggas ain't phased by fame [00:32.51]Come to the crib get banged they take your chain [00:34.79]Stay in your lane Brokeback ain't the way of the game [00:37.28]My brainstorm is like I stay in the rain [00:39.39]My favorite was Kane now I'm d**e with weight in the game [00:42.41]You was hot but can't stay in the flame [00:44.34]Ghetto pain and windows crack the fist is like a symbol for black [00:47.93]Can tell the real by how the real interact [00:49.92]In the middle of whack my soul sticks to a track [00:52.56]Kickback records get kicked to the back [00:54.79]I want big cribs and my man Ronnie to get his [00:57.33]Child in a good school and know what her gift is [01:00.04]It's global warming the world is shifting [01:02.41]Watching Sweet Sixteen Bitchin-a** rich kids [01:04.91]You don't know it like you gotta go the distance [01:07.43]Whether yoga or doja we all get lifted in the Game [01:11.32]"It's only right that I address this " [01:13.31]"Gotta be in it to win it " [01:15.26]"I never come lame type killin in the game " [01:17.11]"Now get busy " [01:19.88]"It's only right that I address this " [01:22.65]"Gotta be in it to win it " [01:25.20]"I never come lame type killin in the game " [01:27.69]"Hot music " [01:29.53]I never kissed the a** of the masses I'm the black molasses [01:32.46]Thick and I lasted past these rat bastards [01:34.91]They try to box me in like Cassius Clay [01:37.52] [01:38.06]Hey I'm like Muhammad when he fasted [01:40.16]Opposing the fascist make cuts and got gashes [01:42.88]Scratches over third eyelashes [01:44.82]Punchlines are like jab hits to rappers [01:47.34]Whose careers now ashes it's too many slashes [01:49.82]In his name came in the game these gun-clappers [01:52.47]From weak lines to clothing lines to an actress [01:54.96]I seen em dashing smash hits [01:56.46]I yell run ni**a run while I cook up classics [01:59.73]The weak hearted become Babylon puppets [02:02.45]Making it hard for real hustlas [02:04.58]Touch the sky now and then with a lady friend [02:07.41]Give thanks to the most that's how the day begins in the game [02:10.24]"It's only right that I address this " [02:12.60]"Gotta be in it to win it " [02:14.90]"I never come lame type killin in the game " [02:17.37]"Now get busy " [02:19.67]"It's only right that I address this " [02:22.59]"Gotta be in it to win it " [02:25.06]"I never come lame type killin in the game " [02:27.16]"Hot music " [02:29.16]I just wanna be like Akeelah an achiever [02:31.74]From the streets of the Chi where some get high for leisure [02:35.13]Selling w**d out of cleaners [02:36.42]From rocks to barber shops and beemers [02:38.96]Chicks with blond weaves and strong legs like Serena [02:42.30]The demeanor of the Ghetto to never stay settled [02:44.75]Aldermen and corrupt men play Pharaoh [02:47.43]GOOD bring business to the hood like heralds [02:49.79]Find your own walking by themself in the street [02:52.28]The young die of cancer I stop eating meat [02:54.84]Greet the gods on 87th street like peace [02:57.30]Even though it's war to G got em facing the east [03:00.04]The game ain't tasting as sweet [03:01.42]Cats flow is still and they complacent with beats [03:04.63]My radio station is deep so eff em [03:07.34]Progression counting paper and blessings in the game [03:10.71]"It's only right that I address this " [03:13.05]"Gotta be in it to win it " [03:14.94]"I never come lame type killin in the game " [03:17.18]"Now get busy " [03:19.60]"It's only right that I address this " [03:22.76]"Gotta be in it to win it " [03:24.91]"I never come lame type killin in the game " [03:27.20]"Hot music "