1-9-9-9 Lyrics - Common

"Still gettin mine, in the" "ONE" "NINE" "NINE" "NINE" 

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[Talib Kweli] 

Yo, just relax, take it easy slow down 

I had this, I had this friend of mine 

Who just, you know, he was movin too fast, yaknawimsayin? 

I told him to slow down, he said the sun don't chill 

I said, I said still, I said still, you gotta 

Just appreciate life, sit back, don't let it fly right past you 

No matter what go on I'm still gettin mine 

No matter the year, no matter the place, no matter the time 

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[Common] 

Check it, it's like I'm fightin for freedom, writin for freedom 

These record company niggas I don't like when I see em 

My ancestors, when I'm writin I see em, and talk wit em 

Hopin in the promise land I can walk wit em 

Shitted on, so many rappers it's like I'm in the stall wit em 

Molest concepts, start rhythm, paid dues, bought wisdom 

As legends fall my godmother answer heaven's call 

Preachers' daughters get fucked in the reverand's hall 

MC's reckless? I ball? why y'all wanna go and do that? 

Must've thought I was solo, the name just ain't the U-Ac 

No mo', still together 

Like in the ghetto photo wit one nigga in the chair 

Holdin liquor in despair, gang signs in the air 

I shine in spaces where time is just a glare 

Hold the mic like a memory 

Niggas say I'm nice wit metaphors but these are similes 

Street ministry, my poetry's a penitentiary, track is visitation 

Sentences is life, I'm like chief up in this demonstration 

Still... 

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"Still gettin mine, in the" "ONE" "NINE" "NINE" "NINE" 

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[Sadat X]*in background during sample* 

Check it out, everyday ha yeah 

This how we gon' do it for y'all 

Common Sense, Sadat X puttin something in your ear 

Something for you to grab 

For the whole world, yaknowimsayin, but it ain't free 

It's a fee, check it out 

You squirm wit this coughin, whippin cough 

Six days of madness and you might throw me off 

On this great ball of stress that they call the earth 

I'ma show y'all in rhyme just how much shit I been through 

And all the place I went to, always played the low 

It's like a competition, this mission here I'm tellin you 

Slip up and rhyme-ass niggas here is fellin you 

Crash courses, slow down you can't learn that quick 

Cuz I'm the dead eye, wit the red eye, from Chi to L-I 

I thought y'all knew, every year I grew, I'm still growin 

And in a year or two I hope my girl'll be showin 

A male seed, praise God I name him Moses 

I lead people I want him to, that's why I chose this 

Now is the glass half-full or half-empty 

Common, why they tempt me? 

The king of the simply, bore in mic 

I always stay on top cuz I give niggas what they like 

I know y'all hate that why I feel I owe y'all everyday 

If y'all hear it a thousand times, it's gon' be the same way 

The 'Dat-Father, go farther, why bother 

Now I'm a peaceful man, I don't want no stress 

You know I'm still... 

"Still gettin mine, in the" "ONE" "NINE" "NINE" "NINE" 

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[Common] 

Yo yo, some get Range Rovers, some religion change-over 

Angel on my main shoulder tellin me remain sober 

Token nigga, game's over ain't no payola in freestyle 

In battles, I'm warring/Warren like a G-Child 

Searchin for the child in me, this style in me 

This release is like the piece that's now in me 

They tried to 'sassinate me god, like Martin on the bal-cony 

Lyrically I put a hit on em, cuz I'm the style-Nitty 

Catch a flick at the Liquid Kitty 

Tryin to get a chick to kick it wit me till the tilt 

Told her my Chamber's like Wilt 

Built wit her for a sec, let her know I had respect 

Less than a hour she was givin me neck, yo I'm still gettin mine... 

"Still gettin mine, in the" "ONE" "NINE" "NINE" "NINE" 

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