Common Ground Lyrics - Singles - Living Legends

It's a kid on the corner of his block 

And there's a genius in his room with a deep thought 

It's a grower in the hills with a crop 

But if they all come together what they got? 

A little power unified to make a knot , well of course 

And if a plan to expand is endorsed for some more 

Lend a hand, pay attention and explore 

We all in this people we all in this 

Well, I don't know where you've been 

But if you got here I'll let you in 

Welcome you with open arms, now let's begin 

Set the scene, serious as fuck minus the mean 

Build up your esteem and get to growing 

I'm showing fools a place where they can come 

And release the dumb deeds they've done 

'Cause ever since I was young I've been shown I wasn't alone 

I roamed with my unboned skill 

And anyone who talked down on me 

I knew they didn't know the deal 

My belief was way larger than life 

Taking charge with the might in my mind 

And recognizing that in other mankind 

I knew I was on the right path, see 

Combating a fight, wrath raging for way too long 

And you might say you're strong, proud, loud and so on 

Steadily doing damage every time you get your flow on 

I build in Oakland, Chicago and everywhere else I go 

There are people who know exactly what I mean 

More than a scene, great minds think alike 

So when you find hate it ain't tight, decipher the paint right 

Get your sights set on what's important 

Stop distorting the big picture, when will it hit ya? 

It's a kid on the corner of his block 

And there's a genius in his room with a deep thought 

It's a grower in the hills with a crop 

But if they all come together what they got? 

A little power unified to make a knot , well of course 

And if a plan to expand is endorsed for some more 

Lend a hand, pay attention and explore 

We all in this people we all in this 

Ae yo, a rich man in poor man's body 

That's what I was growin' up, hustlin' for the buck 

Mentally torn between just to be or not to be 

It gotta be it betta, be betta days ahead of me 

Cheddar cheese, luxuries, were never gave to me 

Instead I shift from home to home, feelin' lone was I prone 

From the destiny in which I lay to wallow 

To live for today and give a fuck about tomorrow 

The sorrow and hatred is my only perception 

Because all my memories are filled with lies and deception 

The stressin', deprived of a childhood and adolescence 

Learn my lesson, now it's all good 

I never thought I'd see the streets of so many hoods 

My heart done broke so many times, boy it's harder than wood 

It's been a long road, but you know the game unfolds 

I listen to the stories told by the cats of old 

Tryin' to tell me I don't know about strugglin' 

Like in the slave days, but ain't shit changed 

Instead we ain't wearin' chains, huh 

I feel the same pain but it's escalated 

Niggas feel free, but still ain't emancipated 

So getting' faded is what's left off the green leaf 

Hindering the mind, but when I'm high I feel fine 

Been in the wrong place at the wrong time 

All the time 

Tryin' to journey into the light 

But the dark ain't far behind 

I'm at a color disadvantage but I manage 

To make it work for me by the use of my talents 

And use common sense to gain dollars and cents 

And ain't ashamed of what I do 

Until the day I repent 

It's a kid on the corner of his block 

And there's a genius in his room with a deep thought 

It's a grower in the hills with a crop 

But if they all come together what they got? 

A little power unified to make a knot, well of course 

And if a plan to expand is endorsed for some more 

Lend a hand, pay attention and explore 

We all in this people we all in this 

I stay humble through the many of fumbles I found trouble 

And trouble it doubles in cities amongst the rubble 

I learned from my mistakes to miss another 

Resembling ignorance, isn't it all in the struggle? 

Got you wondering, why? You wanna bubble so you hustle 

Building the muscle that's not needed 

So the other one you ignore it and feed it 

More fantasy and you store it, the bubble your circumference of comfort 

"Ghetto fabulous" important in society 

A circle of clubbing and girl fucking amounts to really nothing 

While we fronting for the public 

We shove it down the throats of our kids and watch 'em love it 

And got the nerve to wonder why shit's fucked up 

The government lucked up, by giving fools the right to bear arms 

'Cause we shoot each other down after last call 

What the fuck y'all? 

It's a kid on the corner of his block 

And there's a genius in his room with a deep thought 

It's a grower in the hills with a crop 

But if they all come together what they got? 

A little power unified to make a knot , well of course 

And if a plan to expand is endorsed for some more 

Lend a hand, pay attention and explore 

We all in this people we all in this