所属专辑:Nobody’s Smiling (Deluxe) [Explicit]
歌手: Common
时长: 05:21
Rewind That (Explicit) - Common (凡夫俗子)/Vince Staples[00:00:00]
Should it be can it be simple[00:00:21]
Life is like the tempo of a No I instrumental[00:00:23]
Things that we been through[00:00:26]
Define who we are now[00:00:28]
Since "Can I Borrow a Dollar "[00:00:29]
Ooh I'm a star now[00:00:30]
I'm coming from Chi-town [00:00:32]
We was the first to do it[00:00:33]
Me No I D Twilite Tone on the music[00:00:35]
The city on our back [00:00:38]
We was the opening act[00:00:39]
Throw our tapes in the crowd [00:00:40]
They throw 'em right back[00:00:42]
But we stayed on track [00:00:43]
They stayed on the tracks[00:00:44]
I stayed on the raps[00:00:46]
'Til we made it on the map[00:00:47]
By then No I was my main guy[00:00:49]
He and I was like Chi-town's Gang Starr[00:00:51]
We had came far together [00:00:54]
With a long way to go[00:00:55]
Seeing a bigger picture [00:00:57]
But now from different angles[00:00:58]
Tangle of the hustling survival in the game[00:01:00]
Felt I had to leave home[00:01:02]
To be a household name[00:01:03]
Show money low [00:01:05]
Needin' to stack fast[00:01:06]
City did have my back [00:01:08]
Now it's a backlash[00:01:09]
Was I a slave to the cash[00:01:10]
And wanting it so bad [00:01:12]
I just became a dad rap was all I had[00:01:13]
So I moved to New York to make it pop[00:01:16]
Did "Like Water for Choc" [00:01:19]
That album changed a lot[00:01:20]
But my man who I started with [00:01:21]
Wasn't a part of it[00:01:23]
And his presence I didn't even acknowledge it[00:01:24]
Knew I was wrong [00:01:27]
He shoulda at least had a song[00:01:28]
It wouldn't be me without No I D [00:01:29]
And Twilite Tone[00:01:31]
Wishin' I could get that time back[00:01:33]
Oh I care yo man rewind that[00:01:35]
Me and Dion back in the zone [00:01:38]
I'm doing shows with Tone[00:01:39]
For the future of the Chi[00:01:40]
We gon' bring it back home[00:01:42]
Rewind that and we could do it again[00:01:44]
No I D Twilite Tone where the story begin[00:01:45]
This one's for my man J Dilla[00:02:11]
As I say these words my eyes fill up[00:02:13]
Cuz wasn't non' realer than James Dewitt Yancey[00:02:16]
So I'mma dedicate this to Dilla and his family[00:02:19]
In Q-Tip's basement I first met JD[00:02:21]
I still remember the first beat he played me[00:02:24]
He came to the Chi late three that was crazy[00:02:27]
Didn't even know me and gave 'em to me for free[00:02:30]
I got the the D "peace yo big love"[00:02:32]
Cook up some hot sh*t [00:02:35]
Then go to the strip club[00:02:36]
Then we made "The Light"[00:02:38]
And times got brighter[00:02:39]
I said "turn it up" J'll take it higher[00:02:40]
One day I noticed he was tired quick[00:02:43]
That's when I found out JD was real sick[00:02:46]
Things got worse before they got better[00:02:49]
I said "come to L A for peace and good weather"[00:02:51]
We got an apartment just so we could spark it[00:02:54]
MP in the front room records in the closet[00:02:57]
The beats got iller [00:02:59]
But the sickness was still there[00:03:01]
I'm wishin' [00:03:02]
I could wheel him out of his wheelchair[00:03:03]
It was hard for me to come home every day[00:03:05]
And see my homie J's life fade away[00:03:08]
I stayed away some times [00:03:10]
In other words I ran[00:03:12]
Til one day J brought me this TV stand[00:03:13]
It was a gift so I couldn't refuse it[00:03:16]
It came from his heart [00:03:18]
I regret I didn't use it[00:03:20]
The lupus got worse and for what it's worth[00:03:22]
I wanted him to have a grammy[00:03:24]
Before he left this earth[00:03:25]
Wishin' we could have that time back[00:03:27]
Oh we can yo man rewind that[00:03:29]
You never gone [00:03:38]
You live forever through song[00:03:39]
I feel it when I seem 'em[00:03:41]
With them Dilla shirts on[00:03:42]
I know you're still shining [00:03:43]
From heaven you watch me[00:03:45]
Watch me put this Grammy[00:03:46]
On the stand you got me[00:03:47]