Текст песни Common - One-Nine-Nine-Nine 12``
Common - One-Nine-Nine-Nine 12`` слова песни
"Like they used to say" *repeated in background*[Common]We dealin wit some very critical and crucial timesSome of the most critical and crucial times I`ve ever seenI wrote Stoney Island on my guy He was tryin me about the S-I-E experienceTried to tell him about the C-S-E experience, you know?Yo I`m the rap profession, I go the sessionStudy MC`s like a god do lessonsMic testin in the rain, I brainstormYou feelin me out nigga? We got the same formI drop heavy in spots you scared to put your weightThere`s only so much ice you can skate onShit cats right for you, you say wrongNo time to debate on, who`s your pop and who`s notOr who shot Big and TupacOr who this stud fuckin or how much this crew gotThat`s hoe shitThat ain`t me or the type of niggas I roll witI Cold Get Dumb, like a brother in prisonWho hasn`t had a chance to hold his sonSacrificin like Abe did his oldest sonTryin to hold my come, I think of rapsSeen the BDP cover and I start thinkin back to* "Silly Hoes" sample* say what? "Like they used to say""Kool G Rap and Polo, back again" [Kool G Rap]Yeah "Like they used to say"* "Ain`t No Half-Steppin" sample* yeah "Like they used to say"(Dig it, like they used to say) *Biz Markie sample* "Like they used to say"[Common]I walk through triple darkness wit a childproof lighterAll your homeboys`ll bite us, so what`s up wit that?Your producer pumped the trackTold him, "Naw, I can`t fuck wit that"Nice way of sayin "Big, bring a rougher track"My ball in my ear said "Enough of that humble rap"Now every single you drop I`ma double thatJigga-jigga Joe cut the record down toMy sound surround you like racism, you feel it all around youI go into a soundproof booth and change flowsTrack the strange hoes wit headwraps and BangolsHip-hop is gettin strangled by this Puff Combs syndromeNiggas Been Around The World actin like they never been homeI ain`t hatin cuz I can only love niggasIt`s just outta the game, I wanna sub niggasI be dub figure rusty to adjust the in-dustryAnd speak up, like when my homey`s mustyHere we go yeah * "Roxanne Roxanne" sample* yeah, dig it"Like they used to say""You don`t want it" [T-La Rock] "Like they used to say""F-R-E-S-H" [Fresh 3 MC`s] "Like they used to say""My Adidas, walk through concrete doors and broke" [Run-DMC]"Like they used to say"[Common]Yo *repeating "zen zen zen zen" for about 20 sec.*"Like they used to say" 3xYo yo check itAppreciate the art that came through Puerto Ricans and BlacksSpeakin the facts, the sound is much deeper than waxDug Inf, Luke Lumberjack I`m keepin the axeLayin on passed out nights wakin up reekin wit rapsGeek like the Fat Boys ?produce the feeb? in fatIn shows I get more hoes/holes than a seam in the mattRaps develop like film (so what?) so call me Instant CommonThis business of pimps and hoes, I stick out like Bishop JuanTalk to my nigga Ron about openin shopsHoldin up cops, I`m from the `Go, it don`t stopContract ain`t show enough options, it`s time to pop gunsIt`s gon` be some Shook, Lost and popped OnesAskin How Come like Wyclef, they`ll be Gone before November (yeah)Name`ll be in sentences wit the word "remember"Wrote a letter to `88, let`s get back, love me tenderThe letter came back three days later, return to senderDamn! "Like they used to say""Hot damn hoe here we go again" [MC Lyte] "Like they used to say""I want it like that, I got it like that, I have it like that" [Kool Keith]"Like they used to say""You gots to chill" [PMD] "Like they used to say""Boyz in the hood are always hard" [Eazy E] "Like they used to say""One for all and all" [Brand Nubian] "Like they used to say""Zoom zoom zoom, zoom zoom zoom zoo zoom" [MC E-Z]"Like they used to say""I get money, money I got" [Milk-D] "Like they used to say""Plug one, plug two" [De La Soul] "Like they used to say""For all the pioneers, I`m goin way back" [Just-Ice] "Like they used to say""I think that`s about as far back as we can go" [Just-Ice]"Like they used to say" 3x"Yo what happened to the beats" [Eric B.]