Origineel
Intro: Common
Yeah, one two, bless
Yeah yeah, check it
I got my mellow Sean Lett
He gonna get down for y'all Chicago style
Eighty-seven, you know the bidness, check it
Chorus: Common, Sean Lett
After eight years of my life, of smoking and drinking
The world keeps spinning, so lately I've been thinking
After eight years of my life, of smoking and drinking
The world keeps spinning, so lately I've been thinking
Verse One: Common
Nearest to the go gothic, a cash flow prophet
Methods of gettin scratch and talkin slick I've adopted
Palms in the lock with stunts whose hearts be game
Hoes in the stable, none do I claim
Niggas with nothin to shoot for, at they only aim
Gramps in the choir singin it's gonna rain
In the midst of precipitation, I make the power
Manipulations, so my offspring'll be straight for generations
Got connections in the nation
To incarceration, to general population
More lyrics than Jason, look me in the face when you speak to me
You got a tattoo? Bitch youse a freak to me
Seeking the, good sess material
Asking when's my next video
Bitch get a job and get your ass in somebody's university
Enroll your youngun in a nursery
And cleam him up, comb his hair, cover yourself
You want a man to love you you ain't loving yourself
I'm discovering wealth watches wisdom in ways
To make it in the last days, now bring it on
Chorus
Verse Two: Sean Lett
I feel blessed I survived two decades in this world
Then Ninety slid in naked now I got a baby girl
Ain't this a bitch, myself still a child
I want to hang on eighty-seven corners act wild on Stoney Isle
Better school her, so presence is your seed in society
Parks of envy jealous niggas crack fiends yes indeed
I won't misleed and you can best believe
I'm just a blink away shorty anytime that you need
See I know right now, you're just too young to understand
Asking questions, why pops and moms don't be holding hands
Don't you worry about it yet, in due time we'll explain
Why having you, created just an everlasting shame
Bringing joy witcha smiles, tripping when you first walked
Knowing somebody's child is gettin outlined in chalk
Just relieved it ain't you, I got much love for you boo
Cause it ain't nuthin that these skanless niggas in these streets won't do
Stop me if I'm lying, see my race is steady dying
Short methods to making cream, bullets sprays and shatters dreams
See basically, Chi-town's game-related and designed
Niggas store up theirs and down opposite signs
Chorus
Outro: Sean Lett, Common
It's like that y'all (yeah yeah)
Common Sense and dirty mizer on the set y'all
Sean Lett
We gonna get down like that
My man Eddie C on the board
We coming through y'all for eighty-seventh street
Seventy-first and everybody in South show
We coming through for niggas on the West side
Down in the ickies, all up and down state
We gonna keep it straight like that
We straight out for gold
You call it Chi-town it's still our town
Holding it down like this with that eighty-seven sound
We talking about rocking niggas state to state nationwide
On the real it's like that
Straight up South side is where we loaf
Shit be real around these parts, I'm serious
YouknowhatI'msayin? Hear me
You know what? We out though
Vertaling
Intro: Common
Yeah, one two, bless
Yeah yeah, check it
Ik heb mijn mellow Sean Lett
He gonna get down for you'all Chicago style
Eighty-seven, you know the bidness, check it
Refrein: Common, Sean Lett
Na acht jaar van mijn leven, van roken en drinken
De wereld blijft draaien, dus de laatste tijd denk ik
After eight years of my life, of smoking and drinking
The world keeps spinning, so lately I've been thinking
Vers één: Common
Nearest to the go gothic, a cash flow prophet
Methods of gettin scratch and talkin slick I've adopted
Palms in the lock with stunts whose hearts be game
Hoes in de stal, geen claim ik
Niggas with nothin to shoot for, at they only aim
Gramps in the choir singin it's gonna rain
In het midden van de neerslag, maak ik de macht
Manipulaties, zodat mijn nakomelingen hetero zullen zijn voor generaties
Got connections in the nation
To incarceration, to general population
Meer teksten dan Jason, kijk me in het gezicht als je tegen me praat
Heb je een tatoeage? Bitch youse a freak to me
Op zoek naar goed sessiemateriaal
Vragend wanneer mijn volgende video is.
Bitch zoek een baan en zorg dat je op iemands universiteit komt.
Schrijf je jongen in een kinderdagverblijf
En maak hem schoon, kam zijn haar, bedek jezelf
Als je wilt dat een man van je houdt, hou je niet van jezelf
Ik ontdek rijkdom, horloges, wijsheid in manieren
Om het te maken in de laatste dagen, nu breng het op
Refrein
Vers twee: Sean Lett
Ik voel me gezegend ik overleefde twee decennia in deze wereld
Toen gleed negentig in naakt nu heb ik een meisje
Ain't this a bitch, myself still a child
Ik wil hangen op zevenentachtig hoeken handelen wild op Stoney Isle
Beter school je haar, zo aanwezig is je zaad in de samenleving
Parks of envy jealous niggas crack fiends yes indeed
Ik zal niet misleiden en je kunt best geloven
Ik ben maar een knipoog van je vandaan, wanneer je maar wilt.
Zie je, ik weet het nu, je bent gewoon te jong om het te begrijpen
Vragen stellen, waarom paps en mams elkaars hand niet vasthouden
Maak je er nog geen zorgen over, we leggen het later wel uit
Waarom het hebben van jou, een eeuwige schande is
Vreugde brengen met een glimlach, struikelen toen je voor het eerst liep
Wetende dat iemands kind in het krijt staat
Just relieved it ain't you, I got much love for you boo
Cause it ain't nuthin that these skanless niggas in these streets won't do
Stop me als ik lieg, zie mijn ras is gestaag stervende
Short methods to making cream, bullets sprays and shatters dreams
Zie je, Chi-town's is spel-gerelateerd en ontworpen
Niggas store up theirs and down opposite signs
Chorus
Outro: Sean Lett, Common
It's like that y'all (yeah yeah)
Common Sense and dirty mizer on the set y'all
Sean Lett
We gonna get down like that
Mijn man Eddie C op het bord
We komen door jullie allemaal voor eighty-seventh street
Seventy-first en iedereen in South show
We coming through for niggas on the West side
Down in the ickies, all up and down state
We keep it straight like that
We straight out for gold
Jij noemt het Chi-town, het is nog steeds onze stad
We houden het zo met dat zevenentachtig geluid
We talking about rocking niggas state to state nationwide
On the real it's like that
Straight up South side is where we loaf
Shit be real around these parts, I'm serious
YouknowhatI'ms sayin? Hoor je me?
Weet je wat? We zijn er toch.