Common — Aquarius

[Intro: Common] Sevirra taht retaw eht Dlrow eht yfirup ot Thgin eht hguorht gniylf Semoc eh ereh, tuo hctaw os Yeah (Suirauqa, suirauqa, suirauqa, suirauqa) Yeah [Verse 1: Common] Nigga deep in the rhythm, experience speaks I'm keepin' the wisdom, the life hustlers seek I seekin' it with 'em I'm dope, the streets need me to hit 'em With some of that (Revolutionary rap) revolutionary blunted rap My peoples want hits, I hit it from the back Under the cherry moon, I hold notes and carry tunes My guys pack heat, enough to bury June On my feet, I'm getting married soon Walking in the clouds like Mary Bethune Fumes of a real nigga seep into your room Or through fifthteens of the Jeep that you boom Sonned so many cats, they call me high noon Offerings to Oshun, hoping war is over soon Guard your grill like George Foreman Time to build, as far as building, I'm the doorman Opening doors, my blood I expose on the floors Tell them the game ain't only the score Hold on to your life as I carry these styles To have you tapping your head like Darius Miles You ain't supposed to rhyme, better off with a clothing line In this business of pimps, many hoes get signed A poster shines of me holding the blinds Mixing goldenseal and wine, holding a nine [Chorus: Bilal & Erykah Badu, Common] The water that arrives (In the age of Aquarius, do-ba-ba, ba, ba) To purify the world (Do-ba, ba, ba) Flying through the night (Do-ba-ba, ba, ba) So watch out, here he comes (Do do-ba-ba, ba) Aquarius (Aquarius, Aquarius) [Verse 2: Common] Between churches and liquor stores, my mic leaks With raps all over your head like Tweet Playing with yourself, thinking the game is just wealth Hot for a minute, watch your name just melt Same spot where it's joyous where the pain is felt As you build and destroy, Joe, remain yourself They say I'm slept on, now I'm bucking in dreams And rhyme with the mind of a hustler scheme Or the struggle of fiends, I flow over waters That's as troubled as teens for the love of the team Trying to double the dream Be grateful like the church psalm my grandmother sings I'm rubbing my rings across the domes of clones Punchlines like Roy Jones with poems While you and your dogs foam at the mouth Thinking rap is the only way out The Black pool of genius'll never play out I take you way out, where you never been before Been it since birth, sent to replenish the Earth That truck that you roll is like a miniature hearse I deaded your shit before you finished a verse From niggas to gods, from bitches to earths From Nat to Truck Turner that lives in my verse Realness is an act that you cannot rehearse Holla back, but listen first [Chorus: Bilal & Erykah Badu, Common] The water that arrives (We in the age of Aquarius, do-ba-ba, ba, ba) To purify the world (Do-ba, ba, ba) Flying through the night (Do-ba-ba, ba, ba) So watch out, here he comes (Do do-ba-ba, ba) Aquarius (Aquarius, Aquarius) [Instrumental Bridge] [Chorus] The water that arrives (Do-ba-ba, ba, ba) To purify the world (Do-ba, ba, ba) Flying through the night (Do-ba-ba, ba, ba) So watch out, here he comes (Do do-ba-ba, ba) Aquarius (Aquarius, Aquarius) [Outro: Bilal & Erykah Badu] Aquarius (Aquarius, Aquarius) Aquarius (Aquarius, Aquarius)