Common — Freestyle Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2005

Yo, yo, yo, you know what love is Say it with me one time, you know what love is Common's on some love shit Ayo, Michelle is on some love shit DJ Dummy on some love shit My man Rock is on some love shit 'Riem Riggins on some love shit North Sea girls they love it The L, the L for the Love that we give The O, the O for the One that we live The V, the V for the vibrant letter The E which means it lasts forEver Ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever Ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever Give 'em a bow, Michelle Yes, give it up for Michelle from L.A. y'all All the way to come enjoy the music You a dancer, baby The body of a dancer Thank you, sis Uh, it go relax yourself, girl, be so clear Relax yourself, girl, be so clear Come on, relax yourself, girl, be so clear Come on, relax yourself, girl, be so clear Come on, relax yourself, girl, be so clear It go, relax yourself, girl, be so clear Come on, relax yourself, girl, be so clear Relax yourself, girl, be so clear Come on, relax yourself, girl, be so clear It went, honey, check it out, she had me mesmerized With them nice braids and them nice ol' thighs Street poetry, that's my everyday I come to North Sea, yo, on a Sunday So I could say what I can, I ain't in the fog I come to rock it when I come to Den Haag And you should understand why I came to slam Earlier today I was in Amsterdam And later on tonight I'ma be rockin' a party And this is what I do, Com Sense speak godly Somebody out there, yo, they chillin' in the lobby They about to come in, they heart 'riem drummin' We strummin' 'em in with the music People wanna use it, don't confuse it, this ain't for amusement This is for learnin' and burnin' your soul Turnin' the whole road down Constants, yo, I hold down My soul's around for people that need to touch it Understand Com Sense, I love it when I'm rugged And sometimes I get a little softer Never been soft, I'm killin' them, I fill 'em, put in a coffin If I need to, this is what I do, I make it bleed through The whole situation, anticipation Of an album that's coming, it's called Finding Forever And what'll happen when I put my mind together With that, me and my brother named Ye and Jay Dee And plus the 'riem baking is why MC It be the type of brothers that come down with real sound That's what I've been doing 'cause I hold my ill ground And I could tell you, yo, Com been on a mission Lookin' in the front row and I seen this couple kissin' And I knew it was all love when I came in the place I used to have my man Arthur on the bass Maybe he'll come back soon, still I just rap tunes Rap tunes and do what I can, I'm like Black Moon How many emcees must get dissed Before somebody says "Don't fuck with Sense"? And this is just one style, yo, money You should understand on the 1 and 2's is Dummy And my nose is runny 'cause I'm cold like that You should understand in my throat I hold my raps And when I spit 'em, I could understand you's a victim To go against it, yo, you get missed with The brother Common Sense, yo, check it out, I invented A different type of style and I stayed centered In this down place where I could often MC Rockin' to the face of the what, the North Sea And yesterday, they say you hot as a stove Yo, they said yesterday my man was Roy Hargrove And he was playing, this is what I'm doing in the place The brother Common Sense coming straight from his face And this is what I do, yo, I could kick a beat again I'll get on the keys like my name was Oscar Peterson But no, that ain't me My name is Rashid, and I could still get on the 88 keys Or Fender Rhodes and I'll kick some soul It's the brother Com Sense...*plays keys* Tryna find a note but I'm fucked up 'Cause yo, I was chillin' for a second bein' dope And you should know my rhymes'll float My mind afloat, and this is what I do to provoke A crowd, Com Sense, yo, I love to freestyle Get loud, and I'm from the place called Stony Isle Right in front of the cameras, Derek is the manager I've never been an amateur, I slam at ya If I have to, yo, record this Common Sense, check it out, girls say I'm gorgeous Nah, that ain't the word for it, they say I'm a real nigga If this was slavery days, I'd be a field nigga Or credit, yet a King, Com Sense kick a dream Like Martin Luther, rest in peace to Luther I be the trooper from the city of the Chi And lookin', yo, I'm ready with my eye and I'm ready with the fly I'm fly like the zipper, yo, I be the microphone ripper Back in the days, I acted in ways Like a young B-boy, now I be that B-boy with an album named BE Girls smile at me and say they like that song "Love" and the song called "The Light" I do it right, hittin' ya on a Sunday night Afternoon, Com Sense get in the tune People, yo, you with the camera, you can zoom In and see, how fresh I be It be the Common Sense, used to drink Hennessy Memories going down while I'm giving a pound Com Sense coming from where, yo, the Chi-town I ain't wanna stop, I love the real hip-hop People say hip-hop changed when my shit dropped And they said, "Aw man, your stuff, we love that rap shit" They said, "Common, the album BE's a classic" They gave me 5 Mics and 5 stars, I come do live bars And understand why I'm live, gods Know what time it is when I come up in the place It's Common Sense coming straight from his face And this is what I do for people in the North Sea Festival Yo, I'm still staying on schedule Got a show tonight at the Paradiso And we gon' do what we can just to let loose flows go I see my man in the crowd in amazement This is what we do when you come to the basement You get real placement of real hip-hop Yo, it's like that, my shit don't stop It's like that and you don't stop Relax yourself girl, be so clear Come on, relax yourself girl, be so clear Come on, relax yourself girl, be so clear Relax yourself girl, be so clear Relax yourself girl, be so clear Come on, relax yourself girl, be so clear Come on, relax yourself girl, be so clear Come on, relax yourself girl, be so clear We go, relax yourself girl, be so clear It go, relax yourself girl, be so clear Relax yourself girl, be so clear Relax yourself girl, be so clear