Common — Real

[Produced by No I.D.] [Chorus: Elijah Blake] You niggas ain't real I think you need to stop pretending These niggas ain't ill We know the deal Niggas ain't on Here today and the next you're gone 'Cause you niggas ain't real And we know the deal Yeah, we know the deal [Verse 1: Common] 87 strip walker, I'm a shit talker Fuck all night, yo, depending what I’m off of Had a white girl I tossed her, black girl I lost her Break bread with the Stones I'm the rock of Gibraltar Salt of the earth for what it's worth yo from birth I was first with a verse, live niggas don't rehearse Wear the prophets on the shirt, yeah, yeah that's the creed I can give a fuck if it's real or a weave I tell you when you look good and keep it right there I'm as important to the Chi as my nigga Mike Air Jordan 3s on the feet as we breeze down Lake Shore These are the days that we bake more to make more I been living in the moment lately It's like the love and the hate seem to motivate me Lady lady, that body crazy You been working out of this thing, if you're not Tell me if you're really real [Chorus: Elijah Blake] You niggas ain't real I think you need to stop pretending These niggas ain't ill We know the deal Niggas ain't on Here today and the next you're gone 'Cause you niggas ain't real And we know the deal Yeah, we know the deal [Verse 2: Common] I'm the sole controller, opposite of sober Flow from the south side to south Angola Mami wanna strip, then yeah, I'ma poke her And go all in and stretch it out like yoga I'm flexing, sexing, oiled up like Texas Survivor, soldier, a child is destined A star is born in a Chicago storm The name is Common, I'm anything but the norm, uh Six in the mornin' something warm informin' I'm sweating like I'm performin' on tour and Y'all fucking with this like porn Put your fists up, 'cause you know I ride on New planes and plateaus, made it through the black hole I rhyme in a timeless capsule, I rap for Niggas in the barber shops and broads that's hot I run the town, I'm a fucking juggernaut This shit is real [Chorus: Elijah Blake] You niggas ain't real I think you need to stop pretending These niggas ain't ill We know the deal Niggas ain't on Here today and the next you're gone 'Cause you niggas ain't real And we know the deal Yeah, we know the deal You niggas ain't real I think you need to stop pretending These niggas ain't ill We know the deal Niggas ain't on Here today and the next you're gone 'Cause you niggas ain't real And we know the deal Yeah, we know the deal