Common — Real People Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2005

[Intro] Ah, where my real people at? Yeah, ah, let me see my real people with their hands in the air Wherever you from, real people, let's do it, baby [Verse 1] Yo, real People walk in the streets, the streets is talkin' Often it's beef this city never does People walk and talk in they sleep Cold sweats and wet dreams On how to get green, our faith is all in a jeep Black souls, raw and they deep Hypes tryna talk with no teeth Shorties sayin' ball or retreat A lesson we all speak at one point or another What you expect from one who smoke a joint with his mother? Anointed hustlers in a fatherless region Through the pain, wish they know that God was just teachin' We want decent homes So dreams we say out loud like speakerphones just to keep 'em on It's like a colored song that keep keepin' on I guess knowin' I'm weak is when I'm really bein' strong Somehow through the dust I could see the dawn Like the Bishop Magic Juan, I write freedom songs For the real people [Chorus] Real people in the house, real people, real people check it out Real people know what I'm talking about, it's real people [Verse 2] I wonder is the spirits of Bob Marley and Haile Selassie Watch me as the cops be tryna and pop and lock me They cocky, plus they mentality is Nazi The way they treat Blacks I wanna snap like paparazzi We're the children of a better God searchin' for better jobs We could cop ghetto cars tryin' not to catch a charge They say the dope game is sour Now they doin' homework that's when they follow you for hours Come to your crib and devour all that you work for Must be more than paper these brothas hurt for Through the purple haze I circle days I rhyme that work for pays Tryna reverse the slave's mind and insert the brave mentality Heard that it's drama at home Can a dude break free and still get honored at home? I was told by a chief it's the games nature When you're glowin' some will love and some will hate ya Yo, it's real people [Chorus] Uh, real people in the house, real people know what I'm talking about It's real people, real people in the house, it's real people, it's real people, uh