Common — Southside Snippet

[Intro: Kanye West] La, la, la, la, la And everybody say, say La, la, la, la, la I know you—I know you— [Verse 1: Kanye West] I know you thinking, thinking that it must be Armor-All flow 'cause it never get rusty I ain't gotta say it, man, dog, trust me Bust somebody head, GLC, where was we? Still rock the Prada—'fore that, rock the Starter Niggas had the Georgetown, the Magic way harder Thinking back to the projects, and they way they tore 'em all up Like when I do a project, and come back and tear the mall up [Chorus: Common & Kanye West] We coming from the Southside, Southside Southside, Southside Southside, Southside Southside, side of the Chi [Verse 2: Common] The broads, the cars, the half-moons, the stars I'm like Jeff Fort the way I get behind bars Burn CDs with no regard for the stars Come to the crib with conflict diamonds and they ours Back in '94, they called me Chi-town's Nas Now, them niggas know I'm one of Chi-town's gods We eating, Joe, you still talking no carbs A conscious nigga with mack, like Steve Jobs [Chorus: Common & Kanye West] We coming from the Southside, Southside Southside, Southside Southside, Southside Southside, side of the Chi [Verse 3: Kanye West] Your fly is open, McFly The crowd is open, I think I know why I'm back from the future, seen it with my own eyes And, yep! I'm still the future of the Chi Back in college, I had to get my back up off the futon I knew that I couldn't cop a coupe with no coupons Look at that Neutron on his green like croutons People asking him, "Do you have any Grey Poupon?" [Chorus: Common & Kanye West] We coming from the Southside, Southside Southside, Southside Southside, Southside Southside, side of the Chi [Verse 4: Common] You in the building, but the building's falling You wouldn't be balling if your name was Spalding My mind get flooded, I think about New Orleans 'Bout to school y'all niggas; you should call him August I'm the sun that goes down, but I'm still revolving Southside, w—w—walk it out, while still, you're crawling If rap was Harlem, I'd be James Baldwin With money in the bank like G. Rap, we're calling [Chorus: Common & Kanye West] We coming from the Southside, Southside Southside, Southside Southside, Southside South side of the Chi