Chorus: John Legend] They say "What´s happenin´?" We say the facts and if, they lie... We comin´ back for them They might say... but they don´t know!
(They say, They say...) They don´t knowwwww
[Verse 1: Common] They say a nigga lost his mind But in the scheme of things I never lost a rhyme The thin line between love and hatred I´m the black pill in the Matrix, the saturated life They say life is what you make it So I wait quick on a spaceship so I can take it As high as the stakes get when paper get low I be tellin Derick, "Tell Kara get us a show" Little Com, I make righteous bitches get low The richest man aint necessarily the nigga wit dough They say "You ripped" "Wow..." Yea, that´s what they say
My niggaz couldn´t tell it was me, like Jamie in Ray Paintin a day, wit focused crime, broads, and good wine They say "Dope is sour so it´s homework and hood crimes" I stood mine, for forever and a day so goodbye They never could say - tell ´em, J
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[Verse 2: Kanye West] Ahh... The sweet taste of victory Go head and breath it in like antihistamine I know they sayin "Damn, Yay snapped wit this beat!" Fuck you expect? I´ve got a history Groupie love now, gotta be them wheels!
Haters back down, gotta be that steel! I know they cant wait till ya outta ya deal! Look how they did D´Angelo ask em how do it feel! My best friends worry bout me Cause they know when you famous/fame-ass And you had made cash the media aims at us and you be up so high if you ever fall off, it feel like a plane crash But God don´t ever give me nothin I cant handle So please don´t ever give me records I cant sample So I could vacate where it aint no channels but it´s quite ok for a gangsta to wear sandals They say because of the fame and stardom I´m somewhere in between the church and insane asylum I guess it´s messin with my health then And this verse so crazy when I finish
I´m just gon check myself in - again
[Chorus] [Kanye West:] "Uh!" (hey!)
[Verse 3: Common] They say "Dude think he righteous" I write just to free minds, from Stoney to Rikers Amongst the lifeless, in a world crazy as Mike is On my paper, whether its weed or Isis They say "life is a game," so I play hard Writin for my life cause I´m scared of a day job They say "Sef kept the hood together" I tell the young, "We can´t play the hood forever" Play my cards right, they say I went to left They showed me strange love, like I was Mr. F Played chess in this game of, pawns and knights
Now I claim "King" like Don, or Frank White They say my life is comparable to Christ´s The way I sacrificed, and resurrected, twice They say "The crochet pants and the sweater was wack" Seen "The Corner", now they say "That nigga´s back," uh...