Common - Forever Begins lyrics

Victory won in a world of Hennessy and guns
Too young for the marches
But I remember these drums
The stark reality of wars and battles
We fought for ours, caught in ghetto tragedy
I talk to my aunt named Mattie Lee
And recognize the importance of family
Hand me a joint, good music
And room to breathe
Those that doubt Com' will soon believe
Can't judge the weave, my lady had one
I'm more like a fool for soul and passion
The price of gas rises, street
Life is pumpin' fast, lives is
I watched Crash and realize
That we all survivors
No religion or race could ever describe us
My guys do dirt, do dirt
But never really talk about it
Forever begins just because I
Thought about it

Living once again living, then you're gone
Living, then you're gone
Living and then you're gone
Living, then you're gone

Ashes and snowfalls
I wonder when the roll call
For Heaven gon' come, forever gon' come
It's a cold world and I can never go numb
Look fear in the eyes and say
"I'm never gon' run"
Sooner or later I know the cheddar gon' come
For now I write the world
Letters to better the young
On tree, by jury, together we hung
Now we let our chains hang
And gangbang to maintain
'Ghanistan goin' through the same thing
It trickles down, at each other we aim pain
I shoot for stars, peace and exclusive cars
Through the ride I learned to earn hard
Watch gangstas turn God in the midst of war
No matter how much I elevate
I kiss the floor it was in the wind when
She said Dilla was gone
That's when I knew we'd
Live forever through song

Living once again living, then you're gone
Living, then you're gone
Living and then you're gone
Living, then you're gone living once again
Living, then you're gone
Living, then you're gone
Living and then you're gone
Living, then you're gone

Ohh living, we're living
Then we're gone
Oh, living, then you're gone
You're gone, you're gone then you're gone
Ooh, gone

Origin is forever well, well, well
Here we are back in the studio again
Look at that
I hey I don't need no cue cards
They got the engineers holdin' up cue cards
What's that say What that say?
Oh, they say, just talk, don't sing
Son, I bet you feel like you
And I've been here forever, huh?
Through these old red eyes
Beholding red eyes i see my world's tears
Yeah, origin is forever
Every peak will have two valleys
Hopeful eyes in the comfort
Of true protection and admiration of a child
That's forever forever is to strive
The pace of endearment forever
Forever is what I leave
My Iself contribution
Damn, what I'm gon' leave?
Okay, I'll leave my one and
Only grain of spiritual sand
To the universal scales of humanity
All humanity
Forever is finding a solution to a solution
Tsunamis, hurricanes following the trails of
The African slave ships
War, war, and more war
Floods, Columbine, global warming
Earthquakes
Another somebody done me wrong, son
Virginia Tech is not a, "Oh
What the heck?"
Which scale did you place your one
Grain of spiritual sand forever?
Confusion need a solution blend and stir
Stir and blend the pot of humanity
Sift the ingredients
Of acknowledgment, apology, amendment
Atonement
We gon' work with the four A's here
Forever, Pops common good is forever
God's memory is forever