Common - I Used to Love H.E.R. lyrics

A-yes, yes y'all, and you don't stop
To the beat, y'all, and you don't stop
Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop
A-one, two, y'all, and you don't stop
A-yes, yes y'all, and you don't stop
And to the beat Com Sense'll
Be the sure shot, come on

I met this girl when I was ten years old
And what I loved most, she had so much soul
She was old school when I was just a shorty
Never knew throughout my life she
Would be there for me
On the regular, not a church girl
She was secular not about the money
Those studs was mic-checkin' her
But I respected her, she hit me in the heart
A few New York niggas had did her in the park
But she was there for me
And I was there for her
Pull out a chair for her
Turn on the air for her
And just cool out, cool out
And listen to her sittin' on a bone
Wishin' that I could do her
Eventually, if it was meant to be
Then it would be
‘Cause we related, physically and mentally
And she was fun then
I'd be geeked when she'd come around
Slim was fresh, yo, when she was underground
Original, pure, untampered, a down sister
Boy, I tell you, I miss her

A-yes, yes y'all, and you don't stop
To the beat, y'all, and you don't stop
A-yes, yes y'all, and you don't stop
A-one, two, y'all, and you don't stop
A-yes, yes y'all, and you don't stop
A-Com Sense y'all, and you don't stop
A-yes, yes y'all, and you don't stop
UAC, yo, we gotta be the sure shot

Now, periodically, I would see
Ol' girl at the clubs
And at the house parties
She didn't have a body
But she started gettin' thick quick
Did a couple of videos
And became Afrocentric
Out goes the weave, in
Goes the braids, beads, medallions
She was on that tip
About stoppin' the violence
About my people she was teachin' me
By not preachin' to me but speakin' to me
In a method that was leisurely
So easily I approach
She dug my rap, that's how we got close
But then she broke to the West Coast
And that was cool
'Cause around the same time
I went away to school
And I'm a man of expandin'
So why should I stand in her way?
She probably get her money in LA
And she did stud, she got big pub
But what was foul
She said that the pro-black was
Goin' out of style
She said, "Afrocentricity was of the past"
So she got into R&B, hip-house, bass
And jazz now, black music is black music
And it's all good i wasn't salty
She was with the boys in the hood
'Cause that was good for her
She was becomin' well-rounded
I thought it was dope how she
Was on that freestyle shit
Just havin' fun, not worried about anyone
And you could tell by how her titties hung

A-yes, yes y'all, and you don't stop
To the beat, y'all, and you don't stop
A-yes, yes y'all, and you don't stop
A-one, two, y'all, and you don't stop
A-yes, yes y'all, and you don't stop
And to the beat Com gotta be the sure shot
A-yes, yes y'all, and you don't stop
If you don't check it, mm-mm, bust it
Bust it

I might've failed to mention that
This chick was creative
Once The Man got to her
He altered her native
Told her if she got an image and a gimmick
That she could make money
And she did it like a dummy
Now I see her in commercials
She's universal she used to only swing it
With the inner-city circle
Now she be in the burbs
Lookin' rock and dressin' hippie
And on some dumb shit when
She comes to the city
Talkin' about poppin' Glocks
Servin' rocks and hittin' switches
Now she's a gangsta rollin'
With gangsta bitches
Always smokin' blunts and gettin' drunk
Tellin' me sad stories
Now she only fucks with the funk
Stressin' how hardcore and real she is
She was really the realest
Before she got into showbiz
I did her, not just to say that I did it
But I'm committed but so many niggas hit it
That she's just not the same
Lettin' all these groupies do her
I see niggas slammin' her
And takin' her to the sewer
But I'mma take her back
Hopin' that the shit stop
‘Cause who I'm talkin' about, y'all
Is hip-hop

To the beat, y'all, and you don't stop
A-yes, yes y'all, and you don't stop
Mainframe, yo, they gotta be the sure shot
A-yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop
To the beat, y'all, and you don't stop
A-yes, yes y'all, and you don't stop
A-one, two, Com Sense is gonna drop, haha

I used to love HER i used to love HER
I used to love HER i used to love HER
I used to love HER i used to love HER
I used to love HER, went and
Fucked up all the shit, y'all

You ain't got your woman in check, man?
I think you’re overstepping your bounds
Just a little bit i can't do this anymore