Common, Lonnie “Pops” Lynn - Pop’s Rap lyrics

I just dropped by the studio
See what my son does
My main man, my son, Common Sense
They used to call me No Sense
Now they say I got plenty sense about 6
000 years of it
You know, I’m just checking him out
See what’s going on
Cause I’m always sitting around
Telling him about
What we used to do back in our hood, you know
We used to be down and run this town
And it was all at PC Pub
You know, and I’m shaking
And they working on it
And they bringing it back
I see harmony, understanding
And they working on that love thing too
Cause they be down with it, you know?
Now I hear them saying
Things like, whoa whoa, i get a good feeling
I be saying "keep it up
Keep on moving with your groove
You’re going the right way"
Cause it’s got to be in your heart
And I can tell by your beat, you got it
See there, I can do a little piece
Put them together there
Yeah, we used to be running this whole town
Here
We used to be basketball playing brothers
You know now everybody’s playing basketball
I wonder where they come
From? What they claiming?
Gonna make an old man get his shoes out
And throw one down to slam dunk on them
Every time the leaves start
Turning brown getting
Through the fall of the year
I can say yea it’s time to play some
What these youngsters talking about
They running out of breath? What you say?
Well I tell what
We’re gonna try something brand new here
Cause everybody like new things
We’re gonna work on something new
And I’m gonna call it ‘peace’
We’re gonna pretend like it's 6 years old
And we gonna build it and mould it
And nurture it and culture it
And grow right into our society for
All of us to have
Do you believe in the peace? Not that piece
But do you believe in the peace?
Alright, I see you raising your hand
- you believe in the peace oK, bring it
See if I can’t talk common sense into them
Let’s cruise on down to 47 St where
Dad used to hang out at, you know?
Eh remember in a few years when
We moved from 47 to 87
47 was my hood, 87 was his touchdown
What’s the name of the bangers
In this town now? Has everybody calmed down?
Back in my day, they was showing up
Now they finally woke up
I hear they leaving it alone
Using words like 'truce', I love to hear that