Common - Rewind That lyrics

Rewind that one time please
Rewind that one time please

Should it be, can it be simple?
Life is like the tempo of a No-I instrumental
Things that we been through define
Who we are now
Since "Can I Borrow a Dollar?"
Ooh, I'm a star now, coming from Chi-town
We was the first to do it
Me, No ID, Twilite Tone on the music
The city on our back, we was the opening act
Throw our tapes in the crowd
They throw 'em right back
But we stayed on track
They stayed on the tracks
I stayed on the raps 'til we
Made it on the map
By then, No I was my main guy
He and I was like Chi-town's Gang Starr
We had came far together


With a long way to go
Seeing a bigger picture
But now from different angles
Tangle of the hustling, survival in the game
Felt I had to leave home
To be a household name
Show money low, needin' to stack fast
City did have my back, now it's a backlash
Was I a slave to the cash
And wanting it so bad?
I just became a dad, rap was all I had
So I moved to New York, to make it pop
Did Like Water for Choc
That album changed a lot
But my man who I started with
Wasn't a part of it
And his presence I didn't even acknowledge it
Knew I was wrong
He shoulda at least had a song
It wouldn't be me without No ID
And Twilite Tone
Wishin' I could get that time back
Oh I can, yo man, rewind that
Me and Dion back in the zone
I'm doing shows with Tone
For the future of the Chi we
Gon' bring it back home
Rewind that and we could do it again
No ID, Twilite Tone, where the story begin

Rewind that one time please
Rewind that one time please

This one's for my man J Dilla
As I say these words, my eyes fill up
Cuz wasn't non' realer than
James Dewitt Yancey
So I'mma dedicate this to
Dilla and his family
In Q Tip's basement, I first met Jay Dee
I still remember the first beat he played me
He came to the Chi laid three that was crazy
Didn't even know me and gave
'em to me for free
I go to the D, "peace yo, big love"
Cook up some hot shit
Then go to the strip club
Then we made "The Light"
And times got brighter
I said "turn it up" Jay'll take it higher
One day, I noticed he was tired quick
That's when I found out
Jay Dee was real sick
Things got worse before they got better
I said
"Come to LA for peace and good weather"
We got an apartment just so we could spark it
MP in the front room, records in the closet
The beats got iller
But the sickness was still there
I'm wishing I could will him
Out of his wheelchair
It was hard for me to come home every day
And see my homie Jay's life fade away
I stayed away some times
In other words I ran
Til one day J brought me this TV stand
It was a gift so I couldn't refuse it
It came from his heart
I regret I didn't use it
The lupus got worse and, for what it's worth
I wanted him to have a Grammy
Before he left this earth
Wishing we could have that time back
Oh we can, yo man, rewind that

Rewind that one time please
Rewind that one time please

You never gone, you live forever through song
I feel it when I seem 'em
With them Dilla shirts on
I know you're still shining
From heaven you watch me
Watch me put this Grammy on
The stand you got me

That's the infinite team right there
Me and Jay
Dee, I'mma work with him whenever I can
Cause he's just
Like, constantly progressing and growing he's
One of the greatest
Producers greatest musicians of our
Time for real, i really know that

Like, I used to be able to wake up in the
Morning and hear J Dilla beats being made you
Know, I really, really used to walk by and be
Like, "Man, I'm blessed" I
Really felt that, like
During the time when he was making
It, not like, I don't look back and
Have to say "I was blessed
I know I was blessed" But during that time
I looked and say man
I'm gonna see Jay Dee make beats
Every day, you know, as long
As he was healthy, he was making music

Common, ok for me
Ok it's definitely not a Common album
But, it's Common