Common - Soul By the Pound lyrics

"Gimme a pound, thank you man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you man"

I'm as "bad, bad" as Leroy Brown-Brown
Yo I'm a pro-pro, but not a noun noun
If you got beef beef
Then you'll get ground-ground
Cut up and sold-sold, by the pound-pound
I'm going downtown like Julie Brown
I'm the round mound
Not of rebound, but like a hound
I get down down
Never wore a leash but I get loose
Producin somethin fresher than fruit's
Got more soul than combat boots
Diggin' two scoops of raisins for the
Troops out of some blazers


So amazin' like Luther everyday
Joe but not Bazooka
I used to be a hooper but now
I troop to shoot a free flow
Me go with mi amigo
To see the man named Chico
The legal alienaeno, I roll the instrumentals
Like Jack I be like Nimble
Never gentle to a bimbo
Not your sex symbol so save that
Soft stuff for the Care Bears
The way I freak the funk
OHHHH the Monkees sayin, "Hell yeah"
Correction, "Hell yes" old folks wanna cuss
On how I walk talk and dress
They say my life's a mess
But I'm straight, are you
Straight? If you straight, then I'm straight
Rock me tonight, just for old time's sake

Back to our regularly scheduled program
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I am so damn flam, I slam a slam, BAM, I slam
Like Conan the Barbarian, if you talk loud
I'll play librarian
'Cause see I want it quiet in here
I Mark a Marky and a
Bunch of funky Uncle Thomases
Play like Christopher Williams cause I
Gotta keep my promises
To stick to my roots and not dilute
Cause G this ain't two colors
I'm tired of seein' these
Non rappin' dancin' motherfuckers

"Gimme a pound, thank you man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you man"

For a record sale a nigga'll sell
His soul to go gold and reach a large scale
Sellin' for the pale male and I can't tell
Why for a ho you grow a tail
And stop drinkin' ale
The booty probably smell
Ain't no pussy worth a sale at least not
For the kid to do a bid
Shit you musta flipped you lid
You was wit you slipped you slid
Got doodoo skids on my paper cause
I got rhymes up the ass if I pass gas
Ducks fast or gets trimmed like a mustache
I must ask what's goin on with rap
White kids actin black
It's like McDonald's sellin' fatback
Get back to your Mac
That stuff is wack with all these dancetracks
I'm hearin' rap from Anthrax
My time the Caravan cracks you're wack
That's the only thing that's black Scooter
When we was on the streets
You was at home on your computer
I'mma shoot a diss well like a
Fist to all these wack groups
Rhymes are wack as hell! And
They sample wack loops
I'm wonderin' how the hell they get a
Deal I still can't see that far
I feel like Cypress Hill
I could just kill an A&R
Or whoever's in Charge
It surely ain't Charles
But you ain't G-in hip-hop, cause it's ours

"Gimme a pound, thank you man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you man"

It's sick you sick I'm sicker
I flick a flea flicker
Think of that boa constrictor but
The venom I inflicta is stricter
I stick I stick the stinkin' to a stunk
If soda was a forty dog
Then I would be like drunk
If if was a fifth I would
Lift the fifth and a spliff
It's not a myth about our dick width
I'm swift and I shoot the presents
In essence count your blessings I got
A Wessun if you riff
I'm a nigga with SOULLLLLLLLLL
My last name should be Smith-sonian
I'm gassin girls heads, just like petroleum
Get em ready to bone me and
Then I play custodian
And turn off the lights this
Is the likes of a
Ticketing wallowing high jumping
Radio rumping brother
Got Seoul like Korea gimme an
Inch I'll take a liter
A chick is a chick that's how I treat her
Never go pop I'm not a two liter
A true leader, don't choose to follow
Choose what I swallow
Whether water or a beer bottle
Of course I play the lotto
Wear em? No, share em? A ho
I like the girls the girls I
Share a life with a bro
Cause U-A-C is family
Much tighter than foundations
That holds up the walls
So you better proceed with caution

"Gimme a pound, thank you man"
"Gimme a pound"
"Gimme a pound, thank you man"
"Gimme a pound"
"Gimme a pound, thank you man"
"Gimme a pound"
"Gimme a pound, thank you man"
"Gimme a pound"