Kanye West, Common - Southside lyrics

La, la, la, la, la and everybody say, say
La, la, la, la, la i know you I know you

I know you thinking, thinking that it must be
Armor-All flow 'cause it never get rusty
I ain't gotta say it, man, dog, trust me
Bust somebody head, GLC, where was we?
Still rock the Prada 'fore that
Rock the Starter niggas had the Georgetown
The Magic way harder
Thinking back to the projects
And they way they tore 'em all up
Like when I do a project
And come back and tear the mall up

We coming from the Southside, Southside
Southside, Southside southside, Southside
Southside, side of the Chi

The broads, the cars, the half-moons
The stars
I'm like Jeff Fort the way I get behind bars
Burn CDs with no regard for the stars
Come to the crib with conflict
Diamonds and they ours
Back in '94, they called me Chi-town's Nas
Now, them niggas know I'm
One of Chi-town's gods
We eating, Joe, you still talking no carbs
A conscious nigga with mack, like Steve Jobs

We coming from the Southside, Southside
Southside, Southside southside, Southside
Southside, side of the Chi

Your fly is open, McFly
The crowd is open, I think I know why
I'm back from the future
Seen it with my own eyes
And, yep! I'm still the future of the Chi
Back in college
I had to get my back up off the futon
I knew that I couldn't cop
A coupe with no coupons
Look at that Neutron on
His green like croutons people asking him
"Do you have any Grey Poupon?"

We coming from the Southside, Southside
Southside, Southside southside, Southside
Southside, side of the Chi

You in the building
But the building's falling
You wouldn't be balling if
Your name was Spalding my mind get flooded
I think about New Orleans
'Bout to school y'all niggas you
Should call him August
I'm the sun that goes down
But I'm still revolving
Southside, w w walk it out, while still
You're crawling
If rap was Harlem, I'd be James Baldwin
With money in the bank like G rap
We're calling

We coming from the Southside, Southside
Southside, Southside southside, Southside
South side of the Chi

With niggas masked up like
Phantom of the Opera
Dreaming of the day they push
A phantom to the operas
Can't wait 'til they say
"'Ye ran up at the Oscars"
"Papa, I heard his life is like a movie"
Like when Em played him and
Mekhi played a rasta
Mexicans gon' love it like it was for La Raza
But this is for the mobsters, holla
We some true Chi-town legends
Accept no imposters

We coming from the Southside, Southside
Southside, Southside southside, Southside
Southside, side of the Chi

The un-American idol, tower like the Eiffel
Lean with it, rock with it
Black like the Disciples
Know when to use a bible and
When to use a rifle
You rap like you should be on
The back of a motorcycle
Caught a case of robbery
And beat it like Michael
Your career is a typo mine
Was written like a haiku
I write to do the right things, like Spike do
Through conflicts that's Crucial and
Drama that's Psycho

We coming from the Southside, Southside
Southside, Southside southside, Southside
South side of the Chi

La la la la la, la la, la la la la la, la
La, la la la la la, la
La, la la la la la, la
We’re coming from the Hey
Have to spice it up
You might have to spice it up
Spice it up, spice it up take your life and
Yo, ugh, ayy we’re coming from the Hey
We’re coming from the hey

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Roughneck, what's up babe ooh? This
Your man, It's Real, aka Pharaoh
Captain Jack Sparrow just pulled up
On the internet ooh
I see y'all in the mirror washing
Off your face! This that shit
That's what I'm talking 'bout
Son just getting
Rap! Word up! What I'm saying
Where the rock
Is, rght? I need some of that, son that's
That inspiration i love you to death
Bro dog