Common - The Game lyrics

"It's only right that I address this"
"Gotta be in it to win it"
"I never come lame, type killin' in the game"
"Like like like like like" "I get busy"
"It's only right that I address this"
"Gotta be in it to win it"
"I never come lame, type killin' in the game"
"Our music"

Raised by game where niggas
Ain't phased by fame
Come to the crib, get banged
They take your chain stay in your lane
Brokeback ain't the way of the game
My brainstorm is like I stay in the rain
My favorite was Kane
Now I'm dope with weight in the game
You was hot but can't stay in the flame
Ghetto pain and windows crack
The fist is like a symbol for black
Can tell the real by how the real interact
In the middle of whack my
Soul sticks to a track
Kickback records get kicked to the back
I want big cribs and my man Ronnie to get his
Child in a good school and
Know what her gift is
It's global warming, the world is shifting
Watching Sweet Sixteen, Bitchin-ass rich kids
Who don't know in life you
Gotta go the distance whether yoga or doja
We all get lifted in the Game

"It's only right that I address this"
"Gotta be in it to win it"
"I never come lame, type killin' in the game"
"Like like like like like" "I get busy"
"It's only right that I address this"
"Gotta be in it to win it"
"I never come lame, type killin' in the game"
"Our music"

I never kissed the ass of the masses
I'm the black molasses
Thick and I lasted past these rat bastards
They try to box me in like Cassius Clay
Hey I'm like Muhammad when he fasted
Opposing the fascist
Make cuts and got gashes
Scratches over third eyelashes
Punchlines are like jab hit's to rappers
Whose careers now ashes it's too many slashes
In his name
Came in the game these gun-clappers
From weak lines to clothing
Lines to an actress
I seen 'em dashing smash hit's
I yell run nigga run while I cook up classics
The weak hearted, become Babylon puppets
Making it hard for real hustlas
Touch the sky now and then
With a lady friend
Give thanks to the most that's how
The day begins in the game

"It's only right that I address this"
"Gotta be in it to win it"
"I never come lame, type killin' in the game"
"Like like like like like" "I get busy"
"It's only right that I address this"
"Gotta be in it to win it"
"I never come lame, type killin' in the game"
"Our music"

I just wanna be like Akeelah, an achiever
From the streets of the Chi where
Some get high for leisure
Selling weed out of cleaners
From rocks to barber shops and beemers
Chicks with blond weaves and
Strong legs like Serena
The demeanor of the Ghetto
To never stay settled
Aldermen and corrupt men play Pharaoh
GOOD bring business to the hood like Harolds
Five year olds walking by them
Self in the street
The young die of cancer, I stop eating meat
Greet the gods on 87th St like peace
Even though it's war to G
Got 'em facing the east
The game ain't tasting as sweet
Cats flow is still
And they complacent with beats
My radio station is deep, so eff 'em
Progression, counting paper and blessings
In the game

"It's only right that I address this"
"Gotta be in it to win it"
"I never come lame, type killin' in the game"
"Like like like like like" "I get busy"
"It's only right that I address this"
"Gotta be in it to win it"
"I never come lame, type killin' in the game"
"Our music"