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Common

Common Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. (born March 13, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois), better known by his stage name Common, is a Grammy award winning rapper, author and actor known for lyrics that focus on love and spirituality. Signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music, many people describe him as being a conscious hip hop artist who makes songs that send a message. He debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar? and maintained a significant underground following into the late 90s, after which he gained notable mainstream success through his work with the soulquarians.

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"In front of two-inch glass and Arabs I order fries/Inspiration when I write...I see my daughter's eyes/I'm the truth, across the table from corporate lies"
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Added - March 1, 2010
Artist - Common
Song - The 6th Sense
 

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"Is a nigga your complexion or is it all in your mind?"
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Added - December 27, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - The Questions
 

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"A stick man with a message and a mag should be my logo/Think I'll start sportin that instead of Polo"
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Added - December 6, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - State To State
 

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"Youngblood said he had dimes, I prayed that he see twenty"
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Added - November 16, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - Invocation
 

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"Though some of that shit y'all pop true it, I ain't relating/If I don't like it, I don't like it, that don't mean that I'm hating"
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Added - September 26, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - 6th Sense
 

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"I'm tired of the fast lane, I want you to have my last name."
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Added - August 21, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - Come Close
 

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user icon bobdasheep · Sep 05, 2009 11:26am
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Haha.
 

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"If poetry was pussy I'd be sunshine/cause I deliver like the Sun-Times"
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Added - August 19, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - Resurrection
 

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"If revolution had a movie I'd be theme music / my music, you can either fight, f*ck, or dream to it"
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Added - July 16, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - 6th Sense
 

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user icon JMurr The Jerk · Aug 21, 2009 6:03am
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Best song..
 

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"I may not be the darkest brother, but I was always told to act my age and not my color."
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Added - July 16, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - Book Of Life
 

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"Time is real, we can't rewind it / Out of everybody I met, who told the truth? Time did"
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Added - July 16, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - The Truth
 

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"I heard a hoe say you her favorite rapper/So I had to slap her"
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Added - July 8, 2009
Artist - Common
Album - Unknown
Song - The Bitch In Yoo
 

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user icon bobdasheep · Jul 08, 2009 9:43am
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To Ice Cube
 

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"But man, her head was gooder than the music/electro body known to blow fuses"
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Added - June 21, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - I Poke Her Face
 

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user icon bobdasheep · Jun 21, 2009 8:18am
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Gooder? This reinforces my belief that Poker Face and I Poke Her Face sucked.
 

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"hip hop is dead, I'm hear to ressurect me"
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Added - June 10, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - Get em High
 

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"Caught a case of robbery/ and beat it like Michael/ your career is a typo/ mine was written like a haiku."
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Added - March 3, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - Southside feat Kanye West
 

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"What you rapping for? To get fame? To get rich? I slap a nigga like you, and tell 'em 'Rick James, bitch!'"
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Added - February 19, 2009
Artist - Common
Album - Be
Song - Chi-City
 

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user icon thunderpipe · Mar 07, 2009 7:51pm
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What? For real! Yo go Common!
 

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"Driving herself crazy like the Astronaut Lady"
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Added - January 26, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - Drivin' Me Wild
 

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user icon bobdasheep · Jan 26, 2009 11:42am
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This is kind of a random Lisa Nowak reference.
 

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"Live from the Southside is one / hide your gun / Representin' Chi-town to the fullest / Raps are bullets / See those rappers? / They be duckin' / when Com be buckin in the kitchen..."
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Added - January 25, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - Announcement
 

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"Some pop, some lock, some move robotic / Like cash money I stay in pocket"
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Added - January 25, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - Universal Mind Control
 

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"This, is, that automatic / I stay fresh like I'm wrapped in plastic / P goes spastic, C galactic / Southside boy, we Cadillac it / Charismatic, Asiatic / I hustle for mathematics"
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Added - January 25, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - Universal Mind Control
 

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"My words is the sword, my skill is the shield/my life is the style I stay dressed to kill"
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Added - January 7, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - Gladiator
 

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user icon lustmuffin · Jan 07, 2009 11:53pm
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check, check, check more than once if i could... thats bad as in good. oooweee!
 

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"n*ggas tried to appraise me / I'm hard to read like graffiti so it don't phase me"
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Added - January 1, 2009
Artist - Common
Song - The Sun God
 

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"Real rappers is hard to find, like a remote, control"
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Added - December 23, 2008
Artist - Common
Song - Get Em High
 

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user icon skrolikowski · Jan 21, 2009 1:22am
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...or the Little Debbie Brownies in the super market
 
user icon thunderpipe · Dec 24, 2008 3:15am
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Fo real!!! I can never find my f^*$ing remote... EVER!!!!
 

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"Ya'll assumed I was doomed, out of tune / but I still feel the notes, real n*gga quotes / How could I ever let your words affect me / They say, 'hip hop is dead' / I'm here to resurrect me"
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Added - July 26, 2008
Artist - Common
Song - Get em High
 

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"I bundle, amongst you cold mother-uckers / The world is bitter, like baby mothers"
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Added - July 16, 2008
Artist - Common
Song - The Sun God
 

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user icon skrolikowski · Jul 17, 2008 7:32am
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me thinks 'baby mothers' refers to women who have to raise children alone because the father left
 
user icon Rapa · Jul 16, 2008 9:18pm
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baby mothers supposed to be bitter? um okay ..
 

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"You can feel me all over, I'm live / I help cultures survive....I open the eyes of many / Styles I wrote for your lows and highs....open your mind and hear me"
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Added - May 21, 2008
Artist - Common
Song - I Am Music
 

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