Love of the Common People - Paul Young

Livin' on free food, tickets Water in the milk from the hole in the roof Where the rain came through What can you do? hmm Tears from little sister cryin' 'Cause she doesn't have a dress without a patch For the party to go Oh, but you know she'll get by. She is livin' in the love of the common people Smiles from the heart of the family man Daddy's gonna buy her a dream to cling to Mama's gonna love her just as much as she can, she can. It's a good thing you don't have the bus fare It would fall through the hole in your pocket And you'd lose it in the snow on the ground A walking to town to find a job. Trying to keep your hands warm But the hole in your shoe let the snow come through And it chills to the bone, boy You'd better go home where it's warm. Where you can live in the love of the common people Smiles from the heart of the family man Daddy's gonna buy her a dream to cling to Mama's gonna love her just as much as she can, she can. Livin' on dreams ain't easy But the closer the knit the tighter the fit And the chills stay away You take 'em in stride family pride. You know that faith is your foundation And with a whole lotta love and a warm conversation And plenty of prayer Making you strong where you belong. Where you can live in the love of the common people Smiles from the heart of the family man Daddy's gonna buy her a dream to cling to Mama's gonna love her just as much as she can, she can...

We used to fight and fuss, we used to yell and cuss We used to cock and bust now look at us We done turned to ashes and dust to dust I shoulda turned the cause and returned the love I shoulda passed the bud to all the bloods And leave them slugs with them pigs in the mud Who the fuck turned 2Pac into a thug? All I used to get was a pound and a hug I remember when we used to hate them drugs Now we can't rap without being fucked up High in the club but you sound like a drunk Hard in the street but a jailhouse punk Me and that nigga, yeah we used to bring the funk Now we got love and respect like a monk Understand that we got a lot in common Homie you in the same boat that I'm in I'm calling all the real people, real people Let em know that the change gon come Tell me where the real people? Real people It's time to wake up and stand as one Calling all the real people, real people You still got our faith nah we ain't none Tell me where the real people out there The real people out there It's a good day when it's me and O'Shea It's like the times we cheered for O.J I say Mike, Cube say Kobe But ain't no more beef, I put that on chief Blaow, a little homie dead in the streets It's like the day they compared us to meat Glad Farrakan prepared us to meet Now me and bro bringing meals to the meek Think about my homie locked up like a Rasta Dude in my ear asking me about the Oscars I build with the gods to show improvement Hard to complain, real people going through it I know the movement like I was Huey Newton Can't explain why youngin's are shooting The revolution will not be on the ground The revolution is who I am, God damn I don't care what your color is All my real people, real people love this, love this I don't care what your color is All my real people, real people love this, love this I don't care what your color is All my real people, real people love this, love this I don't care what your color is All my real people, real people love this, love this Be the change

I came from a good home A house full of terrace dreams That was enough for me You know, you had to see it to believe All the late nights, good times The mistakes and the heartbreaks When I get lost, I go Back to where I started Common people, nothing's changed You'll hear strangers singing your name If you act like you're one of us If you act like you're one of us Common people, not who you know Just how far you're willin' to go If you act like you're one of us If you act like you're one of us I took head of the local No deep pockets, but big hearts Do you see what I see? Now we're all out screaming on the dance floor All the late nights and the good times And the heartbreaks, the mistakes When I get lost, I go Back to where I started Common people, nothing's changed You'll hear strangers singing your name If you act like you're one of us Just act like you're one of us Common people, not who you know Just how far you're willin' to go If you act like you're one of us If you act like you're one of us Common people, nothing's changed You'll hear strangers singing your name If you act like you're one of us Just act like you're one of us Common people, not who you know Just how far you're willin' to go If you act like you're one of us Just act like you're one of us Just act like you're one of us

Young boy Young girl It's your time It's your time to shine Time is on your side You got to live your life with pride Ar-ar-ar-ar-a (Or-or-or-or-o) Come on now Ar-ar-ar-ar-a (Or-or-or-or-o) Hey young boy Young girl It's your time It's your time to shine Time is on your side You got to live your life with pride Time is on your side It's your time to shine But you've got to be wise Seek knowledge seek good advice Enemies will disguise On your weakness they will capitalize They will try to surprise So you've got to be wise And above them you will rise Young boy Young girl It's your time It's your time to shine Time is on your side It's your time to shine But you've got to be wise Seek knowledge seek good advice Enemies will disguise On your weakness they will capitalize They will try to surprise So you've got to be wise And above them you will rise It's your time to shine Ar-ar-ar-ar-a (Or-or-or-or-o) Ar-ar-ar-ar-a (Or-or-or-or-o) Ar-ar-ar-ar-a (Or-or-or-or-o) Everybody now Ar-ar-ar-ar-a (Or-or-or-or-o) Young boy Young girl It's your time It's your time to shine Time is on your side You got to live your life with pride Time is on your side It's your time to shine But you've got to be wise Seek knowledge seek good advice Enemies will disguise On your weakness they will capitalize They will try to surprise So you've got to be wise And above them you will rise Young boy Young girl It's your time It's your time to shine It's your time to shine Time is on your side You got to live your life with pride Young boy Young girl It's your time It's your time

Hype Beatz ODin' off blessings but still attract all these enemies Say they gang, they cap, don't know you, bitch, you ain't no kin to me All these niggas frauds, these bitches too, act like they frenemies Say, how one day you solid, the next day switchin' up energy? I don't talk too much, know a few niggas who would sin for me He talk, his block hit up, now all they got of him is memories Foenem gon' slide for us, don't do no talk, no cares for sympathy I know that I'm sinnin', don't give a fuck you think I'm trippin' Nigga, I'm the one who done it Lord, have mercy Fuck a opp, we hit his block, a nigga talk, then we gon' spin it No, I can't love you (The love that pulls you) They want smoke but duck the Glock When that shit pop, believe I'm flippin' All this pain, look what you're doing to me I'm stuck in this illusion, having lucid dreams I started, can't restart, I don't know who I'll be Them feelings can't make much You blind but I can see, I can see, woah-woah He love the Glock, I send three shots then comprehend in slow-mo They say you opp but don't know shit When you speak 'bout shit they don't know Like broken cigarettes, comin' clouds out the [?] like boom, boom You at the scene, have to forget, the only way to move on Please do so They talk like they know who I am but I know you don't They speakin' with me as somethin' like a psycho, you know Continuous, it's fucking up my mind, dude (My mind, dude) Betrayed by whom I love, that's why I feel empty They fraud and it shows, I move on although tricked me A fool, yeah, I know, fool of love and it's sickenin' It's true, yeah, I know, I'm the one who they wishin' Look, I know my time comin' And I know I'll go, not normal to them I'm a psycho, not normal to them I'm a psycho (A psycho) Lord, have mercy Fuck a opp, we hit his block, a nigga talk, then we gon' spin it No, I can't love you (The love that pulls you) They want smoke but duck the Glock When that shit pop, believe I'm flippin' All this pain, look what you're doing to me I'm stuck in this illusion, having lucid dreams I started, can't restart, I don't know who I'll be Them feelings can't make much You blind but I can see, I can see, woah-woah