Common - Soul By The Pound Lyrics






[Tim Dog] "Gimme a pound, thank you man"
[repeat x2, then x4 faster]

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 in soul soul, by the pound pound
I'm going downtown like Julie Brown, I'm the round mound
Not a rebound, but like a hound, I get down down
Never wore a leash but I get loose
Producin somethin fresher than fruits, 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 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, program
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 Markyiana 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

[Tim Dog] "Gimme a pound, thank you man"
[x4]

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 hoe 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 Antrhax, 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'ma 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

[Tim Dog] "Gimme a pound, thank you man"
[x4]

It's sick you sick I'm sicker, I flick a flea flicker
Think of thatI 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 hoe
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" [x4]





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  1. M.... P....

    .....when song were close to 5 minutes.....🔥🥇💯

  2. D.... N....

    Damn. I miss pre-Woke Common

  3. A.... D....

    Boomin in ya
    Boomin in ya
    Boomin in ya jeep

  4. S.... E....

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🚬🍺

  5. T.... G....

    bring back so many memories,Real Hip-hop not Hip-not!!!

  6. M.... G....

    This shit here...real hip hop

  7. R.... Y....

    Best'ev ...classic

  8. S.... ....

    "Spoiled as a child but I milk like similac" I love it

  9. S.... ....

    This is the top 15 list that sean prince made b4 he went
    1 Biggie
    2 Nas
    3 Big l
    4 Sean p
    5 Talib Kweli
    6 snake-eyes
    7 prophecie
    8 Styles.p
    9 mobb deep
    10 bonethug
    11 common sense
    12 guru
    13 q tip
    14 slim shadey
    15 Big pun

  10. S.... ....

    💣🙌🎭💎👨‍🔬

    S.... ....

    Lol some niccas think common ain't top 15 this nicca earned his punch ticket a long time ago lol

  11. S.... W....

    I remember when this got Hip Hop quotable in the Source.

  12. k.... b....

    Com sense

  13. E.... M....

    This nigga dissed cb4 clown

  14. E.... M....

    This dope Chicago rap is retarded now except for Yeezy!

  15. E.... M....

    I was on and off with this nigga

  16. J.... W....

    No body can touch his style....Top 10 All Time.Love.Peace#25

  17. T.... ....

    Q tip and Redman in the background🔥🔥🔥

    T.... ....

    @Colin Sue in the song

    T.... ....

    Don't forget about PUBA

    T.... ....

    @NEEKZ81 oh ok

    T.... ....

    @TheMakaveliLegend1993 😉😎

    T.... ....

    @NEEKZ81 💯💯💯

  18. A.... ....

    Where was this filmed? This doesn't look like Chicago at all. Anyone got any info on the filming locations?

    A.... ....

    New York...no idea why they did that either🤔😬

  19. M.... B....

    Scrap the album version this is the one🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  20. m.... g....

    Quelle albums, c'est fou !

  21. C.... K....

    REAL HIP HOP...COMMON PLEASE BRING BACK SENSE

  22. K.... ....

    My joint!!!! But I had beef with Common for a long time because I ran out and copped this CASSETTE and it's was different from the video. He owe me 10 BUCKS!

    K.... ....

    Man STFU 😂

  23. D.... ....

    oh man this takes me back to the carefree optimistic days of my youth, now I'm a cynical old guy in my late 40's

  24. P.... F....

    these lyrics that man - and look at him now movie star

  25. W.... o....

    1st common song i ever heard . 2019 and im here

  26. J.... R....

    I lost $20 on that Chris Webber debacle!

  27. A.... E....

    🎹🎶🎵🎤🎤🎧🔥🔥👐👑💯💯💯💯🎶🎵🎤🎹🎹✊

  28. R.... L....

    harder than punk rock!

  29. R.... ....

    Now dude in movies. Hope is back in John Wick 3!!

  30. R.... ....

    This is Hip Hop!!!

  31. N.... ....

    If you told me this dude would have a Grammy, Oscar, Golden Globe, I would of laughed and said Relativity records wont even give him a second album. Glad he proved me wrote. What a great career he has had. Much respect to my brother Common Sense

  32. A.... S....

    Still the first thing that comes to mind 4 me whenever anybody even mentions Common. Rockin' me tonight for old time's sake. ;)

  33. G.... ....

    WAY BETTER THAN THE ALBUM VERSION!! ONE OF MY FAVORITES!!!

  34. I.... ....

    I was a freshman in high school...aww memories

  35. J.... B....

    This the shit

  36. C.... L....

    Reminds me of bombing the freeways at night. This in my cassette player walkman, the midnight air, the smell of Ultra-Flat Black Krylon. Those where the days.

    C.... L....

    ✊🏽❤

  37. K.... S....

    Jr High school days I haven't heard this song since 2012

  38. D.... W....

    The album version sucked this version is way better

  39. T.... ....

    This was my SHEIIT!!

  40. S.... S....

    my youth

  41. R.... &....

    This is the joint right here!!

  42. T.... A....

    This remix was the shit!!!!!

  43. W.... P....

    155th street that trecking from the late night local A Train to the Bronx!!!!

  44. E.... T....

    That’s why I loved limewire. The album didn’t have this version but limewire did. AND it had the uncensored version LoL

  45. V.... G....

    Classic

  46. T.... L....

    Recorded this off Yo MTV Rap when it dropped. Loved it then. And it still bangs today. Was
    Mad this version wasn't on the LP.

  47. M.... N....

    Common.....can't nobody touch him!

  48. C.... L....

    Bout time!!!!!!

  49. T.... B....

    Bboyin in chi in the 90s ...U.A.C!!

  50. j.... ....

    "So give me a T.O. like a' "Chris Webber"!..lol C-Webb is probably still mad at Common for those lyrics!!...93' all day!!!✊🏼

  51. B.... N....

    So much better than the album version. Com had that crazy style with the punchlines and delivery

  52. J.... N....

    this ain't common. .....this common sense!!!! Not that dude making commercials for computers or some shit

  53. T.... S....

    When i ifirst seen this video i thought they were in Chicago, the whole time they were in NYC???

    T.... S....

    looks like chi, but you can tell its new york by the last shot of them walking with those project buildings in the background.

    T.... S....

    Yepp that’s nyc. Chicago projects and elevated train lines look different.
    Peace to the Mecca thought. From chi to ny ✔️👊🏽✔️

  54. k.... ....

    Thank you for uploading the remix!

  55. T.... B....

    when u pump it in your truck

  56. J.... C....

    One of commons best song's

  57. T.... W....

    Powerful

  58. E.... R....

    I remember when I had #2 pencils

  59. J.... B....

    0:24 Homie in the back tho! ;D

  60. A.... L....

    Fkkknnnn classic! Just played this 6 straight times 😱😱😱😱

  61. S.... 7....

    used to see this video on THE BOX all the time!

  62. J.... B....

    Hip Hop👌🔥

  63. K.... B....

    YAAAAAAAAAAS!

  64. 9.... F....

    Common 🔥⚡

  65. 9.... F....

    I love oldschool 🔥

  66. S.... B....

    Man I miss the year 92

    S.... B....

    Best year in high school I was a junior

  67. S.... B....

    My jam!

  68. C.... D....

    SICKKKKKKKK YO

  69. T.... G....

    Video Jukebox era in Chicago, this was huge that summer

  70. T.... B....

    Finally! I've been looking for a good version of this song for a long time. One of my favorite Common songs ever

  71. E.... M....

    I spit spit, when I rap rap, Ima spit in yo face with this 90s jam! haha. This was classic. I remember when it came on MTV in the 90s and I bought the cassette single to jam in my 84 Cutlass Supreme. I wonder whatever happened to these guys?

    E.... M....

    Common now headlines the group August Greene.

    E.... M....

    Erik Molnar ever heard of something called Google?

  72. A.... ....

    3:55 what's the reference?

    A.... ....

    AYVSO it's a Mary j blige song. "Love without a limit" off her first album.

    A.... ....

    thanks man! ashamed that i missed it

    A.... ....

    AYVSO in Mary J. Blige’s song “love no limit”, she simply sings “& I am about to explode”. She meant mentally, he’s saying figuratively.

  73. t.... ....

    This the ONE!!

  74. l.... o....

    Common sense

  75. c.... ....

    I was so upset back in the day when I bought the tape with the studio version, nothing compared to this, and I haven’t been able to find it on any album.

    c.... ....

    chipthief187 the original version appears on the album with the Tim Dog sample "Give Me A Pound Thank Ya mam". This version is on 12 inch single. I believe they added it on the reissue album though.

    c.... ....

    chipthief187 brother i had to buy the single back in the day.

    c.... ....

    yeah the record companies made sure we had to buy this Thump Mix everyone bought the LP thinking it was this version😢😔

    c.... ....

    Yea. It wasn't on the album but I have the cassette single and the 12 inch. This was on repeat even before there was a repeat option. Classic!
    I've found some on Discogs still.

  76. g.... ....

    Video Music Box

  77. N.... P....

    The album version is aight but THIS is in an entirely different league. Never gets old.

  78. K.... W....

    Common's Soul By The Pound remix and music video is a classic. I like the samples by A Tribe Called Quest's We've Got Jazz, Grand Puba/Mary J Blige's Check It Out remix and Redman's Tonight's Da Night. I wish Soul By The Pound remix would've been on Common's Can I Borrow A Dollar album. I don't like the album version. I disagree with Common when he dissed Chris Rock, Theresa Randle, Art Evans, Khandi Alexander, Charles Murphy(RIP)and Allen Payne's CB4 movie on Soul By The Pound. Common's Can I Borrow A Dollar is a classic. I like the album pictures. I love Common. Common did some bad albums after Resurrection LOL.

  79. D.... ....

    *Old School*

  80. V.... P....

    The first song that is played in my SUV

  81. J.... J....

    I glad he made this joint

  82. B.... D....

    This version is what turned me on to him waaaayyy back day.

  83. D.... E....

    I've been looking for this version for a while

    D.... E....

    One of many songs which has a much better remix than the original.

    D.... E....

    Dope this is the right one

    D.... E....

    Daishawn Ellerbe I remember when I bought that single back then. I pumped the hell out of it in my Suzuki samurai with the top off

    D.... E....

    ngl this is litty!!! boom!!

    D.... E....

    Daishawn Ellerbe Here It Is Buddy BLAST IT!!

  84. W.... F....

    Classic!

  85. D.... F....

    Desde chile escuchando buena mierda!

  86. A.... J....

    Chicago hood niggas for teal if u didnt know chi town original

  87. c.... ....

    Bumpin this last week!

  88. J.... R....

    is this retro music or video effex the cars look vintage lol

    J.... R....

    It's from 1992

  89. B.... N....

    Fam is this 92 for real 😳

  90. S.... &....

    Máximo respeito from Brazil ❤👊

  91. M.... H....

    1st view and comment 😬