Common - The 6th Sense Lyrics






The revolution will not be televised
The revolution is here
Yeah, it's Common Sense, with DJ Premier
We gonna help y'all see clear
It's real hip-hop music, from the soul, y'all
Yeah, check it, yo

The perseverence of a rebel I drop heavier levels
It's unseen or heard, a king with words
Can't knock the hustle, but I've seen street dreams deferred
Dark spots in my mind where the scene occured
Some say I'm too deep, I'm in too deep to sleep
Through me, Muhammed will forever speak
Greet brothers with handshakes in ghetto landscapes
Where a man is determined by how much a man make
Cop Cognacs and spit old raps with young cats
with cigarettes in their ear, niggerish they appear
Under the Fubu is a guru, that's untapped
Want to be in the rap race but ain't ran one lap
Ran so far from the streets that you can't come back
You tripping with nowhere to unpack, forgot that

[Chorus: Scratched by DJ Premier with variations]

"This is rap for real, something you feel"
"And you know, yes you know"
"Rap for the black people"
"Heeeeyyyy, heeeeeyyyy"

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
Immortilized by the realness I bring to it
If revolution had a movie I'd be theme music
My music, you either fight, fuck, or dream to it
My life is one big rhyme, I try to scheme through it
Through my shell, never knew what the divine would bring to it
I'd be lying if I said I didn't want millions
More than money saved, I wanna save children
Dealing with alcoholism and afrocentricity
A complex man drawn off of simplicity
Reality is frisking me
This industry will make you lose intensity
The Common Sense in me remembers the basement
I'm Morpheus in this hip-hop Matrix, exposing fake shit

[Chorus]

Somedays I take the L to gel with the real world
Got on at 87th, stopped by this little girl
She recited raps, I forgot where they was from
In 'em, she was saying how she made brothers cum
I start thinking, how many souls hip-hop has affected
How many dead folks this art resurrected
How many nations this culture connected
Who am I to judge one's perspective?
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
I just want to innovate and stimulate minds
Travel the world and penetrate the times
Escape through rhythms in search of peace and wisdom
Raps are smoke signals letting the streets know I'm with 'em
For now I appreciate this moment in time
Ball players and actors be knowing my rhymes, it's like

[Chorus til fade]





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  1. k.... ....

    this is rap 4 real/somethin' u feel

  2. D.... R....

    2020 and common sense will never be forgotten

  3. M.... A....

    20 years

  4. B.... H....

    Still year#2020

  5. C.... B....

    Man I needed this , I feel better, 11th grade baby.

  6. b.... T....

    2020 and maaad trippin!!is it me or dude with red hat lookin maga like??????

  7. K.... ....

    Bilal means dick in portuguese

  8. S.... ....

    Common if you see this I fucking love you !!! ❤️❤️❤️

  9. I.... M....

    It’s crazy I grew up on this, I was 3 when this dropped

  10. Y.... R....

    This is what we call hiphop

  11. O.... U....

    Wow this song 20yrs old i was 12yrs old... They actually played songs like this on the radio repeatedly

  12. S.... L....

    Commons word play is Lyrically Conscious'af with that Mesmerizing beat Pulling up behind itttt!!!! #oldschoolhiphop4life 🎯❤

  13. D.... M....

    When I was trapped in a dark place, thinking bout a "permanent solution" for a " temporary problem". THIS SONG HELPED.
    THX Common, Primo & Bilal for this beautiful song.
    My wife & 3 kids also thanks you...
    HIP HOP SAVES LIVES.
    Montréal, Canada

  14. h.... ....

    is too bad music like this is not like this anymore .

  15. T.... ....

    ghetto landscapes

  16. O.... ....

    If revolution had a movie I would be theme music lol sick

  17. J.... M....

    This is one of my all-time hip hop tracks of all time. I only rate Wu Tang's C.R.E.A.M and Dead Prez Hip Hop above this

  18. M.... M....

    I always skipped this song on LWFC

  19. H.... ....

    Cultura vera , this Is real.

  20. D.... N....

    Chile 2019!

  21. G.... R....

    2019 still jamming DJ Premier!!

  22. J.... H....

    2019 and we still honored...salute

  23. L.... J....

    this is no ordinary artistic....its divine khazin

  24. R.... D....

    “ I’d Be Lyin If I Said I Didn’t Want Millions...More Than Money Saved I Wanna Save Children” 🙏🏾

  25. A.... m....

    This song when i was young.. this made me love hip hop

  26. J.... H....

    like water for chocolate ....dreams deffered...its all reall 2019 going into 2020

  27. s.... r....

    I was never too much into calming sense.

  28. M.... K....

    top 15 all time

  29. Y.... G....

    Can’t help but think of Nas

  30. j.... ....

    Social consciousness & awareness...❤ it

  31. L.... M....

    Common and Premo( DOPE)

  32. M.... ....

    2019 and this thing still bumps. Love.

  33. L.... M....

    Real hip hop music, from the soul y'all

  34. I.... A....

    Kkkkkkkkkk bilal

  35. b.... b....

    God I LOVE real music! Thank you!

  36. A.... E....

    Sago düşersem yanarım'dan gelen?

  37. A.... R....

    Common man 🔥🔥🔥

  38. T.... ....

    Common and Premier is parallel to TNT!, Masterful hip-hop track.

  39. A.... T....

    Who am I to judge ones perspective? But if I don't like it, I don't like it, that don't mean that I'm hatin'. I just want to innovate, and stimulate minds. Rhythms in search of peace and wisdom

  40. k.... s....

    the revolution will not be televised....

  41. M.... M....

    😢 this shit hit hard this morning idk why.

  42. B.... B....

    Hell yes✊🏾✊🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

  43. S.... R....

    My soul feel this

  44. k.... b....

    Greatness

  45. �.... �....

    Common n primo

  46. G.... D....

    Primo!!!!!!!!! And Common???? Aaaawww shit!!!!!

  47. S.... T....

    Premier and Common In the kitchen it’s a hit

  48. M.... C....

    A classic track to infinity and beyond #CommonSENSE

  49. S.... D....

    Holy shit, I never saw the video for this! These words were worth a thousand pictures

  50. D.... W....

    🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙

  51. T.... F....

    Why and when about these images?

  52. A.... A....

    This song is just so hardcore and the video is epic. Three black people on a car and a lot of crazy white people going wild.

  53. C.... R....

    4P meus Pretos e Pretas ..... Essa música é umas das essência do que é o Hip Hop

  54. A.... L....

    It don't matter what year it is. I'll still be here

  55. M.... ....

    This is the classic that introduced Common to me

  56. a.... ....

    Common Sense + DJ Premier = Flawless collaboration.

  57. a.... ....

    "The common sense in me remembers the basement...", yep, this track still gives me chills when listening to it! It is still, for me at least, one of the best hip-hop tracks ever! Today's pretend MCs stand to learn a thing or two from Common...

  58. D.... C....

    One of my favorite songs of all time

  59. o.... w....

    These new generation rapper can't rhyme to a premo track

  60. h.... k....

    Tru fans buy those albums instead listening on YouTube

  61. a.... B....

    If revolution had a movie i would be theme music dopest line

  62. M.... W....

    2.42 kenyan flag 😂😂🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

  63. T.... J....

    Gotta go to work i

  64. A.... E....

    This is why Common sense is a true Poet

  65. B.... G....

    i just love Bilal's part

    B.... G....

    Gotta llove Prodigy of Mobb Deeps part as well...RIP!!!

  66. B.... b....

    Well done Rashid...... # Chicago's Native Son

  67. P.... R....

    Still my Sh!t

  68. K.... O....

    Premo's signature all over. Comman never goes wrong with rap, Bilal blessed this one plushly.

  69. O.... S....

    One of the best rap songs ever !!!

  70. S.... S....

    So so underrated...

  71. C.... B....

    if I don't like it, I don't like it..that don't mean that In hatin...thats for all yall who think every damn thing is hate smh.

  72. T.... ....

    This industry will make you lose intensity.
    Prophetic indeed

  73. J.... ....

    FROM THE SOUL Y'all!

  74. a.... h....

    skilled rapper producer singer you can t miss with all that take us out common ft.dj premiere n bilal

  75. A.... n....

    Beats by DJ Premier

  76. A.... n....

    #TodaysKidsWillNeverKnow

    A.... n....

    Im 16 tho but aight then

  77. A.... n....

    Classic

  78. V.... G....

    Its real hiphop music ❤🎤🎵

  79. l.... ....

    DJ Premier with more world class beats.

    l.... ....

    Was this primo? I thought this was an Ayatolla beat

    Edit. Oh shit my bad. I was thinking of the beat from Mos Defs Miss Fat Booty

  80. M.... D....

    Happy 19th birthday Like Water for Chocolate

  81. M.... B....

    Happy 19th birthday Like water for chocolate! 🎉💘

  82. 1.... R....

    Rioting mean masses will struggle against the pigs but, as the poor masses always have, will persevere against the rich white supremacist empire that is Amerikkka. No cops. No prisons. Just an organised communist revolution is what is needed

  83. M.... A....

    Common Sense!

  84. D.... N....

    Absolute classic 🤘🤘🤘 who’s here in 2019??🔥

  85. R.... H....

    Happy birthday to one of the Greatest MC's ever to touch a Mic!! Common sense!!

  86. I.... T....

    Common is a poet

  87. m.... ....

    2019 & still relevant 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  88. M.... C....

    Common is the overall true GOAT RT💯✔️

  89. M.... W....

    Common hip hop in its truest form

  90. b.... c....

    ANOTHER CHICAGO LEGEND......

  91. S.... S....

    226 mumble rappers hit dislike 😆

  92. J.... J....

    He talks about treating women with respect putting them in a better light yet smacks a woman and telling her to get to hoin hypocrite!

  93. R.... C....

    😑😑😑😑😑😑

  94. S.... M....

    Hip-Hop to Infinity

  95. D.... W....

    Legendary Verses 💯