[ti:Rewind That]
[ar:Common]
[al:Nobody's Smiling]
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[00:00.00]Rewind That (Album Version|Explicit) - Common
[00:21.91]Should it be can it be simple
[00:23.97]Life is like the tempo of a No I instrumental
[00:26.72]Things that we been through
[00:28.03]Define who we are now
[00:29.40]Since "Can I Borrow a Dollar "
[00:30.86]Ooh I'm a star now
[00:32.30]I'm coming from Chi-town
[00:33.96]We was the first to do it
[00:35.76]Me No I D Twilite Tone on the music
[00:38.19]The city on our back
[00:39.45]We was the opening act
[00:40.73]Throw our tapes in the crowd
[00:42.16]They throw 'em right back
[00:43.33]But we stayed on track
[00:44.79]They stayed on the tracks
[00:46.23]I stayed on the raps
[00:47.58]'Til we made it on the map
[00:49.12]By then No I was my main guy
[00:51.67]He and I was like Chi-town's Gang Starr
[00:54.46]We had came far together
[00:55.96]With a long way to go
[00:57.32]Seeing a bigger picture
[00:58.51]But now from different angles
[01:00.03]Tangle of the hustling survival in the game
[01:02.52]Felt I had to leave home
[01:03.85]To be a household name
[01:05.57]Show money low
[01:06.65]Needin' to stack fast
[01:08.07]City did have my back
[01:09.41]Now it's a backlash
[01:10.73]Was I a slave to the cash
[01:12.18]And wanting it so bad
[01:13.39]I just became a dad rap was all I had
[01:16.49]So I moved to New York to make it pop
[01:19.09]Did "Like Water for Choc"
[01:20.43]That album changed a lot
[01:21.79]But my man who I started with
[01:23.36]Wasn't a part of it
[01:24.95]And his presence I didn't even acknowledge it
[01:27.59]Knew I was wrong
[01:28.40]He shoulda at least had a song
[01:29.87]It wouldn't be me without No I D
[01:31.63]And Twilite Tone
[01:33.08]Wishin' I could get that time back
[01:35.07]Oh I care yo man rewind that
[01:38.16]Me and Dion back in the zone
[01:39.68]I'm doing shows with Tone
[01:40.62]For the future of the Chi
[01:42.08]We gon' bring it back home
[01:44.16]Rewind that and we could do it again
[01:45.95]No I D Twilite Tone where the story begin
[02:11.30]This one's for my man J Dilla
[02:13.59]As I say these words my eyes fill up
[02:16.50]Cuz wasn't non' realer than James Dewitt Yancey
[02:19.03]So I'mma dedicate this to Dilla and his family
[02:21.93]In Q-Tip's basement I first met JD
[02:24.78]I still remember the first beat he played me
[02:27.37]He came to the Chi late three that was crazy
[02:30.25]Didn't even know me and gave 'em to me for free
[02:32.98]I got the the D "peace yo big love"
[02:35.58]Cook up some hot sh*t
[02:36.92]Then go to the strip club
[02:38.38]Then we made "The Light"
[02:39.56]And times got brighter
[02:40.84]I said "turn it up" J'll take it higher
[02:43.73]One day I noticed he was tired quick
[02:46.08]That's when I found out JD was real sick
[02:49.38]Things got worse before they got better
[02:51.62]I said "come to L A for peace and good weather"
[02:54.65]We got an apartment just so we could spark it
[02:57.36]MP in the front room records in the closet
[02:59.93]The beats got iller
[03:01.03]But the sickness was still there
[03:02.67]I'm wishin'
[03:03.56]I could wheel him out of his wheelchair
[03:05.43]It was hard for me to come home every day
[03:08.00]And see my homie J's life fade away
[03:10.85]I stayed away some times
[03:12.21]In other words I ran
[03:13.73]Til one day J brought me this TV stand
[03:16.90]It was a gift so I couldn't refuse it
[03:18.97]It came from his heart
[03:20.25]I regret I didn't use it
[03:22.07]The lupus got worse and for what it's worth
[03:24.24]I wanted him to have a grammy
[03:25.81]Before he left this earth
[03:27.50]Wishin' we could have that time back
[03:29.57]Oh we can yo man rewind that
[03:38.77]You never gone
[03:39.35]You live forever through song
[03:41.05]I feel it when I seem 'em
[03:42.29]With them Dilla shirts on
[03:43.67]I know you're still shining
[03:45.08]From heaven you watch me
[03:46.46]Watch me put this Grammy
[03:47.72]On the stand you got me