Rewind That-Common/Vince Staples

[ti:Rewind That] [ar:Common] [al:Nobody's Smiling] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Rewind That (Explicit) - Common/Vince Staples [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 [00:33.36] [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 [01:43.38] [01:44.16]Rewind that and we could do it again [01:45.95]No I D Twilite Tone where the story begin [01:49.03] [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 [02:48.65] [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 [03:31.97] [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