They Say

They Say - Common

Written by：Lonnie Lynn/Kanye West/John Stephens/Thomas Bell/Linda Epstein

They say what's happenin'

We say the facts and they lie

We coming back for them

They might say but they don't know

They say they say

They don't know

They say a ni**a lost his mind

But in the scheme of things I never lost a rhyme

The thin line between love and hatred

I'm the black pill in the matrix the saturated life

They say life is what you make it

So I wait quick on a spaceship so I can take it

As high as the stakes get when paper get low

I be telling Derick tell Kara get us a show

Little com I make righteous b**ches get low

The richest man ain't necessarily the ni**a wit dough

They say you ripped wow yea that's what they say

My niggaz couldn't tell it was me like Jamie in Ray

Painting a day wit focused crime broads and good wine

They say d**e is sour so it's homework and hood crimes

I stood mine for forever and a day so goodbye

They never could say tell 'em J

They say what's happenin'

We say the facts and they lie

We coming back for them

They might say but they don't know

They say they say

They don't know

Ahh the sweet taste of victory

Go head and breath it in like antihistamine

I know they saying damn yay snapped wit this beat

F**k you expect I've got a history

Groupie love now gotta be them wheels

Haters back down gotta be that steel

I know they can't wait till ya outta ya deal

Look how they did D'angelo ask em how do it feel

My best friends worry bout me

Cause they know when you famous

You had made cash the media aims at us

And you be up so high

If you ever fall off it feel like a plane crash

But God don't ever give me nothing I can't handle

So please don't ever give me records I can't sample

So I could vacate where it ain't no channels

But it's quite OK for a gangsta to wear sandals

They say because of the fame and stardom

I'm somewhere in between the church and insane asylum

I guess it's messing with my health then

And this verse so crazy when I finish

I'm just gone check myself in

They say what's happenin'

We say the facts and they lie

We coming back for them

They might say but they don't know

They say they say

They don't know

They say Dude think he righteous

I write just to free minds from Stoney to Rikers

Amongst the lifeless in a world crazy as Mike is

On my paper whether its w**d or Isis

They say life is a game so I play hard

Writing for my life cause I'm scared of a day job

They say Sef kept the hood together

I tell the young we can't play the hood forever

Play my cards right they say I went to left

They showed me strange love like I was Mr F

Played chess in this game of pawns and knights

Now I claim king like Don or Frank White

They say my life is comparable to Christ's

The way I sacrificed and resurrected twice

They say the crochet pants and the sweater was wack

Seen the corner now they say that ni**a's back uh

They say what's happenin'

We say the facts and they lie

We coming back for them

They might say but they don't know

They say they say

They don't know