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They Say lyrics
(feat. John Legend, Kanye West)

[Chorus: John Legend]
They say "What s happenin ?"
We say the facts and if, they lie...
We comin back for them
They might say... but they don t know!
(They say, They say...)
They don t knowwwww

[Verse 1: Common]
They say a nigga 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 tellin Derick, "Tell Kara get us a show"
Little Com, I make righteous bitches get low
The richest man aint necessarily the nigga 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
Paintin a day, wit focused crime, broads, and good wine
They say "Dope 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

[Chorus]

[Verse 2: Kanye West]
Ahh... The sweet taste of victory
Go head and breath it in like antihistamine
I know they sayin "Damn, Yay snapped wit this beat!"
Fuck you expect? I ve got a history
Groupie love now, gotta be them wheels!
Haters back down, gotta be that steel!
I know they cant 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/fame-ass
And 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 nothin I cant handle
So please don t ever give me records I cant sample
So I could vacate where it aint 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 messin with my health then
And this verse so crazy when I finish
I m just gon check myself in - again

[Chorus]
[Kanye West:] "Uh!" (hey!)

[Verse 3: Common]
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 weed or Isis
They say "life is a game," so I play hard
Writin 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 nigga s back," uh...

[Chorus]
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