[Chorus: John Legend]
They say Whats happenin?
We say the facts and if, they lie...
We comin back for them
They might say... but they dont know!
(They say, They say...)
They dont 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
Im 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, thats what they say
My niggaz couldnt tell it was me, like Jamie in Ray
Paintin a day, wit focused crime, broads, and good wine
They say Dope is sour so its 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? Ive 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 DAngelo 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 dont ever give me nothin I cant handle
So please dont ever give me records I cant sample
So I could vacate where it aint no channels
but its quite ok for a gangsta to wear sandals
They say because of the fame and stardom
Im somewhere in between the church and insane asylum
I guess its messin with my health then
And this verse so crazy when I finish
Im 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 Im scared of a day job
They say Sef kept the hood together
I tell the young, We cant 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 Christs
The way I sacrificed, and resurrected, twice
They say The crochet pants and the sweater was wack
Seen The Corner, now they say That niggas back, uh...

[Chorus]

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