No Apologies

[Chorus: Common] Follow, follow, follow, follow me I be living out a prophecy, ayy Living, no apologies, living, no apologies Follow, follow, follow, follow me I be living out a prophecy, ayy Living, no apologies, living, no apologies Follow, follow, follow, follow me I be living out a prophecy, ayy Living, no apologies, living, no apologies Follow, follow, follow, follow me I be living out a prophecy, ayy Living, no apologies, living, no apologies [Verse 1: Common] Government tried to swallow me, wish we had our own colony Black space odyssey, we land on property I'm an anomaly to the economy, get dollars, we chase policy [Eat God degree], watch Amélie, unapologetic, no stopping me philosophy A man, I wasn't told how to be, in some ways, hip-hop fathered me Pops said anything is possibly "Inshallah," that's the Islam in me Pardon me, my artery is martyry, go hard to free those in poverty Peace is a part of me, revolved in me, involved in me, I'm God to be [Chorus: Common] Follow, follow, follow, follow me I be living out a prophecy, ayy Living, no apologies, living, no apologies Follow, follow, follow, follow me I be living out a prophecy, ayy Living, no apologies, living, no apologies Follow, follow, follow, follow me I be living out a prophecy, ayy Living, no apologies, living, no apologies Follow, follow, follow, follow me I be living out a prophecy, ayy Living, no apologies, living, no apologies [Verse 2: Common] Meta-, meta-, metaphysical, reppin' is a ritual School days, I'm the principal, still wannabes and jiggaboos Light-skin, field nigga dues, don't question me, no interviews It's gonna take a miracle to change the block and that's spiritual Tactics for black kids, it's mind over matter, where blacks is It's captive where the trap is, the ghetto is radioactive The struggle's attractive, made moves and backslid So I could back, give, we're back to Jackson See blacks with passion, blacks in fashion, in fact the ration Now it was style, it was loud, it was proud Endowed by the clout of the people's profile Reach out, speak now, we down, feet down on the ground where it's cold Facetime, bass lines, grace fines, great minds intertwined on the road [Chorus: Common] Follow, follow, follow, follow me I be living out a prophecy, ayy Living, no apologies, living, no apologies Follow, follow, follow, follow me I be living out a prophecy, ayy Living, no apologies, living, no apologies Follow, follow, follow, follow me I be living out a prophecy, ayy Living, no apologies, living, no apologies Follow, follow, follow, follow me I be living out a prophecy, ayy Living, no apologies, living, no apologies