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No Defense Lyrics

Lyrics

No Defense

From Can I Borrow a Dollar?1992

Written by Common, The Twilite Tone

Produced by The Twilite Tone

Lyrics

No Defense

Who you Who you Who you foolin'? (Simultaneous Voices Throughout Song) 'There's No Defense against Common Sense' (repeated) 'It's Not a Racial Thing it's just Common Sense' (repeated) (Common Sense, Common Sense) (repeated)

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About this track

"No Defense" is a song by Common from the album Can I Borrow a Dollar?, released in 1992. The song was written by Common, The Twilite Tone. It was produced by The Twilite Tone.

Common profile →Can I Borrow a Dollar? album →Track profile →

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Chuck Valle— 6 credits as mixing engineer →
The Twilite Tone— 165 credits as songwriter & producer →
Chris Irwin— 2 credits as recording engineer →
Common— 436 credits as songwriter & producer →
The Twilite Tone— 165 credits as songwriter & producer →

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