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Unfamiliar by Common

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Common

Unfamiliar

From Black America Again2016

Written by Common, John Cameron, Karriem Riggins

Lyrics

Unfamiliar

[Hook: PJ]

What you doing to my heart is unfamiliar

I try to keep it out my head, it's not that simple to me

And what you doing to my heart is unfamiliar

But I could get used to it

I could get used to it, I could get..

Why don't I take the time and then adore my baby doll?

Why don't I take the time to get you anything you want?

'Cause what you doing to my heart is unfamiliar

But I could get used to it

I could get used to it, I could get..

[Verse 1: Common]

Love never gave a limit, wait a minute, stay up in it

Every day we give it, play to win it, way we live it

My heart, you came to visit

Stay extended

The lap of love we lay up in it

Days is vivid same incentive

The way we hit it is like Will and Jada did it

A house is not a home unless we staying in it

Stay committed

I used to get around now I'm staying centered

Angels ascended, grounded, stay cemented

About this track

"Unfamiliar" is a song by Common from the album Black America Again, released in 2016. The song was written by Common, John Cameron, Karriem Riggins, PJ. It was produced by Karriem Riggins.

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, PJ

Produced by Karriem Riggins

The mentality, we all casualties

I can't do this casually actually you challenge me

To balance me

Paid dues and salaries

Been through truths and fallacies

The unfamiliarity made me loose calories

In a house with wine playing Amy's "Valerie"

Then I realized the past ain't my reality

On love's balcony, you standing out for me

This is alchemy, unashamed and undoubtedly

Now I see

[Hook: PJ]

What you doing to my heart is unfamiliar

I try to keep it out my head, it's not that simple to me

And what you doing to my heart is unfamiliar

But I could get used to it

I could get used to it, I could get..

Why don't I take the time and then adore my baby doll?

Why don't I take the time to get you anything you want?

'Cause what you doing to my heart is unfamiliar

But I could get used to it

I could get used to it, I could get..

[Verse 2: Common]

This love's alive, it clicks the way that T.D. Jakes described it

Vivrant thing the way that Tip from Tribe would sing

So many things that you provide the king

You too fly, never should you hide your wings

The awakening, let's keep breaking things

Breaking rules, breaking laws, breaking through

Breaking walls, sacred thoughts

Are the oceans that we make it cross

The truth is a naked cloth

No need to take it off, the wait is off

Love we make and do is unbreakable, relatable

State in you relating to the faith in you

Awaken to what faith can do

Fate is inescapable, super friends, we capable

To take it to a greater view they say is unattainable

I paint for you a picture I'm forever in it with ya

Love it when we hang, in my life, you're a fixture

A mixture of love, laughter, scripture

The right elixir, my spirit I pour to enrich ya

I'm with ya

[Hook: PJ]

What you doing to my heart is unfamiliar

I try to keep it out my head, it's not that simple to me

And what you doing to my heart is unfamiliar

But I could get used to it

I could get used to it, I could get..

Why don't I take the time and then adore my baby doll?

Why don't I take the time to get you anything you want?

'Cause what you doing to my heart is unfamiliar

But I could get used to it

I could get used to it, I could get..

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