We're On Our Way

[Intro: Pete Rock] Yeah [Chorus: Common & Curtis Mayfield] Our destination is constant elevation You could tell the nation (And we're on our way) We on the rise through the lows and the highs Tell the world to recognize (And we're on our way) We've only just begun, we've only just begun (To live) We've only just begun, we've only just begun (To live) ("Hey") [Verse 1: Common & Curtis Mayfield] The Lord spoke, I listened to the vision I was given It's the second Common, I've risen with the wisdom of the elders Food, clothing, shelter Prosperity, health and joy, it's what I knelt for I've been dope once I learned who I dealt for Knowledge of self, I felt more ("Hey") Hot blocks, you melt or cook My neck of the woods always got crooks Cracks and crevices, I learned what the 7 is The God number And we deliver evidence of things unseen We come to run things I keep good will and I stay hunting I was on King Drive, I had one dream (Fly) My drive is like King for us to have something Destiny called, I answer in one ring Seen a Southside girl become queen ("Hey") [Chorus: Common & Curtis Mayfield] Our destination is constant elevation You could tell the nation (And we're on our way) We on the rise through the lows and the highs Tell the world to recognize (And we're on our way) ("Hey") We've only just begun, we've only just begun (To live) ("Hey") We've only just begun, we've only just begun (To live) ("Hey") [Verse 2: Common & Curtis Mayfield] The heavens open, we the outspoken Provokin' togetherness for the broken People in the ghetto, we should never settle It's eye in eye, let's keep it on the sparrow I walk through the Chi' like I was brother Harold (Fly) Washington, I got me tons of votes, this mayoral Kisses for luck for Black businesses and such On our Dame dollars, yeah, we gettin' bucks Mills walkin' through is a key to the hood I sit with Chairman Fred, yeah, he understood A seat at the table, what it means when it's good Street principles, stay on your deen for the hood I seen cuzzo, he was on his hustle On Halsted, findin' his piece in the puzzle Universal law, get what you give to the day Umi said shine your light, we on our way ("Hey") [Chorus: Common & Curtis Mayfield] Our destination is constant elevation You could tell the nation (And we're on our way) We on the rise through the lows and the highs Tell the world to recognize (And we're on our way) We've only just begun, we've only just begun (To live) ("Hey") We've only just begun, we've only just begun (To live) ("Hey") [Verse 3: Common & Curtis Mayfield] We've only just begun, I'm a son of the heavens (Fly) Magnificent, a Black man's presence Supreme Mathematics, countin' my blessings What would hip-hop be? I'm countin' my presence ("Hey") Resilience in my resonance, the brilliance in my elegance Developed with the elements and compounds to shape who we are now Order steps, the ladder ain't as far now We the sun, moon and star now, on the precipice Touch the garments of modern Black Jesuits Afro-futuristic, we breed the testaments Like Robert Nesta said, this is an exodus of excellence [Chorus: Common & Curtis Mayfield] Our destination is constant elevation You could tell the nation (And we're on our way) We on the rise through the lows and the highs Tell the world to recognize (And we're on our way) We've only just begun, we've only just begun (To live) ("Hey") We've only just begun, we've only just begun (To live) ("Hey") [Outro: Pete Rock & Curtis Mayfield] ("Hey") (Start out walking, fly, to live) ("Hey") Yeah Alright, alright Alright, alright Alright, alright Alright, alright