Fortunate

[Chorus: Ivan Lins]

A água mais pura da fonte

A água mais pura da fonte

A água mais pura da fonte

A água mais pura da fonte

[Verse 1: Common]

I'm fortunate to be alive

Can't explain how I got here, but we've arrived

The deliverance and diligence from which we strive

It's the feelin' it's no ceilin' is when we rise

Fortunate to have friends who don't synthesize

I keep good company—we enterprise

Had a strong gaze since infant eyes

I guess I can see the power in the prize

Incentivized by the streets identified

Other people's struggles, I don't minimize

Fortunate to be born and raised in the Chi

Salt-of-the-earth people with the bravest eye

They say, "Your guy is the truth"—I wasn't raised to lie

Fortunate to be so qué será

Every day that I get up, I trace the sky

And draw with the most high on the place that I am

And that's fortunate

[Chorus: Ivan Lins]

A água mais pura da fonte

A água mais pura da fonte

A água mais pura da fonte

A água mais pura da fonte

[Verse 2: Common]

Fortunate for the breath of life

And the breath of the Lord through Reverend Wright

Fortunate in my house ain't a desperate wife

I study life so I can test the mic

The laboratory of a rapper's story from the alley to the allegory

I pour a rhyme into time, let it travel for me

The one with self is the biggest battle for me

Fortunate when I was twelve, I let rap allure me

Fortunate through the wilderness, I see the trees

In the forest, there's a lotta fallen MCs

Fortunate that the God shared the lessons

He returned to the essence—I still feel his presence

Most of my brethren are from 87

Childhood friends—I'm glad that I kept 'em

Fortunate for the wisdom of the elders

And my grandmother and mother's love that never failed us

I'm fortunate

[Chorus: Ivan Lins]

A água mais pura da fonte

A água mais pura da fonte

A água mais pura da fonte

A água mais pura da fonte

[Verse 3: Common]

Fortunate I was raised 'round my uncle Steve

And my uncle Charles—they both told me, "Believe"

The seeds of a revolutionary; evolutions vary

Necessary to become fruits and berries of our labor

Told ya, "Search for a savior"

Fortunate I had a chance to raise her

In the days of the unknown

I'm fortunate to come home to blocks we fought, we swung on

Fortunate the Lord put me on a path

To use the microphone for a rod and a staff

Fortunate that my heart and the beat knocks

The Windy City street bop; I'm fortunate for Pete Rock (Ayy)

I'm fortunate

[Chorus: Ivan Lins & Pete Rock]

A água mais pura da fonte (Ow!) (Come on)

Fortunate

A água mais pura da fonte (Ayy) (Come on) (Say what?)

Fortunate

A água mais pura da fonte (Ah) (Ow!)

Fortunate

A água mais pura da fonte (Woo-wee!) (Yeah)

Fortunate

A água mais pura da fonte (Ah)

Fortunate

—da fonte (Come on) (Yes)

I'm fortunate

—pura da fonte (Uh) (Let's go)

I'm fortunate

—da fonte (Uh) (Ow!) (Say what?)

Fortunate

A água mais pura da fonte (Ow!) (Yeah) (Woo-wee!)

Fortunate

A água mais pura da fonte (We fortunate) (Uh-huh)

Fortunate

A água mais pura da fonte (What?) (Let's get it)

Fortunate

A água mais pura da fonte (Uh-huh)

I'm fortunate

A água mais pura da fonte (Ah)

Fortunate

—da fonte (Yeah) (Yeah) (What?)

Fortunate

—da fonte

I'm fortunate

—pura da fonte (Uh, uh) (Yeah) (Come on)

Fortunate

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