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Common

Fortunate

Release date: 12th July 2024

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"Fortunate" is a track by Common, released 12th July 2024. Full lyrics are available below.

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Common

Common

Lyrics

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

A água—

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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Common, Ivan Lins, Pete Rock, Vitor Martins
    Producer
    Pete Rock
    Vocals
    Common
    Additional Vocals
    Bilal
    Assistant Recording Engineer
    Kevin Peterson
    Mastering Engineer
    Dave Kutch
    Mixing Engineer
    Jamey Staub, Pete Rock
    Recording Engineer
    Jamey Staub, Pete Rock, Phil Joly
    Video 1st Assistant Director
    Mike “Peg” Knauer
    Video 2nd Assistant Director
    Luana Borges
    Video Best Boy Electric
    Adam Noll
    Video Best Boy Grip
    Mayank Mishra
    Video Casting Director
    Ariona Beninato
    Video Casting Team
    Collective Casting, Ivan Arda, Youvani Boyd
    Video Clapper Loader
    Jai Mansson
    Video Colorist
    Cameron Marygold
    Video Director
    Marleaux Desire
    Video Director Of Photography
    Jon Charles
    Video Drone Operator
    Nicholas Blaising
    Video Editor
    Marleaux Desire, Simo Motsa
    Video Executive Producer
    Ali Ahmad, Simo Motsa
    Video Focus Puller
    David Wrightman
    Video Gaffer
    John Jadkowski
    Video Key Grip
    Sam Demio
    Video Location Manager
    David Giron
    Video Producer
    Ross Ginsberg
    Video Production Company
    The City Unlimited
    Video Production Designer
    Kaden Maloney
    Video VFX Department
    APT 3D
    Video Visualizer
    ILLIMITEWORLD
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