[Intro: Common]
Uh
[Chorus: Common]
It's the questions (What?)
It's the questions, boy, it's the questions (What?)
It's the questions, c'mon, the questions (What?)
It's the questions, boy, it's the questions (Hah)
It's the questions, yeah
Talkin' 'bout the questions
It's the questions, y'all, it's the questions
It's the questions, dig it, the questions
It's the questions, boy, it's the questions
Yo, yo
[Verse 1: Common]
What is an MC if the boy ain't got no back? (He must be kinda wack)
What is paper to a nigga if the nigga don't stack?
Why do these girls look so good in the summer? (I don't know, I was just sayin' this shit)
If you gotta ta-dap-ta-dap-tap for your lady, would you wanna? (Motherfuckin' right)
'Cause you answer the phone "Peace," do that mean that you not a freak? (Hell no, that's right)
'Cause you recognize me, yo, I got to speak (Why you can't speak? You that star now?)
Why you got to act like a nigga all the time? (Even on Sundays and shit)
Is a nigga your complexion? Is it all in your mind? (It's all in your mind, hah, I don't know)
What's it called, y'all?
[Chorus: Common]
It's the questions (What?)
It's the questions, boy, it's the questions (What?)
It's the questions, c'mon, the questions (Uh)
It's the questions, y'all, it's the questions (What?)
It's the questions (Come on)
Nigga, it's the questions
It's the questions, boy, it's the questions
It's the questions, come on, the questions
It's the questions, boy, it's the questions
Yo
[Verse 2: Common]
If I'm a intellectual-al, I can't be sexual? (I don't know, you wanna be sexual?)
If I wanna uh-ta-uh, does that mean I lack respect for you?
(I don't know, you tell me, I think you just wonderful)
You's a grown man, why for that young girl are you lustin'? (I might look twenty, but I'm fifteen, slow down, pump your brakes)
If you got paper like that, then why you still hustlin'? (Why you still hustlin'? C'mon)
Now, you know your stomach too big to be wearin' a shirt like that (Your shirt's too small, sloppy, it's sloppy)
So why you want to go and do that? (Why you want to go and do that?)
[Verse 3: Yasiin Bey]
Why you, why you, why you, why you wanna, why you wanna
Why you wanna go and do that, love, huh?
Yo, why your girl get giddy when my name come up?
How come the industry build careers that don't last? (Uh-huh, that's right, ask again)
How come niggas don't know, but they front and don't ask? (Mhm)
Man, I don't know, I don't know
[Chorus: Common]
It's the questions (What?)
It's the questions, girl, it's the questions (What?)
It's the questions, c'mon, the questions (What?)
It's the questions, y'all, it's the questions
It's the questions, uh
Can we talk about the questions?
It's the questions, girl, it's the questions
It's the questions, c'mon, the questions
It's the questions, y'all, it's the questions (What it's all about, yo)
[Verse 4: Yasiin Bey]
Why they say never say never when they know that ain't right?
(What?)
'Cause to say never say never, you done said never twice (One, two, yeah, that's twice)
Why do I need ID to get ID? (I don't know, beats me, beats me)
If I had ID, I wouldn't need ID (Haha, that's right, that's true)
Why do these fine ghetto women got so much ass? (Why you gotta talk about my ass, though? C'mon now)
Why did Dr. J shave his beard and mustache? (Like this, this, this, this, this)
How you got high expectations, but got low patience? (C'mon, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know)
How come this joint named "The Questions" is so john blazin'? (Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, john blazin')
Man, I don't know, I don't know
[Chorus: Common]
It's the questions (What?)
It's the questions, boy, it's the questions
It's my questions, c'mon, it's the questions
It's the questions, y'all, it's the questions
It's the questions (Come on)
Tell 'em 'bout the questions
It's the questions, girl, it's the questions
It's the questions, come on, the questions
It's the questions, y'all, it's the questions
The questions, yeah
The questions (What?)
It's the questions, boy, it's the questions
The questions, yeah, the questions
It's the questions, y'all, it's the questions
Hah, it's the questions, what?
[Outro: Common]
It's the questions
It's the questions, y'all, it's the questions
It's the questions, it's the questions
It's the questions, c'mon, it's the questions
(It's the questions, it's the questions, it's the questions)
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