Like They Used To Say (Radio Version)
Like They Used To Say (Radio Version)

Like They Used To Say (Radio Version) easy guitar chords by Common

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    • Verse 1
    "Like 
    they used to say" 
    *repeated in 

    back
    ground* 

    [Common] 

    We dealin wit 
    some 
    very 

    critical 
    and 
    crucial 
    times 

    Some 
    of the most 
    critical 
    and 
    crucial 

    times 
    I've 
    ever seen 

    I wrote 
    Stoney 
    Island 
    on my 
    guy 

    He was 
    tryin 
    me 
    about 
    the S- 

    I- 
    E experience 

    Tried 
    to tell 
    him about 
    the 
    C- 
    S- E 
    experience, 

    you 
    know? 

    Verse 2
    Yo 
    I'm 
    the rap 
    pro
    fession, 

    I go 
    the session 

    Study 
    MC's like 
    a 
    god 
    do 
    lessons 

    Mic 
    testin in the rain, 
    I 
    brainstorm 

    You 
    feelin 
    me out 
    nigga? 

    We got 
    the same 
    form 

    I drop 
    heavy 
    in spots 
    you scared 

    to put 
    your 
    weight 

    There's 
    only so 
    much 

    ice you 
    can skate 
    on 

    Shit cat
    s right 
    for you, 
    you say 
    wrong 

    No 
    time 
    to debate 
    on, 

    who's 
    your 
    pop 
    and who's 
    not 

    Or who 
    shot 
    Big 
    and Tupac 

    Or 
    who 
    this stud 
    fuckin 
    or 

    how much 
    this crew 
    got 

    That's 
    hoe shit 

    That 
    ain't me 
    or 
    the type 

    of niggas 
    I 
    roll wit 

    I Cold 
    Get 
    Dumb, 
    like 
    a brother 
    in 
    prison 

    Who 
    hasn't 
    had a chance 

    to hold 
    his 
    son 

    Sacrificin 
    like 
    Abe did 
    his oldest 
    son 

    Tryin to 
    hold my 
    come, 
    I think 
    of raps 

    Seen 
    the 
    BDP cover 
    and 

    Verse 3
    I start 
    thinkin 
    back 
    to 

    * "Silly 
    Hoes" 
    sample* say 
    what? 

    "Like 
    they used 
    to say" 

    "Kool 
    G Rap 
    an
    d Polo, 

    back 
    again" 
    [Kool G 
    Rap] 

    Yeah 
    "Like 
    they 

    used 
    to 
    say" 

    * "Ain't 
    No Half- 
    Step
    pin" 
    sample* yeah "Like 

    they 
    used 
    to say" 

    (Dig it, like 
    they used 
    to say) *Biz Markie 

    sample* "Like 
    they 
    used 
    to say" 

    Verse 4
    [Common] 
    I walk 
    through 

    triple 
    darkness 

    wit a 
    childproof lighter 

    All your 
    homeboys'll bite 
    us, 

    so what's 
    up wit 
    that? 

    Your 
    producer 
    pumped 
    the track 

    Told 
    him, "Naw, 
    I can
    't fuck 
    wit that" 

    Nice 
    way of sayin 
    "Big, bring 

    a rougher 
    track" 

    My 
    ball 
    in my 
    ear said 
    "Enough 

    of that 
    humble 
    rap" 

    Now 
    every single 
    you 
    drop 

    I'ma double 
    that 

    Jigga- 
    jigga 
    Joe 
    cut 

    the record 
    down 
    to 

    My sound 
    sur
    round 
    you like 

    racism, you feel 
    it all 
    around 
    you 

    I 
    go into 
    a soundproof 
    booth 

    and change 
    flows 

    Track 
    the 
    strange 
    hoes 
    wit 

    headwraps and 
    Bangols 

    Hip- hop is 
    get
    tin strangled 
    by this 

    Puff Combs 
    syndrome 

    Niggas 
    Been 
    Around 
    The World 

    actin 
    like they never 
    been 
    home 

    I 
    ain't hatin 
    cuz 
    I can 
    only love 
    niggas 

    It's 
    just 
    outta the 
    game, 

    I 
    wanna sub 
    niggas 

    I be dub 
    figure 
    rusty 
    to 
    adjust 

    the in- 
    dustry 

    And speak 
    up, 

    like when 
    my 
    homey's musty 

    Here 
    we 
    go yeah 
    * 
    "Roxan
    ne Roxanne" sample* yeah, 

    dig it 

    "Like 
    they used 
    to say" 

    "You don't 
    want 
    it" [T- La Rock] "Like 

    they used 
    to say" 

    "F- 
    R- 
    E- 
    S- 
    H" 
    [Fresh 3 MC's] "Like 

    they used 
    to say" 

    "My 
    Adidas, 
    walk 
    through 
    concrete 
    doors 

    and 
    broke" 
    [Run- DMC] 

    "Like they used 
    to say" 

    [Common] 
    Yo 
    Verse 5

    *repeating 
    "zen zen 
    zen zen" 

    for 

    about 
    20 sec.* 

    "Like they 
    used 
    to 
    say" 
    3x 

    Verse 6
    Yo yo 
    check 
    it 

    Appreciate 
    the 
    art that 
    came 
    through Puer

    to Ricans 
    and Blacks 

    Speakin 
    the 
    facts, 

    the sound 
    is 
    much deeper 
    than 
    wax 

    Dug 
    Inf, 
    Luke Lumberjack 

    I'm keepin 
    the axe 

    Layin on 
    passed 
    out 
    nights wak

    in 
    up 
    reekin wit 
    raps 

    Geek like 
    the Fat 
    Boys 
    ?produce 

    the 
    feeb? in 
    fat 

    In shows 
    I get 
    more 
    hoes holes than 

    a seam 
    in the matt 

    Raps 
    develop 
    like film 
    (so what?) so call 

    me Instant 
    Common 

    This business 
    of pimps 
    and hoes, 

    I 
    stick 
    out like Bishop 
    Juan 

    Talk 
    to my 
    nigga 
    Ron about 

    openin 
    shops 

    Hold
    in up 
    cops, 
    I'm from 
    the 'Go, 

    it don't 
    stop 

    Contract 
    ain't 
    show enough 
    options, 

    it's time 
    to pop 
    guns 

    It's 
    gon' be 
    some Shook, 

    Lost 
    and popped 
    Ones 

    Askin 
    How Come 
    like 
    Wyclef, they'll 
    be Gone 
    before 

    November 
    (yeah) 

    Name'll be in sentences 
    wit 

    the word 
    "remember" 

    Wrote 
    a letter 
    to 
    '88, let's 
    get back, 

    love 
    me tender 

    The letter 
    came 
    back three 
    days 
    later, 

    return 
    to sender 

    Damn! 

    Verse 7
    "Like 
    they used 
    to 
    say" 

    "Hot 
    damn 
    hoe 
    here 
    we go 
    again" 

    [MC Lyte] "Like they used 
    to 
    say" 

    "I want 
    it like 
    that, 
    I got 
    it like 
    that, 

    I 
    have 
    it like 
    that" 
    [Kool Keith] 

    "Like they 
    used to 
    say" 

    "You 
    gots 
    to chill" 

    [PMD] "Like they 
    used to 
    say" 

    "Boyz in 
    the hood are always 
    hard" 

    [Eazy E] "Like 
    they used to 
    say" 

    "One 
    for 
    all and 
    all" 

    [Brand Nubian] "Like they used 
    to say" 

    "Zoom 
    zoom zoom, zoom 
    zoom zoom 

    zoo zoom" 
    [MC E- Z] 

    "Like they 
    used to 
    say" 

    "I 
    get 
    money, 

    money 
    I got" 
    [Milk- D] "
    Like they 
    used to 
    say" 

    "Plug 
    one, 

    plug 
    two" 
    [De La Soul] "Like they 
    used to 
    say" 

    "For all 
    the 
    pion
    eers, 

    I'm 
    goin 
    way 
    back" 
    [Just- Ice] "Like they used 
    to say" 

    "I think 
    that's about 
    as far 
    back 
    as 

    we can 
    go" 
    [Just- Ice] 

    "Like they 
    used 
    to say" 
    3x 

    "Yo 
    what 
    happene
    d to 
    the 

    beats" 
    [Eric B.] 

    "Like they used 
    to say" 

    PEACE!!! 
    "Like they used 
    to 

    say" 
    "Like 
    they used 
    to say" 

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