Maintaining chords by Common
Verse 1
Gm
Gotta watch out for them critters
I get the party live Common Sense
will get the party live huh
I get the party live Common Sense
will get the party live huh
A
I get the party live Common Sense
Gm
D
will get the party live huh
Gm
A
I get the party live Common Sense
Gm
will get the party live huh
Verse 2
Gm
I was born in Chicago raised
on Planet Rock talking
Catch knock my tape like beats
(uh) I'm fresh as fruits
A
Gm
You pussy MC it's you I rebuke repent
You burn up you got me bit
A
Gm
I'm coming as ebit
D
Got on big hoes at Freaknit frequently
Gm
your telling me
A
Won and worn your rockets, so,
Gm
he ain't put no scratch in my pocket
Yo heard, with my head I cock it,
A
Gm
and rock it like that brother in colors
'Cause I want y'all to live,
my crew is 2 Live, we sneakin' to the rear
A
Gm
But I can't get us all in free (what?) it's just
another case of that two dollar MC
A
I rock the same clothes 3 days straight to you
Gm
they wrinkled but to my they straight
D
G
Now I'm straight are you straight?
Gm
I'm straight as long as I got beer
A
Gm
I thought about it jack,
Verse 3
and now I'm out of here
Gm
"Maintain the rock" "Don't
stop the rock"
I get the party live,
A
Gm
Common Sense will get the party live, huh
"Maintain the rock"
D
"Don't stop the rock"
Gm
I get the party live,
A
Gm
Common Sense will get the party live, huh
"Maintain the rock"
"Don't stop the rock"
I get the party live,
A
Gm
ayo Chicago get the party live, huh
"Maintain the rock"
D
"Don't stop the rock"
Gm
I get the party live,
A
Common Sense will get the party live, huh
Gm
"Don't stop the rock"
Verse 4
Gm
I need me some new socks,
I need me some new drawers
I draws attention,
like a letter to a Sargent
A
Gm
There's A Few Good MC's the wack
I'm giving code red
G
Gm
A
Slim say I got nobody but when they see
Gm
me at the party they be like
D
Gm
"Go head, go head", 'cause I gots the cuts like Bobby,
A
rappers are dickheads
Gm
Choppin' they demo, I do it like Big Red
A
Gm
My office hours are from 9 to 5, while you
avoid the party I make it live
D
Gm
The fellas nod and the chicks dance
D
Bb
A
While I'm coolin' in my jumpers
Gm
C
and my big pants
Gm
I'm as dope as PCP,
D
Gm
MC's see me and start having flashbacks
D
I don't flash scratch,
Gm
I gotta watch my back
A
Gm
Now a days blacks don't know how to act,
besides Larry Fishbourne
Charles Jug and Wesley Snipes,
D
marks want to test me because I test the mics
I check 'em like sound,
G
Gm
an d like loose I'm down
Plus I done got better since Soul By the Pound,
Verse 5
I maintain
Gm
"Maintain the rock" "Don't stop
the rock"
I get the party live,
ayo Chicago get the party live, huh
"Maintain the rock"
D
"Don't stop the rock"
Gm
I get the party live,
A
Gm
87 will get the party live, huh
"Maintain the rock" "Don't
stop the rock"
I get the party live,
A
Gm
Common Sense will get the party live, huh
"Maintain the rock"
"Don't stop the rock"
I get the party live,
A
UAC will get the party live, huh
G
Gm
"Don't stop the rock"
Verse 6
I fall fresh upon the spirit,
with the lyric that's overwhelming
And house more hoes then Spellman,
worse unwelcome like James Johnston
A
Gm
My brains sponsoring speech on the mic,
I'm like a Jackson
Rappers I'm fondling,
A
they try to settle out of court
But I, could never be bought,
Gm
what type of rebel eats pork?
A
I'll take the cat and never get caught,
Gm
you wack together we fought
'Cause I can't see my melons boxing
if he's not boxin' with 'em
G
I don't care who started it,
I'm gonna be apart of it
D
Gm
Regardless of the odds of how hard
A
Gm
It's been many times we was outnumbered
and we still got with them
I got rhythm from some
boogers and some foxes
But if I becomes a 10 then
some brothers all some gin
D
G
And I got juice, and this niggas scared
Gm
I'll F your head up,
G
Gm
like the L.A. 4, when I flow for cash I got for
G
Broke like Mel for Moore
A
Gm
Why should a male with
a B8 get more then me?
When Rashid got an MC degree,
G
A
Gm
and a doctorine in rockin' shit I go to docs to get
G
Gm
A fish wish with cheese,
G
Gm
D
Gm
I don't mix with MCs, 'cause I just don't like them
But I'm still maintaining
D
Gm
Verse 7
A
G
Gm
"Maintain the rock" "Don't
stop the rock"
I get the party live,
Gm
ayo Chicago get the party live, huh
"Maintain the rock"
D
"Don't stop the rock"
I get the party live, 87 will get the party live,
huh
Gm
"Maintain the rock" "Don't
stop the rock"
I get the party live, Common Sense will get the party live,
huh
Gm
"Maintain the rock" "Don't
stop the rock"
I get the party live,
UAC will get the party live, huh
"Don't stop the rock"
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