Common - Rewind That lyrics

rate me

Rewind that one time please

Should it be, can it be simple?

Life is like the tempo of a No-I instrumental

Things that we been through define who we are now

Since "Can I Borrow a Dollar?"

Ooh, I'm a star now, coming from Chi-town

We was the first to do it

Me, No I.D., Twilite Tone on the music

The city on our back, we was the opening act

Throw our tapes in the crowd, they throw 'em right back

But we stayed on track, they stayed on the tracks

I stayed on the raps till we made it on the map

By then, No I was my main guy

He and I was like Chi-town's Gang Starr

We had came far together, with a long way to go

Seeing a bigger picture, but now from different angles

Tangle of the hustling, survival in the game

Felt I had to leave home to be a household name

Show money low, needing to stack fast

City did have my back, now it's a backlash

Was I a slave to the cash and wanting it so bad?

I just became a dad, rap was all I had

So I moved to New York to make it pop

Did Like Water for Choc, that album changed a lot

But my man who I started with wasn't a part of it

And his presence I didn't even acknowledge it

Knew I was wrong, he should’ve at least had a song

It wouldn't be me without No I.D. and Twilite Tone

Wishing I could get that time back

Oh, I care, yo, man, rewind that

Me and Dion back in the zone, I'm doing shows with Tone

For the future of the Chi we gonna bring it back home

Rewind that and we could do it again

No I.D., Twilite Tone, where the story begin

Rewind that one time please

This one's for my man J Dilla

As I say these words my eyes fill up

‘Cause wasn't none realer than James Dewitt Yancey

So I'mma dedicate this to Dilla and his family

In Q-Tip's basement I first met Jay Dee

I still remember the first beat he played me

He came to the Chi late three, that was crazy

Didn't even know me and gave 'em to me for free

I got the the D, "peace yo, big love"

Cook up some hot shit, then go to the strip club

Then we made "The Light" and times got brighter

I said "turn it up" Jay'll take it higher

One day I noticed he was tired quick

That's when I found out, Jay Dee was real sick

Things got worse before they got better

I said, "Come to L.A. for peace and good weather"

We got an apartment just so we could spark it

MP in the front room, records in the closet

The beats got iller, but the sickness was still there

I'm wishing I could will him out of his wheelchair

It was hard for me to come home every day

And see my homie Jay's life fade away

I stayed away some times, in other words I ran

Till one day J brought me this TV stand

It was a gift so I couldn't refuse it

It came from his heart, I regret I didn't use it

The lupus got worse and, for what it's worth

I wanted him to have a Grammy before he left this earth

Wishing we could have that time back

Oh, we can, yo, man, rewind that

You never gone, you live forever through song

I feel it when I seem 'em with them Dilla shirts on

I know you're still shining, from heaven you watch me

Watch me put this Grammy on the stand you got me