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Please take a chance on this. Most looking at my Hip-Hop Quotable posts, are touched by the song, and the lyrics, and how they may have spoken to them during said time period. I can’t remember the last time that a song spoke to, and stuck with me like this (I just heard it today), not even Sia’s striking “My Love” from last year. But the words are so poignant, and actually speak to me and my life, thoughts and feelings, that I had to transcribe and share this today. I knew it, when I heard it during my commute.
Common
“Cloth”
We were from different cities on the same block,
Grew up in different circles in the same spot,
Like rain drops, we fall in love, giving our all,
Showing her ring off, like a player at the ball,
I recall,
The walls that I had up,
Attracted to women for things that didn’t matter,
The clow, boom, pop,
The sound of my heart when it dropped,
The night that I met her,
It might be forever,
I hear people saying that they like us together,
I ain’t afraid to gamble,
Life is getting better with you,
I admit, I had issues,
Like ebony or essence,
Your pedigree, your presence,
Is more than clothes can say for you,
When I shop, I gotta spend more than day for you,
I pray for you and us,
That we infuse through lust,
And accrue the trust,
Lets shake off the dust from the cloth
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