Common ☆ Rewind That

Rewind that one time please
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
I’m coming from Chitown
we was the first to do it
Me No ID 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
’til we made it on the map
By then No I was my main guy
He and I was like
Chitown’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
needin’ 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 shoulda at least had a song
It wouldn’t be me without No ID
and Twilite Tone
Wishin’ 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 gon’ bring it back home
Rewind that and we could do it again
No ID Twilite Tone where the story begin
Rewind that one time please
Rewind that one time please
This one’s for my man J Dilla
As I say these words
my eyes fill up
Cuz wasn’t non’ realer than
James Dewitt Yancey
So I’mma dedicate this
to Dilla and his family
In QTip’s basement I first met JD
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 J’ll take it higher
One day I noticed he was tired quick
That’s when I found out
JD was real sick
Things got worse before
they got better
I said come to LA 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 wishin’ I could
wheel him out of his wheelchair
It was hard for me
to come home every day
And see my homie
J’s life fade away
I stayed away some times
in other words I ran
Til 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
Wishin’ 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