I am to hip-hop what Obama is to politics
This is my inception, I'm writing my dreams.
I bathe in basslines, rinse in riffs, dry in drums
To have my name said like, "Common and John Legend, Golden Globe nominees," is one of the greatest achievements I've ever had as an artist, as a person.
Don't believe in role models, but if I do, then I'm mine
I’ve met kids who haven’t had the best of parents but because they had something in them, or they had somebody at school help develop them, they turned out fine.