[Chorus: Bilal] Living once again (Hey) Living, then you're gone (Then you're gone) Living, then you're gone (Then you're gone) Living and then you're gone (Then you're gone) Living, then you're gone (Then you're gone)
[Verse 2: Common] Ashes and snowfalls, I wonder when the roll call For Heaven gon' come, forever gon' come It's a cold world and I can never go numb Look fear in the eyes and say, "I'm never gon' run" Sooner or later I know the cheddar gon' come For now I write the world letters to better the young On tree, by jury, together we hung Now we let our chains hangand gangbang to maintain 'Ghanistan goin' through the same thing It trickles down, at each other we aim pain I shoot for stars, peace and exclusive cars Through the ride I learned to earn hard Watch gangstas turn God in the midst of war No matter how much I elevate, I kiss the floor It was in the wind when she said Dilla was gone That's when I knew we'd live forever through song
[Chorus: Bilal] Living once again (Hey) Living, then you're gone (Then you're gone) Living, then you're gone (Then you're gone) Living and then you're gone (Then you're gone) Living, then you're gone (Then you're gone) Living once again (Hey) Living, then you're gone (Then you're gone) Living, then you're gone (Then you're gone) Living and then you're gone (Then you're gone) Living, then you're gone (Then you're gone)
[Bridge] Ohh Living, we're living Then we're gone Oh, living, then you're gone You're gone, you're gone Then you're gone Ooh, gone
[Outro: Pops] Origin is forever Well, well, well, here we are back in the studio again Look at that I— hey, I don't need no cue cards They got the engineers holdin' up cue cards What's that say— What that say? Oh, they say, just talk, don't sing Son, I bet you feel like you and I've been here forever, huh? Through these old red eyes, beholding red eyes I see my world's tears Yeah, origin is forever Every peak will have two valleys Hopeful eyes in the comfort Of true protection and admiration of a child That's forever Forever is to strive The pace of endearment Forever Forever is what I leave My I-self contribution Damn, what I'm gon' leave? Okay, I'll leave my one and only grain of spiritual sand To the universal scales of humanity, all humanity Forever is finding a solution to a solution Tsunamis, hurricanes following the trails of the African slave ships War, war, and more war Floods, Columbine, global warming, earthquakes Another somebody done me wrong, son Virginia Tech is not a, "Oh, what the heck?" Which scale did you place your one grain of spiritual sand forever? Confusion need a solution Blend and stir, stir and blend the pot of humanity Sift the ingredients Of acknowledgment, apology, amendment, atonement We gon' work with the four A's here Forever, Pops Common good is forever God's memory is forever
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Com talks about civil rights and, most memorably, reminisces on the late J Dilla, a celebrated producer who was a close friend of Com’s.