[{"id":9893316,"name":"Retrospect for Life","trackName":"Retrospect for Life","artistName":"Common","albumName":"Thisisme Then: The Best of Common","duration":325.0,"instrumental":false,"hasWordSync":false,"plainLyrics":"Featuring lauryn hill\n\nYo we gotta start respectin life more y'all\nYou look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\nGotta see the god within him\nBrothers gettin changed real quick over nothin\nWe losin too many of ours\nGotta recreate y'all\nYo check it\n\nKnowin you the best part of life do i have the right to take yours\nCause i created you irresponsibly\nSubconciously knowin the act i was a part of\nThe start of somethin, i'm not ready to bring into the world\nHad myself believin i was sterile\nI look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\nTurnin this woman's womb into a tomb\nBut she and i agree, a seed we don't need\nYou would've been much more than a mouth to feed\nBut someone, i woulda fed this information i read\nTo someone, my life for you i woulda had to leave\nInstead i lead you to death\nI'm sorry for takin your first breath, first step, and first cry\nBut i wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\nHavin a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\nPlus i wanted you to be raised within a family\nI don't wanna, go through the drama of havin a baby's momma\nWeekend visits and buyin j's ain't gon' make me a father\nFor a while bearing a child is somethin i never wanted to do\nFor me to live forever i can only do that through you\nNerve i got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\nMust have really thought i was god to take the life of my son\nI could have sacrificed goin out\nTo think my homies who did it i used to joke about, from now on\nI'ma use self control instead of birth control\nCause $315 ain't worth your soul\n$315 ain't worth your soul\n$315 ain't worth it\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nyo\nWhy didn't you stay\n\nSeeing you as a present and a gift in itself\nYou had our child in you, i probably never feel what you felt\nBut you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\nThrough our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\nAn intergration of thoughts i feel about the situation\nBack and forth my feelings was pacin\nHappy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\nBut even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\nIs this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\nBustin, more than the sweat in somebody you trust\nOr is it that we don't trust each other enough\nAnd believe, havin this child'll make us have to stay together\nGirl i want you in my life cause you have made it better\nThinkin we all in love cause we can spend a day together\nWe talkin spendin the rest of our lives\nIt's too many black women that can say they mothers\nBut can't say that they wives\nI wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\nBut i want our parenthood to come from planning\nIt's so much in my life that's undone\nWe gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\nIf you had decided to have it the situation i wouldn't run from\nBut i'm walkin, findin myself in my god\nSo i can, discipline my son with my writin\nNot have a judge tellin me how and when to raise my seed\nThough his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\nI had a book of afrikan names, case our minds changed\nYou say your period hasn't came, and lately i've been sleepy\nSo quit smokin the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\n\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nOhh i, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nNow the situation's made things change\nThings change\nWhy, didn't you stay\nWhy didn't you stay...\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\nIn summer\nYou said you would be here when, it rained\nWhen it rained, it rained\nOhhhohh i, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\nYou said you wouldn't leave\nNow the situation's made things change\nThings change, why didn't you stay?\n\nStay, stay stay stay stay stay stay\nMmmmm, stayyy\nUh-uh\nOhh why didn't you stay.","syncedLyrics":"[00:00.92] Featuring lauryn hill\n[00:01.86] Yo we gotta start respectin life more y'all\n[00:03.60] You look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\n[00:06.39] Gotta see the god within him\n[00:08.15] Brothers gettin changed real quick over nothin\n[00:12.68] We losin too many of ours\n[00:16.29] Gotta recreate y'all\n[00:18.95] Yo check it\n[00:21.64] Knowin you the best part of life do i have the right to take yours\n[00:25.24] Cause i created you irresponsibly\n[00:27.94] Subconciously knowin the act i was a part of\n[00:30.74] The start of somethin, i'm not ready to bring into the world\n[00:33.38] Had myself believin i was sterile\n[00:35.24] I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\n[00:38.81] Turnin this woman's womb into a tomb\n[00:40.67] But she and i agree, a seed we don't need\n[00:44.22] You would've been much more than a mouth to feed\n[00:46.92] But someone, i woulda fed this information i read\n[00:49.64] To someone, my life for you i woulda had to leave\n[00:52.36] Instead i lead you to death\n[00:54.17] I'm sorry for takin your first breath, first step, and first cry\n[00:57.79] But i wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n[01:00.48] Havin a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n[01:03.12] Plus i wanted you to be raised within a family\n[01:05.82] I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin a baby's momma\n[01:08.58] Weekend visits and buyin j's ain't gon' make me a father\n[01:11.28] For a while bearing a child is somethin i never wanted to do\n[01:14.00] For me to live forever i can only do that through you\n[01:16.70] Nerve i got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n[01:19.46] Must have really thought i was god to take the life of my son\n[01:23.03] I could have sacrificed goin out\n[01:23.96] To think my homies who did it i used to joke about, from now on\n[01:27.52] I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n[01:30.25] Cause $315 ain't worth your soul\n[01:32.95] $315 ain't worth your soul\n[01:35.68] $315 ain't worth it\n[01:38.37] I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n[01:47.36] You said you would be here when it rained\n[01:57.37] yo\n[01:58.26] Why didn't you stay\n[02:00.92] Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n[02:02.71] You had our child in you, i probably never feel what you felt\n[02:05.45] But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n[02:08.14] Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n[02:11.78] An intergration of thoughts i feel about the situation\n[02:14.45] Back and forth my feelings was pacin\n[02:16.29] Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\n[02:18.92] But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\n[02:22.58] Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\n[02:25.23] Bustin, more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n[02:28.08] Or is it that we don't trust each other enough\n[02:30.66] And believe, havin this child'll make us have to stay together\n[02:33.43] Girl i want you in my life cause you have made it better\n[02:36.17] Thinkin we all in love cause we can spend a day together\n[02:38.87] We talkin spendin the rest of our lives\n[02:41.55] It's too many black women that can say they mothers\n[02:43.36] But can't say that they wives\n[02:44.26] I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\n[02:46.95] But i want our parenthood to come from planning\n[02:49.66] It's so much in my life that's undone\n[02:51.42] We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\n[02:55.09] If you had decided to have it the situation i wouldn't run from\n[02:57.73] But i'm walkin, findin myself in my god\n[03:00.45] So i can, discipline my son with my writin\n[03:03.14] Not have a judge tellin me how and when to raise my seed\n[03:05.98] Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\n[03:08.63] I had a book of afrikan names, case our minds changed\n[03:11.32] You say your period hasn't came, and lately i've been sleepy\n[03:14.04] So quit smokin the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n[03:17.60] I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n[03:25.78] You said you would be here when it rained\n[03:36.67] You said you would be here when it rained\n[03:38.42] Ohh i, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n[03:47.43] Now the situation's made things change\n[03:56.42] Things change\n[03:58.21] Why, didn't you stay\n[04:00.99] Why didn't you stay...\n[04:11.81] I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n[04:21.74] In summer\n[04:22.67] You said you would be here when, it rained\n[04:29.86] When it rained, it rained\n[04:33.43] Ohhhohh i, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\n[04:40.62] You said you wouldn't leave\n[04:43.38] Now the situation's made things change\n[04:51.59] Things change, why didn't you stay?\n[04:55.10] Stay, stay stay stay stay stay stay\n[05:01.43] Mmmmm, stayyy\n[05:06.86] Uh-uh\n[05:10.46] Ohh why didn't you stay.\n[05:22.29] ","lyricsfile":"version: '1.0'\nmetadata:\n  title: Retrospect for Life\n  artist: Common\n  album: 'Thisisme Then: The Best of Common'\n  duration_ms: 325000\n  instrumental: false\nlines:\n- text: Featuring lauryn hill\n  start_ms: 920\n  end_ms: 1860\n- text: Yo we gotta start respectin life more y'all\n  start_ms: 1860\n  end_ms: 3600\n- text: You look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\n  start_ms: 3600\n  end_ms: 6390\n- text: Gotta see the god within him\n  start_ms: 6390\n  end_ms: 8150\n- text: Brothers gettin changed real quick over nothin\n  start_ms: 8150\n  end_ms: 12680\n- text: We losin too many of ours\n  start_ms: 12680\n  end_ms: 16290\n- text: Gotta recreate y'all\n  start_ms: 16290\n  end_ms: 18950\n- text: Yo check it\n  start_ms: 18950\n  end_ms: 21640\n- text: Knowin you the best part of life do i have the right to take yours\n  start_ms: 21640\n  end_ms: 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much more than a mouth to feed\n  But someone, i woulda fed this information i read\n  To someone, my life for you i woulda had to leave\n  Instead i lead you to death\n  I'm sorry for takin your first breath, first step, and first cry\n  But i wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n  Havin a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n  Plus i wanted you to be raised within a family\n  I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin a baby's momma\n  Weekend visits and buyin j's ain't gon' make me a father\n  For a while bearing a child is somethin i never wanted to do\n  For me to live forever i can only do that through you\n  Nerve i got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n  Must have really thought i was god to take the life of my son\n  I could have sacrificed goin out\n  To think my homies who did it i used to joke about, from now on\n  I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n  Cause $315 ain't worth your soul\n  $315 ain't worth your soul\n  $315 ain't worth it\n\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  yo\n  Why didn't you stay\n\n  Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n  You had our child in you, i probably never feel what you felt\n  But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n  Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n  An intergration of thoughts i feel about the situation\n  Back and forth my feelings was pacin\n  Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\n  But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\n  Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\n  Bustin, more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n  Or is it that we don't trust each other enough\n  And believe, havin this child'll make us have to stay together\n  Girl i want you in my life cause you have made it better\n  Thinkin we all in love cause we can spend a day together\n  We talkin spendin the rest of our lives\n  It's too many black women that can say they mothers\n  But can't say that they wives\n  I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\n  But i want our parenthood to come from planning\n  It's so much in my life that's undone\n  We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\n  If you had decided to have it the situation i wouldn't run from\n  But i'm walkin, findin myself in my god\n  So i can, discipline my son with my writin\n  Not have a judge tellin me how and when to raise my seed\n  Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\n  I had a book of afrikan names, case our minds changed\n  You say your period hasn't came, and lately i've been sleepy\n  So quit smokin the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  Ohh i, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n  Now the situation's made things change\n  Things change\n  Why, didn't you stay\n  Why didn't you stay...\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n  In summer\n  You said you would be here when, it rained\n  When it rained, it rained\n  Ohhhohh i, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\n  You said you wouldn't leave\n  Now the situation's made things change\n  Things change, why didn't you stay?\n\n  Stay, stay stay stay stay stay stay\n  Mmmmm, stayyy\n  Uh-uh\n  Ohh why didn't you stay.\n"},{"id":39403610,"name":"Retrospect For Life","trackName":"Retrospect For Life","artistName":"Common","albumName":"Playlist: The Very Best Of Common","duration":323.0,"instrumental":false,"hasWordSync":false,"plainLyrics":"Featuring lauryn hill\n\nYo we gotta start respectin life more y'all\nYou look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\nGotta see the god within him\nBrothers gettin changed real quick over nothin\nWe losin too many of ours\nGotta recreate y'all\nYo check it\n\nKnowin you the best part of life do i have the right to take yours\nCause i created you irresponsibly\nSubconciously knowin the act i was a part of\nThe start of somethin, i'm not ready to bring into the world\nHad myself believin i was sterile\nI look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\nTurnin this woman's womb into a tomb\nBut she and i agree, a seed we don't need\nYou would've been much more than a mouth to feed\nBut someone, i woulda fed this information i read\nTo someone, my life for you i woulda had to leave\nInstead i lead you to death\nI'm sorry for takin your first breath, first step, and first cry\nBut i wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\nHavin a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\nPlus i wanted you to be raised within a family\nI don't wanna, go through the drama of havin a baby's momma\nWeekend visits and buyin j's ain't gon' make me a father\nFor a while bearing a child is somethin i never wanted to do\nFor me to live forever i can only do that through you\nNerve i got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\nMust have 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from\nBut i'm walkin, findin myself in my god\nSo i can, discipline my son with my writin\nNot have a judge tellin me how and when to raise my seed\nThough his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\nI had a book of afrikan names, case our minds changed\nYou say your period hasn't came, and lately i've been sleepy\nSo quit smokin the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\n\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nOhh i, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nNow the situation's made things change\nThings change\nWhy, didn't you stay\nWhy didn't you stay...\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\nIn summer\nYou said you would be here when, it rained\nWhen it rained, it rained\nOhhhohh i, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\nYou said you wouldn't leave\nNow the situation's made things change\nThings change, why didn't you stay?\n\nStay, stay stay stay stay stay stay\nMmmmm, 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have to stay together\n[02:33.54] Girl i want you in my life cause you have made it better\n[02:36.20] Thinkin we all in love cause we can spend a day together\n[02:38.97] We talkin spendin the rest of our lives\n[02:40.76] It's too many black women that can say they mothers\n[02:43.47] But can't say that they wives\n[02:44.47] I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\n[02:46.23] But i want our parenthood to come from planning\n[02:49.80] It's so much in my life that's undone\n[02:51.63] We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\n[02:54.30] If you had decided to have it the situation i wouldn't run from\n[02:57.92] But i'm walkin, findin myself in my god\n[03:00.63] So i can, discipline my son with my writin\n[03:03.34] Not have a judge tellin me how and when to raise my seed\n[03:06.04] Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\n[03:08.71] I had a book of afrikan names, case our minds changed\n[03:11.46] You say your period hasn't 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probably never feel what you felt\nBut you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\nThrough our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\nAn integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n\nBack and forth my feelings was pacin'\nHappy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\nBut even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\nIs this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\nBustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n\nOr is it that we don't trust each other enough\nAnd believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\nGirl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\nThinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n\nWe talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\nIt's too many black women that can say they mothers\nBut can't say that they wives\nI wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\nBut I want our parenthood to come from planning\n\nIt's so much in my life that's undone\nWe gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\nIf you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\nBut I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\nSo I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n\nNot have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\nThough his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\nI had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\nYou say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\nSo quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nOhh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nNow the situation's made things change\n\nThings change, why, didn't you stay?\nWhy didn't you stay?\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\nYou said you would be here when, it rained\nWhen it rained, it rained\n\nOhooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\nYou said you wouldn't leave\nNow the situation's made things change\nThings change, why didn't you stay?\nStay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay\nMmm, stay, uh-uh, oh, why didn't you stay?","syncedLyrics":"[00:02.69] Yo we gotta start respectin' life more y'all\n[00:04.47] You look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\n[00:06.25] Gotta see the God within him\n[00:08.04] Brothers gettin' changed real quick over nothin'\n[00:12.51] We losin' too many of ours, gotta recreate y'all, yo check it\n[00:19.75] Knowin' you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours\n[00:23.30] 'Cause I created you irresponsibly\n[00:27.88] Subconsciously knowin' the act I was a part of\n[00:30.56] The start of somethin', I'm not ready to bring into the world\n[00:33.29] Had myself believin' I was sterile\n[00:35.14] I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\n[00:38.78] Turnin' this woman's womb into a tomb\n[00:40.52] But she and I agree, a seed we don't need\n[00:44.15] You would've been much more than a mouth to feed\n[00:46.86] But someone, I woulda fed this information I read\n[00:49.51] To someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave\n[00:52.25] Instead I lead you to death\n[00:54.05] I'm sorry for takin' your first breath, first step, and first cry\n[00:57.63] But I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n[01:00.38] Havin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n[01:03.04] Plus I wanted you to be raised within' a family\n[01:05.80] I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin' a baby's momma\n[01:08.42] Weekend visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\n[01:11.14] For a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\n[01:13.89] For me to live forever I can only do that through you\n[01:16.55] Nerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n[01:19.23] Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\n[01:21.93] I could have sacrificed goin' out\n[01:24.68] To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n[01:27.35] I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n[01:30.05] 'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n[01:32.77] 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n[01:35.42] 315 dollars ain't worth it\n[01:38.11] I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n[01:46.21] You said you would be here when it rained\n[01:56.14] (Common)\n[01:57.96] Yo, why didn't you stay?\n[02:00.62] Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n[02:02.42] You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\n[02:06.03] But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n[02:08.81] Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n[02:11.57] An integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n[02:14.22] Back and forth my feelings was pacin'\n[02:16.94] Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\n[02:18.73] But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\n[02:22.38] Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\n[02:25.05] Bustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n[02:27.79] Or is it that we don't trust each other enough\n[02:30.44] And believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\n[02:33.20] Girl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\n[02:35.87] Thinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n[02:38.58] We talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\n[02:41.28] It's too many black women that can say they mothers\n[02:43.00] But can't say that they wives\n[02:44.83] I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\n[02:46.67] But I want our parenthood to come from planning\n[02:49.36] It's so much in my life that's undone\n[02:51.16] We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\n[02:55.61] If you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\n[02:58.34] But I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\n[03:00.12] So I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n[03:03.77] Not have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\n[03:06.41] Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\n[03:08.25] I had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\n[03:11.08] You say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\n[03:14.63] So quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n[03:17.39] I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n[03:26.35] You said you would be here when it rained\n[03:36.26] You said you would be here when it rained\n[03:38.01] Ohh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n[03:47.98] Now the situation's made things change\n[03:56.07] Things change, why, didn't you stay?\n[04:01.49] Why didn't you stay?\n[04:07.71] I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\n[04:20.30] You said you would be here when, it rained\n[04:30.22] When it rained, it rained\n[04:33.89] Ohooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\n[04:42.87] You said you wouldn't leave\n[04:43.82] Now the situation's made things change\n[04:51.03] Things change, why didn't you stay?\n[04:55.55] Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay\n[05:02.70] Mmm, stay, 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real quick over nothin'\n  We losin' too many of ours, gotta recreate y'all, yo check it\n\n  Knowin' you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours\n  'Cause I created you irresponsibly\n  Subconsciously knowin' the act I was a part of\n  The start of somethin', I'm not ready to bring into the world\n  Had myself believin' I was sterile\n\n  I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\n  Turnin' this woman's womb into a tomb\n  But she and I agree, a seed we don't need\n  You would've been much more than a mouth to feed\n  But someone, I woulda fed this information I read\n\n  To someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave\n  Instead I lead you to death\n  I'm sorry for takin' your first breath, first step, and first cry\n  But I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n  Havin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n  Plus I wanted you to be raised within' a family\n\n  I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin' a baby's momma\n  Weekend visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\n  For a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\n  For me to live forever I can only do that through you\n\n  Nerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n  Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\n  I could have sacrificed goin' out\n  To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n\n  I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n  'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n  315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n  315 dollars ain't worth it\n\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  (Common)\n  Yo, why didn't you stay?\n\n  Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n  You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\n  But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n  Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n  An integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n\n  Back and forth my feelings was pacin'\n  Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\n  But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\n  Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\n  Bustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n\n  Or is it that we don't trust each other enough\n  And believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\n  Girl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\n  Thinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n\n  We talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\n  It's too many black women that can say they mothers\n  But can't say that they wives\n  I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\n  But I want our parenthood to come from planning\n\n  It's so much in my life that's undone\n  We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\n  If you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\n  But I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\n  So I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n\n  Not have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\n  Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\n  I had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\n  You say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\n  So quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  Ohh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n  Now the situation's made things change\n\n  Things change, why, didn't you stay?\n  Why didn't you stay?\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\n  You said you would be here when, it rained\n  When it rained, it rained\n\n  Ohooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\n  You said you wouldn't leave\n  Now the situation's made things change\n  Things change, why didn't you stay?\n  Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay\n  Mmm, stay, uh-uh, oh, why didn't you stay?\n"},{"id":18811367,"name":"Retrospect For Life (Featuring Lauryn Hill)","trackName":"Retrospect For Life (Featuring Lauryn Hill)","artistName":"Common","albumName":"Thisisme Then (The Best Of Common)","duration":324.780408,"instrumental":false,"hasWordSync":false,"plainLyrics":"Featuring lauryn hill\n\nYo we gotta start respectin life more y'all\nYou look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\nGotta see the god within him\nBrothers gettin changed real quick over nothin\nWe losin too many of ours\nGotta recreate y'all\nYo check it\n\nKnowin you the best part of life do i have the right to take yours\nCause i created you irresponsibly\nSubconciously knowin the act i was a part of\nThe start of somethin, i'm not ready to bring into the world\nHad myself believin i was sterile\nI look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\nTurnin this woman's womb into a tomb\nBut she and i agree, a seed we don't need\nYou would've been much more than a mouth to feed\nBut someone, i woulda fed this information i read\nTo someone, my life for you i woulda had to leave\nInstead i lead you to death\nI'm sorry for takin your first breath, first step, and first cry\nBut i wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\nHavin a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\nPlus i wanted you to be raised within a family\nI don't wanna, go through the drama of havin a baby's momma\nWeekend visits and buyin j's ain't gon' make me a father\nFor a while bearing a child is somethin i never wanted to do\nFor me to live forever i can only do that through you\nNerve i got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\nMust have really thought i was god to take the life of my son\nI could have sacrificed goin out\nTo think my homies who did it i used to joke about, from now on\nI'ma use self control instead of birth control\nCause $315 ain't worth your soul\n$315 ain't worth your soul\n$315 ain't worth it\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nyo\nWhy didn't you stay\n\nSeeing you as a present and a gift in itself\nYou had our child in you, i probably never feel what you felt\nBut you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\nThrough our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\nAn intergration of thoughts i feel about the situation\nBack and forth my feelings was pacin\nHappy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\nBut even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\nIs this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\nBustin, more than the sweat in somebody you trust\nOr is it that we don't trust each other enough\nAnd believe, havin this child'll make us have to stay together\nGirl i want you in my life cause you have made it better\nThinkin we all in love cause we can spend a day together\nWe talkin spendin the rest of our lives\nIt's too many black women that can say they mothers\nBut can't say that they wives\nI wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\nBut i want our parenthood to come from planning\nIt's so much in my life that's undone\nWe gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\nIf you had decided to have it the situation i wouldn't run from\nBut i'm walkin, findin myself in my god\nSo i can, discipline my son with my writin\nNot have a judge tellin me how and when to raise my seed\nThough his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\nI had a book of afrikan names, case our minds changed\nYou say your period hasn't came, and lately i've been sleepy\nSo quit smokin the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\n\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nOhh i, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nNow the situation's made things change\nThings change\nWhy, didn't you stay\nWhy didn't you stay...\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\nIn summer\nYou said you would be here when, it rained\nWhen it rained, it rained\nOhhhohh i, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\nYou said you wouldn't leave\nNow the situation's made things change\nThings change, why didn't you stay?\n\nStay, stay stay stay stay stay stay\nMmmmm, stayyy\nUh-uh\nOhh why didn't you stay.","syncedLyrics":"[00:00.92] Featuring lauryn hill\n[00:01.86] Yo we gotta start respectin life more y'all\n[00:03.60] You look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\n[00:06.39] Gotta see the god within him\n[00:08.15] Brothers gettin changed real quick over nothin\n[00:12.68] We losin too many of ours\n[00:16.29] Gotta recreate y'all\n[00:18.95] Yo check it\n[00:21.64] Knowin you the best part of life do i have the right to take yours\n[00:25.24] Cause i created you irresponsibly\n[00:27.94] Subconciously knowin the act i was a part of\n[00:30.74] The start of somethin, i'm not ready to bring into the world\n[00:33.38] Had myself believin i was sterile\n[00:35.24] I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\n[00:38.81] Turnin this 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could have sacrificed goin out\n[01:23.96] To think my homies who did it i used to joke about, from now on\n[01:27.52] I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n[01:30.25] Cause $315 ain't worth your soul\n[01:32.95] $315 ain't worth your soul\n[01:35.68] $315 ain't worth it\n[01:38.37] I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n[01:47.36] You said you would be here when it rained\n[01:57.37] yo\n[01:58.26] Why didn't you stay\n[02:00.92] Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n[02:02.71] You had our child in you, i probably never feel what you felt\n[02:05.45] But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n[02:08.14] Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n[02:11.78] An intergration of thoughts i feel about the situation\n[02:14.45] Back and forth my feelings was pacin\n[02:16.29] Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\n[02:18.92] But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\n[02:22.58] Is this unprotected love or 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see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\nIf you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\nBut I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\nSo I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n\nNot have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\nThough his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\nI had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\nYou say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\nSo quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nOhh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nNow the situation's made things change\n\nThings change, why, didn't you stay?\nWhy didn't you stay?\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\nYou said you would be here when, it rained\nWhen it rained, it rained\n\nOhooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\nYou said you wouldn't leave\nNow the 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a mouth to feed\n[00:46.86] But someone, I woulda fed this information I read\n[00:49.51] To someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave\n[00:52.25] Instead I lead you to death\n[00:54.05] I'm sorry for takin' your first breath, first step, and first cry\n[00:57.63] But I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n[01:00.38] Havin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n[01:03.04] Plus I wanted you to be raised within' a family\n[01:05.80] I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin' a baby's momma\n[01:08.42] Weekend visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\n[01:11.14] For a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\n[01:13.89] For me to live forever I can only do that through you\n[01:16.55] Nerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n[01:19.23] Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\n[01:21.93] I could have sacrificed goin' out\n[01:24.68] To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n[01:27.35] I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n[01:30.05] 'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n[01:32.77] 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n[01:35.42] 315 dollars ain't worth it\n[01:38.11] I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n[01:46.21] You said you would be here when it rained\n[01:56.14] (Common)\n[01:57.96] Yo, why didn't you stay?\n[02:00.62] Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n[02:02.42] You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\n[02:06.03] But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n[02:08.81] Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n[02:11.57] An integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n[02:14.22] Back and forth my feelings was pacin'\n[02:16.94] Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\n[02:18.73] But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\n[02:22.38] Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\n[02:25.05] Bustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n[02:27.79] Or is it that we don't trust each other enough\n[02:30.44] And believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\n[02:33.20] Girl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\n[02:35.87] Thinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n[02:38.58] We talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\n[02:41.28] It's too many black women that can say they mothers\n[02:43.00] But can't say that they wives\n[02:44.83] I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\n[02:46.67] But I want our parenthood to come from planning\n[02:49.36] It's so much in my life that's undone\n[02:51.16] We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\n[02:55.61] If you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\n[02:58.34] But I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\n[03:00.12] So I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n[03:03.77] Not have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\n[03:06.41] Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\n[03:08.25] I had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\n[03:11.08] You say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\n[03:14.63] So quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n[03:17.39] I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n[03:26.35] You said you would be here when it rained\n[03:36.26] You said you would be here when it rained\n[03:38.01] Ohh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n[03:47.98] Now the situation's made things change\n[03:56.07] Things change, why, didn't you stay?\n[04:01.49] Why didn't you stay?\n[04:07.71] I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\n[04:20.30] You said you would be here when, it rained\n[04:30.22] When it rained, it rained\n[04:33.89] Ohooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\n[04:42.87] You said you wouldn't leave\n[04:43.82] Now the situation's made things change\n[04:51.03] Things change, why didn't you stay?\n[04:55.55] Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, 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Brothers gettin' changed real quick over nothin'\n  We losin' too many of ours, gotta recreate y'all, yo check it\n\n  Knowin' you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours\n  'Cause I created you irresponsibly\n  Subconsciously knowin' the act I was a part of\n  The start of somethin', I'm not ready to bring into the world\n  Had myself believin' I was sterile\n\n  I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\n  Turnin' this woman's womb into a tomb\n  But she and I agree, a seed we don't need\n  You would've been much more than a mouth to feed\n  But someone, I woulda fed this information I read\n\n  To someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave\n  Instead I lead you to death\n  I'm sorry for takin' your first breath, first step, and first cry\n  But I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n  Havin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n  Plus I wanted you to be raised within' a family\n\n  I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin' a baby's momma\n  Weekend visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\n  For a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\n  For me to live forever I can only do that through you\n\n  Nerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n  Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\n  I could have sacrificed goin' out\n  To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n\n  I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n  'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n  315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n  315 dollars ain't worth it\n\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  (Common)\n  Yo, why didn't you stay?\n\n  Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n  You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\n  But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n  Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n  An integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n\n  Back and forth my feelings was pacin'\n  Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\n  But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\n  Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\n  Bustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n\n  Or is it that we don't trust each other enough\n  And believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\n  Girl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\n  Thinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n\n  We talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\n  It's too many black women that can say they mothers\n  But can't say that they wives\n  I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\n  But I want our parenthood to come from planning\n\n  It's so much in my life that's undone\n  We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\n  If you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\n  But I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\n  So I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n\n  Not have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\n  Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\n  I had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\n  You say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\n  So quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  Ohh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n  Now the situation's made things change\n\n  Things change, why, didn't you stay?\n  Why didn't you stay?\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\n  You said you would be here when, it rained\n  When it rained, it rained\n\n  Ohooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\n  You said you wouldn't leave\n  Now the situation's made things change\n  Things change, why didn't you stay?\n  Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay\n  Mmm, stay, uh-uh, oh, why didn't you stay?\n"},{"id":4533964,"name":"Retrospect for Life","trackName":"Retrospect for Life","artistName":"Common","albumName":"One Day It'll All Make Sense","duration":383.0,"instrumental":false,"hasWordSync":false,"plainLyrics":"Featuring lauryn hill\n\nYo we gotta start respectin life more y'all\nYou look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\nGotta see the god within him\nBrothers gettin changed real quick over nothin\nWe losin too many of ours\nGotta recreate y'all\nYo check it\n\nKnowin you the best part of life do i have the right to take yours\nCause i created you irresponsibly\nSubconciously knowin the act i was a part of\nThe start of somethin, i'm not ready to bring into the world\nHad myself believin i was sterile\nI look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\nTurnin this woman's womb into a tomb\nBut she and i agree, a seed we don't need\nYou would've been much more than a mouth to feed\nBut someone, i woulda fed this information i read\nTo someone, my life for you i woulda had to leave\nInstead i lead you to death\nI'm sorry for takin your first breath, first step, and first cry\nBut i wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\nHavin a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\nPlus i wanted you to be raised within a family\nI don't wanna, go through the drama of havin a baby's momma\nWeekend visits and buyin j's ain't gon' make me a father\nFor a while bearing a child is somethin i never wanted to do\nFor me to live forever i can only do that through you\nNerve i got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\nMust have really thought i was god to take the life of my son\nI could have sacrificed goin out\nTo think my homies who did it i used to joke about, from now on\nI'ma use self control instead of birth control\nCause $315 ain't worth your soul\n$315 ain't worth your soul\n$315 ain't worth it\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nYo\nWhy didn't you stay\n\nSeeing you as a present and a gift in itself\nYou had our child in you, i probably never feel what you felt\nBut you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\nThrough our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\nAn intergration of thoughts i feel about the situation\nBack and forth my feelings was pacin\nHappy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\nBut even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\nIs this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\nBustin, more than the sweat in somebody you trust\nOr is it that we don't trust each other enough\nAnd believe, havin this child'll make us have to stay together\nGirl i want you in my life cause you have made it better\nThinkin we all in love cause we can spend a day together\nWe talkin spendin the rest of our lives\nIt's too many black women that can say they mothers\nBut can't say that they wives\nI wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\nBut i want our parenthood to come from 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leave in summer\nYou said you wouldn't leave\nNow the situation's made things change\nThings change, why didn't you stay?\n\nStay, stay stay stay stay stay stay\nMmmmm, stayyy\nUh-uh\nOhh why didn't you stay.","syncedLyrics":"[00:00.08] Featuring lauryn hill\n[00:01.83] Yo we gotta start respectin life more y'all\n[00:03.66] You look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\n[00:04.50] Gotta see the god within him\n[00:07.27] Brothers gettin changed real quick over nothin\n[00:08.18] We losin too many of ours\n[00:17.11] Gotta recreate y'all\n[00:18.98] Yo check it\n[00:20.80] Knowin you the best part of life do i have the right to take yours\n[00:24.45] Cause i created you irresponsibly\n[00:27.14] Subconciously knowin the act i was a part of\n[00:30.75] The start of somethin, i'm not ready to bring into the world\n[00:33.47] Had myself believin i was sterile\n[00:35.27] I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\n[00:38.85] Turnin this woman's womb into a 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i read\n[00:48.83] To someone, my life for you i woulda had to leave\n[00:52.43] Instead i lead you to death\n[00:55.18] I'm sorry for takin your first breath, first step, and first cry\n[00:57.86] But i wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n[00:59.62] Havin a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n[01:02.37] Plus i wanted you to be raised within a family\n[01:05.92] I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin a baby's momma\n[01:08.66] Weekend visits and buyin j's ain't gon' make me a father\n[01:11.30] For a while bearing a child is somethin i never wanted to do\n[01:14.07] For me to live forever i can only do that through you\n[01:16.73] Nerve i got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n[01:19.56] Must have really thought i was god to take the life of my son\n[01:22.26] I could have sacrificed goin out\n[01:24.91] To think my homies who did it i used to joke about, from now on\n[01:27.69] I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n[01:30.33] Cause $315 ain't 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have to stay together\n[02:33.54] Girl i want you in my life cause you have made it better\n[02:36.20] Thinkin we all in love cause we can spend a day together\n[02:38.97] We talkin spendin the rest of our lives\n[02:40.76] It's too many black women that can say they mothers\n[02:43.47] But can't say that they wives\n[02:44.47] I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\n[02:46.23] But i want our parenthood to come from planning\n[02:49.80] It's so much in my life that's undone\n[02:51.63] We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\n[02:54.30] If you had decided to have it the situation i wouldn't run from\n[02:57.92] But i'm walkin, findin myself in my god\n[03:00.63] So i can, discipline my son with my writin\n[03:03.34] Not have a judge tellin me how and when to raise my seed\n[03:06.04] Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\n[03:08.71] I had a book of afrikan names, case our minds changed\n[03:11.46] You say your period hasn't 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Instead i lead you to death\n  I'm sorry for takin your first breath, first step, and first cry\n  But i wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n  Havin a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n  Plus i wanted you to be raised within a family\n  I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin a baby's momma\n  Weekend visits and buyin j's ain't gon' make me a father\n  For a while bearing a child is somethin i never wanted to do\n  For me to live forever i can only do that through you\n  Nerve i got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n  Must have really thought i was god to take the life of my son\n  I could have sacrificed goin out\n  To think my homies who did it i used to joke about, from now on\n  I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n  Cause $315 ain't worth your soul\n  $315 ain't worth your soul\n  $315 ain't worth it\n\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  Yo\n  Why didn't you stay\n\n  Seeing you as a 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For me to live forever i can only do that through you\n[01:16.73] Nerve i got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n[01:19.56] Must have really thought i was god to take the life of my son\n[01:22.26] I could have sacrificed goin out\n[01:24.91] To think my homies who did it i used to joke about, from now on\n[01:27.69] I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n[01:30.33] Cause $315 ain't worth your soul\n[01:33.02] $315 ain't worth your soul\n[01:35.77] $315 ain't worth it\n[01:37.52] I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n[01:48.43] You said you would be here when it rained\n[01:56.54] Yo\n[01:58.33] Why didn't you stay\n[02:00.19] Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n[02:02.89] You had our child in you, i probably never feel what you felt\n[02:05.59] But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n[02:08.26] Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n[02:11.86] An intergration of thoughts i feel about the situation\n[02:13.63] Back and 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 The start of somethin, i'm not ready to bring into the world\n  Had myself believin i was sterile\n  I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\n  Turnin this woman's womb into a tomb\n  But she and i agree, a seed we don't need\n  You would've been much more than a mouth to feed\n  But someone, i woulda fed this information i read\n  To someone, my life for you i woulda had to leave\n  Instead i lead you to death\n  I'm sorry for takin your first breath, first step, and first cry\n  But i wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n  Havin a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n  Plus i wanted you to be raised within a family\n  I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin a baby's momma\n  Weekend visits and buyin j's ain't gon' make me a father\n  For a while bearing a child is somethin i never wanted to do\n  For me to live forever i can only do that through you\n  Nerve i got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n  Must have really thought i was god 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Ohh why didn't you stay.\n"},{"id":27891213,"name":"Retrospect for Life","trackName":"Retrospect for Life","artistName":"Common","albumName":"One Day It'll All Make Sense (Explicit Retail)","duration":383.0,"instrumental":false,"hasWordSync":false,"plainLyrics":"Featuring lauryn hill\n\nYo we gotta start respectin life more y'all\nYou look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\nGotta see the god within him\nBrothers gettin changed real quick over nothin\nWe losin too many of ours\nGotta recreate y'all\nYo check it\n\nKnowin you the best part of life do i have the right to take yours\nCause i created you irresponsibly\nSubconciously knowin the act i was a part of\nThe start of somethin, i'm not ready to bring into the world\nHad myself believin i was sterile\nI look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\nTurnin this woman's womb into a tomb\nBut she and i agree, a seed we don't need\nYou would've been much more than a mouth to feed\nBut someone, i woulda fed this 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in somebody you trust\n\nOr is it that we don't trust each other enough\nAnd believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\nGirl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\nThinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n\nWe talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\nIt's too many black women that can say they mothers\nBut can't say that they wives\nI wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\nBut I want our parenthood to come from planning\n\nIt's so much in my life that's undone\nWe gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\nIf you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\nBut I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\nSo I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n\nNot have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\nThough his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\nI had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\nYou say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\nSo quit 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you gotta see yourself\n  Gotta see the God within him\n  Brothers gettin' changed real quick over nothin'\n  We losin' too many of ours, gotta recreate y'all, yo check it\n\n  Knowin' you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours\n  'Cause I created you irresponsibly\n  Subconsciously knowin' the act I was a part of\n  The start of somethin', I'm not ready to bring into the world\n  Had myself believin' I was sterile\n\n  I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\n  Turnin' this woman's womb into a tomb\n  But she and I agree, a seed we don't need\n  You would've been much more than a mouth to feed\n  But someone, I woulda fed this information I read\n\n  To someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave\n  Instead I lead you to death\n  I'm sorry for takin' your first breath, first step, and first cry\n  But I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n  Havin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n  Plus I wanted you to be raised 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Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay\n  Mmm, stay, uh-uh, oh, why didn't you stay?\n"},{"id":33687458,"name":"Retrospect for Life","trackName":"Retrospect for Life","artistName":"Common Feat. 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never feel what you felt\nBut you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\nThrough our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\nAn integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n\nBack and forth my feelings was pacin'\nHappy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\nBut even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\nIs this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\nBustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n\nOr is it that we don't trust each other enough\nAnd believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\nGirl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\nThinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n\nWe talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\nIt's too many black women that can say they mothers\nBut can't say that they wives\nI wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\nBut I want our parenthood to come from planning\n\nIt's so much in my life that's undone\nWe gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\nIf you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\nBut I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\nSo I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n\nNot have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\nThough his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\nI had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\nYou say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\nSo quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nOhh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nNow the situation's made things change\n\nThings change, why, didn't you stay?\nWhy didn't you stay?\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\nYou said you would be here when, it rained\nWhen it rained, it rained\n\nOhooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\nYou said you wouldn't leave\nNow the situation's made things 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feed\n[00:46.86] But someone, I woulda fed this information I read\n[00:49.51] To someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave\n[00:52.25] Instead I lead you to death\n[00:54.05] I'm sorry for takin' your first breath, first step, and first cry\n[00:57.63] But I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n[01:00.38] Havin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n[01:03.04] Plus I wanted you to be raised within' a family\n[01:05.80] I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin' a baby's momma\n[01:08.42] Weekend visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\n[01:11.14] For a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\n[01:13.89] For me to live forever I can only do that through you\n[01:16.55] Nerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n[01:19.23] Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\n[01:21.93] I could have sacrificed goin' out\n[01:24.68] To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n[01:27.35] I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n[01:30.05] 'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n[01:32.77] 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n[01:35.42] 315 dollars ain't worth it\n[01:38.11] I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n[01:46.21] You said you would be here when it rained\n[01:56.14] (Common)\n[01:57.96] Yo, why didn't you stay?\n[02:00.62] Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n[02:02.42] You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\n[02:06.03] But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n[02:08.81] Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n[02:11.57] An integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n[02:14.22] Back and forth my feelings was pacin'\n[02:16.94] Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\n[02:18.73] But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\n[02:22.38] Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\n[02:25.05] Bustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n[02:27.79] Or is it that we don't trust each other enough\n[02:30.44] And believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\n[02:33.20] Girl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\n[02:35.87] Thinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n[02:38.58] We talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\n[02:41.28] It's too many black women that can say they mothers\n[02:43.00] But can't say that they wives\n[02:44.83] I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\n[02:46.67] But I want our parenthood to come from planning\n[02:49.36] It's so much in my life that's undone\n[02:51.16] We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\n[02:55.61] If you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\n[02:58.34] But I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\n[03:00.12] So I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n[03:03.77] Not have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\n[03:06.41] Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\n[03:08.25] I had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\n[03:11.08] You say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\n[03:14.63] So quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n[03:17.39] I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n[03:26.35] You said you would be here when it rained\n[03:36.26] You said you would be here when it rained\n[03:38.01] Ohh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n[03:47.98] Now the situation's made things change\n[03:56.07] Things change, why, didn't you stay?\n[04:01.49] Why didn't you stay?\n[04:07.71] I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\n[04:20.30] You said you would be here when, it rained\n[04:30.22] When it rained, it rained\n[04:33.89] Ohooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\n[04:42.87] You said you wouldn't leave\n[04:43.82] Now the situation's made things change\n[04:51.03] Things change, why didn't you stay?\n[04:55.55] Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay\n[05:02.70] Mmm, stay, 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visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\n  For a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\n  For me to live forever I can only do that through you\n\n  Nerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n  Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\n  I could have sacrificed goin' out\n  To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n\n  I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n  'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n  315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n  315 dollars ain't worth it\n\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  (Common)\n  Yo, why didn't you stay?\n\n  Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n  You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\n  But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n  Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n  An integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n\n  Back and forth 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step, and first cry\nBut I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\nHavin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\nPlus I wanted you to be raised within' a family\n\nI don't wanna, go through the drama of havin' a baby's momma\nWeekend visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\nFor a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\nFor me to live forever I can only do that through you\n\nNerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\nMust have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\nI could have sacrificed goin' out\nTo think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n\nI'ma use self control instead of birth control\n'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n315 dollars ain't worth it\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\n(Common)\nYo, why didn't you stay?\n\nSeeing you as a present and a gift in itself\nYou had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\nBut you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\nThrough our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\nAn integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n\nBack and forth my feelings was pacin'\nHappy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\nBut even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\nIs this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\nBustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n\nOr is it that we don't trust each other enough\nAnd believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\nGirl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\nThinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n\nWe talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\nIt's too many black women that can say they mothers\nBut can't say that they wives\nI wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\nBut I want our parenthood to come from planning\n\nIt's so much in my life that's undone\nWe gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\nIf you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\nBut I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\nSo I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n\nNot have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\nThough his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\nI had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\nYou say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\nSo quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nOhh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nNow the situation's made things change\n\nThings change, why, didn't you stay?\nWhy didn't you stay?\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\nYou said you would be here when, it rained\nWhen it rained, it rained\n\nOhooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\nYou said you wouldn't leave\nNow the situation's made things change\nThings change, why didn't you stay?\nStay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay\nMmm, stay, uh-uh, oh, why didn't you stay?","syncedLyrics":"[00:02.69] Yo we gotta start respectin' life more y'all\n[00:04.47] You look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\n[00:06.25] Gotta see the God within him\n[00:08.04] Brothers gettin' changed real quick over nothin'\n[00:12.51] We losin' too many of ours, gotta recreate y'all, yo check it\n[00:19.75] Knowin' you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours\n[00:23.30] 'Cause I created you irresponsibly\n[00:27.88] Subconsciously knowin' the act I was a part of\n[00:30.56] The start of somethin', I'm not ready to bring into the world\n[00:33.29] Had myself believin' I was sterile\n[00:35.14] I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\n[00:38.78] Turnin' this woman's womb into a tomb\n[00:40.52] But she and I agree, a seed we don't need\n[00:44.15] You would've been much more than a mouth to feed\n[00:46.86] But someone, I woulda fed this information I read\n[00:49.51] To someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave\n[00:52.25] Instead I lead you to death\n[00:54.05] I'm sorry for takin' your first breath, first step, and first cry\n[00:57.63] But I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n[01:00.38] Havin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n[01:03.04] Plus I wanted you to be raised within' a family\n[01:05.80] I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin' a baby's momma\n[01:08.42] Weekend visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\n[01:11.14] For a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\n[01:13.89] For me to live forever I can only do that through you\n[01:16.55] Nerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n[01:19.23] Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\n[01:21.93] I could have sacrificed goin' out\n[01:24.68] To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n[01:27.35] I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n[01:30.05] 'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n[01:32.77] 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n[01:35.42] 315 dollars ain't worth it\n[01:38.11] I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n[01:46.21] You said you would be here when it rained\n[01:56.14] (Common)\n[01:57.96] Yo, why didn't you stay?\n[02:00.62] Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n[02:02.42] You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\n[02:06.03] But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n[02:08.81] Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n[02:11.57] An integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n[02:14.22] Back and forth my feelings was pacin'\n[02:16.94] Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\n[02:18.73] But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\n[02:22.38] Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\n[02:25.05] Bustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n[02:27.79] Or is it that we don't trust each other enough\n[02:30.44] And believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\n[02:33.20] Girl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\n[02:35.87] Thinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n[02:38.58] We talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\n[02:41.28] It's too many black women that can say they mothers\n[02:43.00] But can't say that they wives\n[02:44.83] I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\n[02:46.67] But I want our parenthood to come from planning\n[02:49.36] It's so much in my life that's undone\n[02:51.16] We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\n[02:55.61] If you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\n[02:58.34] But I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\n[03:00.12] So I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n[03:03.77] Not have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\n[03:06.41] Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\n[03:08.25] I had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\n[03:11.08] You say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\n[03:14.63] So quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n[03:17.39] I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n[03:26.35] You said you would be here when it rained\n[03:36.26] You said you would be here when it rained\n[03:38.01] Ohh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n[03:47.98] Now the situation's made things change\n[03:56.07] Things change, why, didn't you stay?\n[04:01.49] Why didn't you stay?\n[04:07.71] I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\n[04:20.30] You said you would be here when, it rained\n[04:30.22] When it rained, it rained\n[04:33.89] Ohooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\n[04:42.87] You said you wouldn't leave\n[04:43.82] Now the situation's made things change\n[04:51.03] Things change, why didn't you stay?\n[04:55.55] Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay\n[05:02.70] Mmm, stay, 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over nothin'\n  We losin' too many of ours, gotta recreate y'all, yo check it\n\n  Knowin' you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours\n  'Cause I created you irresponsibly\n  Subconsciously knowin' the act I was a part of\n  The start of somethin', I'm not ready to bring into the world\n  Had myself believin' I was sterile\n\n  I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\n  Turnin' this woman's womb into a tomb\n  But she and I agree, a seed we don't need\n  You would've been much more than a mouth to feed\n  But someone, I woulda fed this information I read\n\n  To someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave\n  Instead I lead you to death\n  I'm sorry for takin' your first breath, first step, and first cry\n  But I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n  Havin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n  Plus I wanted you to be raised within' a family\n\n  I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin' a baby's momma\n  Weekend visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\n  For a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\n  For me to live forever I can only do that through you\n\n  Nerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n  Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\n  I could have sacrificed goin' out\n  To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n\n  I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n  'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n  315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n  315 dollars ain't worth it\n\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  (Common)\n  Yo, why didn't you stay?\n\n  Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n  You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\n  But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n  Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n  An integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n\n  Back and forth my feelings was pacin'\n  Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\n  But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\n  Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\n  Bustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n\n  Or is it that we don't trust each other enough\n  And believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\n  Girl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\n  Thinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n\n  We talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\n  It's too many black women that can say they mothers\n  But can't say that they wives\n  I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\n  But I want our parenthood to come from planning\n\n  It's so much in my life that's undone\n  We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\n  If you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\n  But I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\n  So I can, discipline my son with my 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my life for you I woulda had to leave\nInstead I lead you to death\nI'm sorry for takin' your first breath, first step, and first cry\nBut I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\nHavin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\nPlus I wanted you to be raised within' a family\n\nI don't wanna, go through the drama of havin' a baby's momma\nWeekend visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\nFor a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\nFor me to live forever I can only do that through you\n\nNerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\nMust have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\nI could have sacrificed goin' out\nTo think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n\nI'ma use self control instead of birth control\n'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n315 dollars ain't worth it\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\n(Common)\nYo, why didn't you stay?\n\nSeeing you as a present and a gift in itself\nYou had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\nBut you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\nThrough our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\nAn integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n\nBack and forth my feelings was pacin'\nHappy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\nBut even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\nIs this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\nBustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n\nOr is it that we don't trust each other enough\nAnd believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\nGirl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\nThinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n\nWe talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\nIt's too many black women that can say they mothers\nBut can't say that they wives\nI wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\nBut I want our parenthood to come from planning\n\nIt's so much in my life that's undone\nWe gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\nIf you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\nBut I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\nSo I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n\nNot have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\nThough his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\nI had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\nYou say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\nSo quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nOhh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nNow the situation's made things change\n\nThings change, why, didn't you stay?\nWhy didn't you stay?\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\nYou said you would be here when, it rained\nWhen it rained, it rained\n\nOhooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\nYou said you wouldn't leave\nNow the situation's made things change\nThings change, why didn't you stay?\nStay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay\nMmm, stay, uh-uh, oh, why didn't you stay?","syncedLyrics":"[00:02.69]Yo we gotta start respectin' life more y'all\n[00:04.47]You look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\n[00:06.25]Gotta see the God within him\n[00:08.04]Brothers gettin' changed real quick over nothin'\n[00:12.51]We losin' too many of ours, gotta recreate y'all, yo check it\n[00:19.75]Knowin' you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours\n[00:23.30]'Cause I created you irresponsibly\n[00:27.88]Subconsciously knowin' the act I was a part of\n[00:30.56]The start of somethin', I'm not ready to bring into the world\n[00:33.29]Had myself believin' I was sterile\n[00:35.14]I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\n[00:38.78]Turnin' this woman's womb into a tomb\n[00:40.52]But she and I agree, a seed we don't need\n[00:44.15]You would've been much more than a mouth to feed\n[00:46.86]But someone, I woulda fed this information I read\n[00:49.51]To someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave\n[00:52.25]Instead I lead you to death\n[00:54.05]I'm sorry for takin' your first breath, first step, and first cry\n[00:57.63]But I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n[01:00.38]Havin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n[01:03.04]Plus I wanted you to be raised within' a family\n[01:05.80]I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin' a baby's momma\n[01:08.42]Weekend visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\n[01:11.14]For a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\n[01:13.89]For me to live forever I can only do that through you\n[01:16.55]Nerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n[01:19.23]Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\n[01:21.93]I could have sacrificed goin' out\n[01:24.68]To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n[01:27.35]I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n[01:30.05]'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n[01:32.77]315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n[01:35.42]315 dollars ain't worth it\n[01:38.11]I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n[01:46.21]You said you would be here when it rained\n[01:56.14](Common)\n[01:57.96]Yo, why didn't you stay?\n[02:00.62]Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n[02:02.42]You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\n[02:06.03]But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n[02:08.81]Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n[02:11.57]An integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n[02:14.22]Back and forth my feelings was pacin'\n[02:16.94]Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\n[02:18.73]But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\n[02:22.38]Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\n[02:25.05]Bustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n[02:27.79]Or is it that we don't trust each other enough\n[02:30.44]And believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\n[02:33.20]Girl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\n[02:35.87]Thinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n[02:38.58]We talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\n[02:41.28]It's too many black women that can say they mothers\n[02:43.00]But can't say that they wives\n[02:44.83]I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\n[02:46.67]But I want our parenthood to come from planning\n[02:49.36]It's so much in my life that's undone\n[02:51.16]We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\n[02:55.61]If you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\n[02:58.34]But I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\n[03:00.12]So I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n[03:03.77]Not have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\n[03:06.41]Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\n[03:08.25]I had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\n[03:11.08]You say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\n[03:14.63]So quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n[03:17.39]I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n[03:26.35]You said you would be here when it rained\n[03:36.26]You said you would be here when it rained\n[03:38.01]Ohh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n[03:47.98]Now the situation's made things change\n[03:56.07]Things change, why, didn't you stay?\n[04:01.49]Why didn't you stay?\n[04:07.71]I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\n[04:20.30]You said you would be here when, it rained\n[04:30.22]When it rained, it rained\n[04:33.89]Ohooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\n[04:42.87]You said you wouldn't leave\n[04:43.82]Now the situation's made things change\n[04:51.03]Things change, why didn't you stay?\n[04:55.55]Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay\n[05:02.70]Mmm, stay, uh-uh, oh, why didn't you stay?\n[05:15.31]","lyricsfile":"version: '1.0'\nmetadata:\n  title: Retrospect for Life\n  artist: Common Lauryn Hill\n  album: One Day It’ll All Make Sense\n  duration_ms: 383000\n  instrumental: false\nlines:\n- text: Yo we gotta start respectin' life more y'all\n  start_ms: 2690\n  end_ms: 4470\n- text: You look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\n  start_ms: 4470\n  end_ms: 6250\n- text: Gotta see the God within him\n  start_ms: 6250\n  end_ms: 8040\n- text: Brothers gettin' changed real quick over nothin'\n  start_ms: 8040\n  end_ms: 12510\n- text: We losin' too many of ours, gotta recreate y'all, yo check it\n  start_ms: 12510\n  end_ms: 19750\n- text: Knowin' you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours\n  start_ms: 19750\n  end_ms: 23300\n- text: '''Cause I created you irresponsibly'\n  start_ms: 23300\n  end_ms: 27880\n- text: Subconsciously knowin' the act I was a part of\n  start_ms: 27880\n  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Yo we gotta start respectin' life more y'all\n  You look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\n  Gotta see the God within him\n  Brothers gettin' changed real quick over nothin'\n  We losin' too many of ours, gotta recreate y'all, yo check it\n\n  Knowin' you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours\n  'Cause I created you irresponsibly\n  Subconsciously knowin' the act I was a part of\n  The start of somethin', I'm not ready to bring into the world\n  Had myself believin' I was sterile\n\n  I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\n  Turnin' this woman's womb into a tomb\n  But she and I agree, a seed we don't need\n  You would've been much more than a mouth to feed\n  But someone, I woulda fed this information I read\n\n  To someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave\n  Instead I lead you to death\n  I'm sorry for takin' your first breath, first step, and first cry\n  But I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n  Havin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n  Plus I wanted you to be raised within' a family\n\n  I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin' a baby's momma\n  Weekend visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\n  For a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\n  For me to live forever I can only do that through you\n\n  Nerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n  Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\n  I could have sacrificed goin' out\n  To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n\n  I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n  'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n  315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n  315 dollars ain't worth it\n\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  (Common)\n  Yo, why didn't you stay?\n\n  Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n  You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\n  But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n  Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n  An integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n\n  Back and forth my feelings was pacin'\n  Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\n  But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\n  Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\n  Bustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n\n  Or is it that we don't trust each other enough\n  And believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\n  Girl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\n  Thinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n\n  We talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\n  It's too many black women that can say they mothers\n  But can't say that they wives\n  I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\n  But I want our parenthood to come from planning\n\n  It's so much in my life that's undone\n  We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\n  If you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\n  But I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\n  So I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n\n  Not have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\n  Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\n  I had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\n  You say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\n  So quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  Ohh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n  Now the situation's made things change\n\n  Things change, why, didn't you stay?\n  Why didn't you stay?\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\n  You said you would be here when, it rained\n  When it rained, it rained\n\n  Ohooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\n  You said you wouldn't leave\n  Now the situation's made things change\n  Things change, why didn't you stay?\n  Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay\n  Mmm, stay, uh-uh, oh, why didn't you stay?\n"},{"id":39697494,"name":"Retrospect for Life","trackName":"Retrospect for Life","artistName":"Common, Lauryn Hill","albumName":"Bob Spotify - 2,799 Hip Hop Songs","duration":325.0,"instrumental":false,"hasWordSync":false,"plainLyrics":"Yo we gotta start respectin' life more y'all\nYou look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\nGotta see the God within him\nBrothers gettin' changed real quick over nothin'\nWe losin' too many of ours, gotta recreate y'all, yo check it\n\nKnowin' you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours\n'Cause I created you irresponsibly\nSubconsciously knowin' the act I was a part of\nThe start of somethin', I'm not ready to bring into the world\nHad myself believin' I was sterile\n\nI look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\nTurnin' this woman's womb into a tomb\nBut she and I agree, a seed we don't need\nYou would've been much more than a mouth to feed\nBut someone, I woulda fed this information I read\n\nTo someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave\nInstead I lead you to death\nI'm sorry for takin' your first breath, first step, and first cry\nBut I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\nHavin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\nPlus I wanted you to be raised within' a family\n\nI don't wanna, go through the drama of havin' a baby's momma\nWeekend visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\nFor a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\nFor me to live forever I can only do that through you\n\nNerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\nMust have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\nI could have sacrificed goin' out\nTo think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n\nI'ma use self control instead of birth control\n'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n315 dollars ain't worth it\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\n(Common)\nYo, why didn't you stay?\n\nSeeing you as a present and a gift in itself\nYou had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\nBut you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\nThrough our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\nAn integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n\nBack and forth my feelings was pacin'\nHappy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\nBut even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\nIs this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\nBustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n\nOr is it that we don't trust each other enough\nAnd believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\nGirl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\nThinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n\nWe talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\nIt's too many black women that can say they mothers\nBut can't say that they wives\nI wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\nBut I want our parenthood to come from planning\n\nIt's so much in my life that's undone\nWe gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\nIf you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\nBut I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\nSo I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n\nNot have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\nThough his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\nI had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\nYou say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\nSo quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nOhh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nNow the situation's made things change\n\nThings change, why, didn't you stay?\nWhy didn't you stay?\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\nYou said you would be here when, it rained\nWhen it rained, it rained\n\nOhooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\nYou said you wouldn't leave\nNow the situation's made things change\nThings change, why didn't you stay?\nStay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay\nMmm, stay, uh-uh, oh, why didn't you stay?","syncedLyrics":"[00:02.69] Yo we gotta start respectin' life more y'all\n[00:04.47] You look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\n[00:06.25] Gotta see the God within him\n[00:08.04] Brothers gettin' changed real quick over nothin'\n[00:12.51] We losin' too many of ours, gotta recreate y'all, yo check it\n[00:19.75] Knowin' you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours\n[00:23.30] 'Cause I created you irresponsibly\n[00:27.88] Subconsciously knowin' the act I was a part of\n[00:30.56] The start of somethin', I'm not ready to bring into the world\n[00:33.29] Had myself believin' I was sterile\n[00:35.14] I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\n[00:38.78] Turnin' this woman's womb into a tomb\n[00:40.52] But she and I agree, a seed we don't need\n[00:44.15] You would've been much more than a mouth to feed\n[00:46.86] But someone, I woulda fed this information I read\n[00:49.51] To someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave\n[00:52.25] Instead I lead you to death\n[00:54.05] I'm sorry for takin' your first breath, first step, and first cry\n[00:57.63] But I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n[01:00.38] Havin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n[01:03.04] Plus I wanted you to be raised within' a family\n[01:05.80] I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin' a baby's momma\n[01:08.42] Weekend visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\n[01:11.14] For a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\n[01:13.89] For me to live forever I can only do that through you\n[01:16.55] Nerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n[01:19.23] Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\n[01:21.93] I could have sacrificed goin' out\n[01:24.68] To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n[01:27.35] I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n[01:30.05] 'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n[01:32.77] 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n[01:35.42] 315 dollars ain't worth it\n[01:38.11] I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n[01:46.21] You said you would be here when it rained\n[01:56.14] (Common)\n[01:57.96] Yo, why didn't you stay?\n[02:00.62] Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n[02:02.42] You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\n[02:06.03] But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n[02:08.81] Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n[02:11.57] An integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n[02:14.22] Back and forth my feelings was pacin'\n[02:16.94] Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\n[02:18.73] But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\n[02:22.38] Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\n[02:25.05] Bustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n[02:27.79] Or is it that we don't trust each other enough\n[02:30.44] And believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\n[02:33.20] Girl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\n[02:35.87] Thinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n[02:38.58] We talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\n[02:41.28] It's too many black women that can say they mothers\n[02:43.00] But can't say that they wives\n[02:44.83] I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\n[02:46.67] But I want our parenthood to come from planning\n[02:49.36] It's so much in my life that's undone\n[02:51.16] We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\n[02:55.61] If you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\n[02:58.34] But I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\n[03:00.12] So I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n[03:03.77] Not have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\n[03:06.41] Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\n[03:08.25] I had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\n[03:11.08] You say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\n[03:14.63] So quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n[03:17.39] I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n[03:26.35] You said you would be here when it rained\n[03:36.26] You said you would be here when it rained\n[03:38.01] Ohh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n[03:47.98] Now the situation's made things change\n[03:56.07] Things change, why, didn't you stay?\n[04:01.49] Why didn't you stay?\n[04:07.71] I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\n[04:20.30] You said you would be here when, it rained\n[04:30.22] When it rained, it rained\n[04:33.89] 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information I read\n\n  To someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave\n  Instead I lead you to death\n  I'm sorry for takin' your first breath, first step, and first cry\n  But I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n  Havin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n  Plus I wanted you to be raised within' a family\n\n  I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin' a baby's momma\n  Weekend visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\n  For a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\n  For me to live forever I can only do that through you\n\n  Nerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n  Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\n  I could have sacrificed goin' out\n  To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n\n  I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n  'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n  315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n  315 dollars ain't worth it\n\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  (Common)\n  Yo, why didn't you stay?\n\n  Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n  You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\n  But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n  Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n  An integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n\n  Back and forth my feelings was pacin'\n  Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\n  But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\n  Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\n  Bustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n\n  Or is it that we don't trust each other enough\n  And believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\n  Girl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\n  Thinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n\n  We talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\n  It's too many black women that can say they 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Why didn't you stay?\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\n  You said you would be here when, it rained\n  When it rained, it rained\n\n  Ohooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\n  You said you wouldn't leave\n  Now the situation's made things change\n  Things change, why didn't you stay?\n  Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay\n  Mmm, stay, uh-uh, oh, why didn't you stay?\n"},{"id":5531191,"name":"Retrospect For Life","trackName":"Retrospect For Life","artistName":"Common feat. Lauryn Hill","albumName":"One Day It'll All Make Sense","duration":383.0,"instrumental":false,"hasWordSync":false,"plainLyrics":"Yo we gotta start respectin' life more y'all\nYou look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\nGotta see the God within him\nBrothers gettin' changed real quick over nothin'\nWe losin' too many of ours, gotta recreate y'all, yo check it\n\nKnowin' you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours\n'Cause I created you irresponsibly\nSubconsciously knowin' the act I was a part of\nThe start of somethin', I'm not ready to bring into the world\nHad myself believin' I was sterile\n\nI look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\nTurnin' this woman's womb into a tomb\nBut she and I agree, a seed we don't need\nYou would've been much more than a mouth to feed\nBut someone, I woulda fed this information I read\n\nTo someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave\nInstead I lead you to death\nI'm sorry for takin' your first breath, first step, and first cry\nBut I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\nHavin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\nPlus I wanted you to be raised within' a family\n\nI don't wanna, go through the drama of havin' a baby's momma\nWeekend visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\nFor a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\nFor me to live forever I can only do that through you\n\nNerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\nMust have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\nI could have sacrificed goin' out\nTo think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n\nI'ma use self control instead of birth control\n'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n315 dollars ain't worth it\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\n(Common)\nYo, why didn't you stay?\n\nSeeing you as a present and a gift in itself\nYou had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\nBut you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\nThrough our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\nAn integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n\nBack and forth my feelings was pacin'\nHappy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\nBut even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\nIs this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\nBustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n\nOr is it that we don't trust each other enough\nAnd believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\nGirl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\nThinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n\nWe talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\nIt's too many black women that can say they mothers\nBut can't say that they wives\nI wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\nBut I want our parenthood to come from planning\n\nIt's so much in my life that's undone\nWe gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\nIf you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\nBut I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\nSo I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n\nNot have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\nThough his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\nI had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\nYou say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\nSo quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n\nI, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nYou said you would be here when it rained\nOhh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\nNow the situation's made things change\n\nThings change, why, didn't you stay?\nWhy didn't you stay?\nI, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\nYou said you would be here when, it rained\nWhen it rained, it rained\n\nOhooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\nYou said you wouldn't leave\nNow the situation's made things change\nThings change, why didn't you stay?\nStay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay\nMmm, stay, uh-uh, oh, why didn't you stay?","syncedLyrics":null,"lyricsfile":"version: '1.0'\nmetadata:\n  title: Retrospect For Life\n  artist: Common feat. Lauryn Hill\n  album: One Day It'll All Make Sense\n  duration_ms: 383000\n  instrumental: false\nlines: []\nplain: |-\n  Yo we gotta start respectin' life more y'all\n  You look at your brother man you gotta see yourself\n  Gotta see the God within him\n  Brothers gettin' changed real quick over nothin'\n  We losin' too many of ours, gotta recreate y'all, yo check it\n\n  Knowin' you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours\n  'Cause I created you irresponsibly\n  Subconsciously knowin' the act I was a part of\n  The start of somethin', I'm not ready to bring into the world\n  Had myself believin' I was sterile\n\n  I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl\n  Turnin' this woman's womb into a tomb\n  But she and I agree, a seed we don't need\n  You would've been much more than a mouth to feed\n  But someone, I woulda fed this information I read\n\n  To someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave\n  Instead I lead you to death\n  I'm sorry for takin' your first breath, first step, and first cry\n  But I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially\n  Havin' a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me\n  Plus I wanted you to be raised within' a family\n\n  I don't wanna, go through the drama of havin' a baby's momma\n  Weekend visits and buyin' J's ain't gon' make me a father\n  For a while bearing a child is somethin' I never wanted to do\n  For me to live forever I can only do that through you\n\n  Nerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun\n  Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son\n  I could have sacrificed goin' out\n  To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on\n\n  I'ma use self control instead of birth control\n  'Cause 315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n  315 dollars ain't worth your soul\n  315 dollars ain't worth it\n\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  (Common)\n  Yo, why didn't you stay?\n\n  Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself\n  You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you felt\n  But you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are\n  Through our trials and tribulations, child's elimination\n  An integration of thoughts I feel about the situation\n\n  Back and forth my feelings was pacin'\n  Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have it\n  But even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it\n  Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lust\n  Bustin', more than the sweat in somebody you trust\n\n  Or is it that we don't trust each other enough\n  And believe, havin' this child'll make us have to stay together\n  Girl I want you in my life 'cause you have made it better\n  Thinkin' we all in love 'cause we can spend a day together\n\n  We talkin' spendin' the rest of our lives\n  It's too many black women that can say they mothers\n  But can't say that they wives\n  I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understanding\n  But I want our parenthood to come from planning\n\n  It's so much in my life that's undone\n  We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one\n  If you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from\n  But I'm walkin', findin' myself in my God\n  So I can, discipline my son with my writin'\n\n  Not have a judge tellin' me how and when to raise my seed\n  Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame\n  I had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed\n  You say your period hasn't came and lately I've been sleepy\n  So quit smokin' the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy\n\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  You said you would be here when it rained\n  Ohh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer\n  Now the situation's made things change\n\n  Things change, why, didn't you stay?\n  Why didn't you stay?\n  I, never dreamed you'd leave, in summer, in summer\n  You said you would be here when, it rained\n  When it rained, it rained\n\n  Ohooh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer\n  You said you wouldn't leave\n  Now the situation's made things change\n  Things change, why didn't you stay?\n  Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay\n  Mmm, stay, uh-uh, oh, why didn't you stay?\n"}]