[Intro] [Common talking]: Yeah yeah, what up y'all. It's Common right here. We got it rockin' by my man JS-1 from the Rock Steady Crew, you know how we do. Whatever ya like we gon' give it to ya. Live and direct. Yo JS, put it in effect. Mic check. Yeah yeah yeah [Scratch Hook]: "It's ridiculous how I'm sick with this" "Just mad, you'll never be as nice as I am" - Jadakiss 'Rite Where U Stand' "It's ridiculous how I'm sick with this" "Live on stage" - Prodigy 'Keep It Thoro' "Tourin' overseas" - LL Cool J '4,3,2,1' "It's ridiculous how I'm sick with this" "Does he really know how ill that he is?" - Nas 'Got Ur Self A Gun' "Sick wit it, yeah I'll admit it" "Live on stage" "That's just the way it is" [Verse One] [O.C.]: So articulate is my verbal It age with time, I'm 1971 Merlot Or Cabernet, there's no need to elaborate Just pop the cork and let it marinate I'm a rare vintage Save the prayers for the sickest pedophiles and them crooked politicians Spit game Still vicious than dog fights More popular than barbeques sippin' Coors Light Agile rhythm make four good Verse to rewind back J stands behind that Check the wine list Libations on me Oeuvres and caviar, it's all Credle Put your gla**es in the air let's make a toast Afterwards, celebrate by breakin' the flutes Taster's choice, it's all in the voice When it's all said and done ? the song say [Scratch Hook] [Verse Two] [Pharoahe Monch]: I miraculously move mountains Make money Monch is mainly into moves to Krush Grooves Cause chaos and crack craniums Fuel the nuclear reactor like Uranium Somehow the Sopranos remind me of the game we in The screen writer, script flipper Every scene they say Somethin' imaginative, I train like a green beret In the hood where the hookers and the crack be Stunt like Knievel's tracks, bump like acne Ridiculously magical, masterly mathematical Swagger of Mick Jagger mixed with a cla**ical attitude Fiend for chicks in tight jeans to show gratitude That's why Queens is still the longitude and latitude Hat low, over my braids, I'm inconspicuous I'm everywhere, I'm ubiquitous A perfectionist, so meticulous JS-1, sick with it, it's ridiculous [Scratch Hook] [Outro] [Common talking Yeah yeah. Dig it. Yo JS, cut that sh** up homie. Drop it on 'em. Do ya thing brah