Kanye West - Southside lyrics

[Intro: Kanye West] La, la, la, la, la and everybody say La, la, la, la, la I know you, I know you [Kanye West] I know you're thinking, thinking that it must be Armor All flow cause it never get rusty I ain't gotta say it, man, dog, trust me Bust somebody head, GLC, where was we Still rock the Prada 'fore that, rock the Starter n***as had the Georgetown, the Magic way harder Thinking back to the projects, and they way they tore 'em all up Like when I do a project, and come back and tear the mall up [Hook: Common + Kanye West] We coming from the Southside, Southside Southside, Southside Southside, Southside Southside, side of the Chi [Verse 1: Common] The broads, the cars, the half moon, the stars I'm like Jeff Fort the way I get behind bars Burn CDs with no regard for the stars Come to the crib with conflict diamonds and they ours Back in '94 they call me Chi-town's Nas Now them n***as know I'm one of Chi-town's gods We eatin' Joe, you still talkin' no carbs A conscious n***a with mac like Steve Jobs [Hook: Common + Kanye West] We coming from the Southside, Southside Southside, Southside Southside, Southside Southside, side of the Chi [Verse 2: Kanye West] Your fly is open, McFly The crowd is open, I think I know why I'm back from the future seen it with my own eyes And yep, I'm still the future of the Chi Back in college I had to get my back up off the futon I knew that I couldn't cop a coup with no coupons Look at that neutron on his green like croutons People asking him, "do you have any grey poupon" [Hook: Common + Kanye West] We coming from the Southside, Southside Southside, Southside Southside, Southside Southside, side of the Chi [Verse 3: Common] You in the building but the buildings falling You wouldn't be ballin' if your name was Spalding My mind get flooded I think about New Orleans Bout to school y'all n***as, you should call him August I'm the sun that goes down but I'm still revolving Southside walk it out, while still you're crawlin' If rap was Harlem, I be James Baldwin With money in the bank like G. Rap, we're calling [Hook] [Verse 4: Kanye West] With n***as masked up like Phantom of the Opera Dreaming of the day they push a phantom to the operas Can't wait till they say, "Ye ran up at the Oscars" Poppa, I heard his life is like a movie Like when Em played him and Mekhi played a rasta Mexicans gonna love it like it was for La Raza But this is for the mobsters, Holla We some true Chi-town legends, accept no imposters [Hook] [Verse 5: Common] The un-American idol, tower like the Eiffel Lean wit it, rock wit it, Black like the Disciples Know when to use a bible, and when to use a rifle You rap like you should be on the back of a motorcycle Caught a case of robbery, and beat it, like Michael Your career is a typo, mine was written like a haiku I write to do the right thing, like Spike do Through conflicts that's crucial and drama that's psycho [Hook: Common + Kanye West] We coming from the Southside, Southside Southside, Southside Southside, Southside Southside, side of the Chi [Interlude: Kanye West] La-la-la-la-la, la La, la-la-la-la-la, la La, la-la-la-la-la, la La, la-la-la-la-la, la [Outro] We're coming from the—-hey [scratches] Spice it up You might have to spice it up Spice it up, spice it up Take your life and Yo, we're coming from the—-hey We're coming from the—-hey