8 Minutes to Sunrise

Lyrics

[Intro: Common] Yeah, yo, yo, yo-yo, yo, yo Yo, a touch of jazz, y'all, yeah, yeah Madam [?], y'all Yo, they got us on the run like— [Chorus: Jill Scott] Eight minutes to sunrise Oh, baby, now, what are we gonna do? (I don't know, know) Pressure is mountin' Oh, baby, now, how we gonna get through? (I don't know) Can't go left (Uh-uh), can't go right (Uh-uh) Don't know, how we made it through the night (C'mon, c'mon, c'mon) Seven minutes to sunrise Oh, baby, now, what are we gonna do? (Do it, do it) [Verse 1: Common] It was once said by Black Thought that Things Fall Apart Knew I shouldn't have been messin with dude's girl from start But I pimp from the heart, the art of it made it interestin' Plus me and sister blend before we got intimate Friend or no friend, my man caught wind This chick is payin' me, it'll either cost me or cost him Told her she should've lost him (When?) a while ago 'Cause dude'll drink a pile of Mo' and defile her, yo I ain't here to start on this **** for me to wreck his broad You could tell what I thought of this [nigga] Nickname was Smoke, don't know if that was 'cause of cigarettes (Or what?) Or guns he tote, he called shots on the deck So I wasn't tryin' to call his bluff by his persona You could see, he think he tough If that wasn't enough, old girl had his son This is Wild like the West I'm like Jesse on the run, uhh [Chorus: Jill Scott] Six minutes to sunrise Oh, baby, now, what are we gonna do? (I don't know) Pressure is mountin' Oh, baby, now, how we gon' get through? (I don't know) Can't go left and (Uh-uh) can't go right and (Uh-uh) Don't know, how we made it through the night (Yo, we got) Five minutes to sunrise Oh, baby, now, what are we gonna do? (Do it, do it) [Verse 2: Common] I understand that time is runnin' out, I'm thinkin' of town-skippin' Got a Chevy but the alternator be trippin' I'm hittin' rum straight, thinkin' of a route to truncate The streets is watchin', out is one way I put myself in his Nike's His position is, "Aight man, somebody bonin' my lady" Probably snap like Rod-man My plan was to meet at this bar called the Tiki (When?) 'Round four; when she was comin', she would beep me I sat deep in the corner, drinkin' zombies, becomin' one by now Wonderin' if my style would support her and her child Out the corner of my eye, saw this stud I recognized (Who?) One of Smoke's guys, to stay out of sight I tried Told Jill Scott to meet, we could've picked a better spot On some "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here", ****, like Deborah Cox Looked at my watch, ****, I don't even got a watch Felt for my Glock, damn it, I don't even got a Glock, yo [Chorus: Jill Scott] Four minutes to sunrise Oh, baby, now, what are we gonna do? (I don't know) Pressure is mountin' Oh, baby, now, how we gon' get through? (I don't know) Can't go left and (Uh-uh), can't go right and (Uh-uh) Don't know, how we made it through the night (C'mon, c'mon) Three minutes to sunrise Oh, baby, now, what are we gonna do? (Do it, do it) [Verse 3: Common] Pressure, puh-pressure what? The pressure's cookin' It ain't good lookin', like a black promoter I'm talkin' bookin' Not that I'm spooked of dude, I could whoop him But he was on the horn informin' the rest of them hoodlums (aight) Usually, I wouldn't fight over a woman, old girl had a sun-shine Was messed up, on Smoke's payroll was one-time My pager went off, it read one line: "Come get me From Halsted", I'm thinkin' this is monkey bar **** Went to the phone quick, called her (What happened?) Her line was busy Situation number nine, got my mind dizzy Wondered if this plan was designed to get me I've been drinkin' too strong to be thinkin' too long Like 40 goin' north; I'm doin' 50, headed for the spot Askin' God to be with me, and lately She has been actin' shifty (But what?) But then it hit me (Hit me), it hit me (Hit me) It hit me (Hit me), it hit me [Chorus: Jill Scott] Two minutes to sunrise Oh, baby, now, what are we gonna do? (I don't know) Pressure is mountin' Oh, baby, now, how we gonna get through? (Yo, I said I don't know) Can't go left and (Uh-uh) can't go right and (Nope) Don't know, how we made it through the night (Yo, we got) One minute to sunrise Oh, baby, now, what are we gonna do? (One-one, one, huh) [Outro: Jill Scott & Common] One minute (We got, we got) one, one One minute (Ah, shit, we got) one, one One minute (What we got, girl?) one, one One minute (Baby, Com Sense on the run) now, now One minute (Com Sense on the run), one One minute (Just got on the run, just got on the run) Com Sense on the run, Com Sense on the run Just got on the run, just got on the run They got us on the run like; they got us on the run They got us on the—yo, they got us on the run Uh, yo, they got us on the run They got us on the.. yo, they got us on the run And we out—