Common - So Many People Lyrics

So many people
So many people
So many people
So many people

So many people seek her, me especially
The her I'm talking 'bout right now is Destiny
She and I was supposed to meet to chop it up
I wanted to ask her in life why I was getting stuck many times
She said some of that was in my mind
And grind plus the right time equals divine
Ask if I will see a sign where I'm supposed to be
She said, "Just be free and get close to me, Destiny"
To get dough, you got the recipe
And I'm Anita Baker, giving you the best of me
I got to a spot where I didn't know if you were true
With so many voices, how do I know when it's you?
She said, "I met you, boy, when you was ten years old"
"That rap that I gave you was a part of your soul"
"Anytime you feel that, know that it's gold"
"Stick with me and your story will forever be told by many people"

So many people
So many people
So many people
So many people

Some people live by her, some ignore her
Her name is Faith, I always loved her aura
The more I got to know her, I became like Noah
The arc of my life, a prover, and shower
She showed up for me in the darkest times
Conversations with her re-spark my mind
My heart would find reasons that I needed her
She saw a future in me, reputation proceeded her
Eager to be with her, my soul will leak for her
I lost loved ones but still kept keeping her
My miseducation was the doubting in me
Through valleys and Lauryn Hill, she moved mountains for me
The time I was broke, she was counting for me
Money I would make rapping over breaks
A faith like Evans or light from the Heavens
Her personality pleasant, still use her like a weapon, many people

So many people
So many people
So many people
So many people

Some people see her for the future, some see her for now
Her name is Hope, she first spoke to me as a child
I would listen, I could see the glisten in her eyes
Her wisdom, it was wise
She envisioned I would rise under Chi City skies
She said I'd become king
She sat by my side and reminded me the dream through
Schemes of rhymes, a queen sublime
The gates of Heaven on Earth, yeah, we would climb
Though, it seemed at times I would lose her
To get her back like the mack, I had to choose her
Dews of light strike, struggle to survive
She ran with Jesse and them, they kept Hope alive
She spoke in the eyes of the first Black president
He would bring her 'round the Southside residents
Medicine for the masses seen through Hope's glasses
I pray destiny, faith, and hope everlasting for people

So many people
So many people
So many people
So many people

And what you and I have to let the man know (so many people)
Is we are peaceful people, we are loving people
We love everybody who loves us (so many people)
And what you and I have to let the man know (so many people)
Is we are peaceful people, we are loving people
We love everybody who loves us (so many people)
We're nonviolent with people

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You are the very people of God
You do have a responsibility to wake up, clean up, and stand