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Maintaining

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Hip-Hop/Rap

Maintaining was released on October 3, 1994 by Relativity Records as a part of the album Resurrection

Song Details

AlbumResurrection

Release DateOctober 3, 1994

LabelRelativity Records

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM97

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Common

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Lonnie Lynn

Songwriter

Dion Wilson

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

No ID

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Gotta watch out for them critters

[Verse 2]

I get the party live

Common Sense'll get the party live

I get the party live

Common Sense'll get the party live

I get the party live

Common Sense'll get the party live

I get the party live

Common Sense'll get the party live

[Verse 3]

I was born in Chicago, raised on Planet Rock

Talkin' zuh, zuh, zuh, zuh, zuh

Cats knock my tapes like boots, I'm as fresh as fruits

You pussy emcee, it's you I rebuke

Repent, you burn up, you got me bent

I'm current as an event, got on big hoes at Freaknik

Frequently, you're telling me Whoopty Woo can rock it

So? He ain't put no scratch in my pocket

Yo Herb, with my hand, I cock it

And rock it like that brother in "Colors", 'cause I want y'all to live

My crew is too live, we sneaking to the rear

But I can't get us all in free (What?)

It's just another case of that two-dollar emcee

I rock the same clothes three days straight

To you, they winkled, but to me they straight

Now I'm straight, are you straight?

I'm straight as long as I got beer

I thought about it, Jack, and now I'm outta here

[Verse 4]

I get the party live

Common Sense'll get the party live

I get the party live

Common Sense'll get the party live

I get the party live

Ay yo, Chicago, get the party live

I get the party live

Common Sense'll get the party live

[Verse 5]

I need me some new socks

I need me some new drawers

I draws attention, like a letter to a sergeant

There's a few good emcees, the whack, I'm givin' code red

Slim say I ain't got nobody

But when they see me at the party

They be like, "Go ahead, go ahead"

'Cause I gots the cuts like Bobbitt, rappers like dickheads

Shoppin' they demo, I do 'em big red

My office hours are from nine to five

While you avoid the party, I make it live

The fellas nod and the chicks dance

While I'm coolin' in my jumpers and my big pants

I'm as dope as PCP

Emcees see me and they start havin' flashbacks

I don't flash scratch, I gotta watch my back

Nowadays, blacks don't know how to act

Besides Larry Fishburne, Charles Dutton, and Wesley Snipes

Makes wanna test me, because I test the mics

But I check 'em like sound, and like Goose, I'm down

Plus I done got better since "Soul by the Pound"

I'm maintaining

[Verse 6]

I get the party live

Ay yo, Chicago, get the party live

I get the party live

'87 get the party live

I get the party live

Common Sense'll get the party live

I get the party live

UAC'll get the party live

[Verse 7]

I fall fresh upon the spirit with the lyric that's overwhelming

And house, more hoes than Spelman

Words I'm welding like James Johnson

My brain's sponsoring speech on the mic

I'm like a Jackson

Rappers I'm fondling, they try to settle out of court

But I could never be bought

What type of rebel eats pork?

I'll take the cat and never get caught

U-AC together we fought

'Cause I can't see my mellows boxin' and me not boxin' with 'em

I don't care who started it, I'ma be a part of it

Regardless of the odds of how hard

It's been many times we was outnumbered and we still got with 'em

I got rhythm from some boogers and some foxes

But a five becomes a ten when a brother's off some gin

I got juice and this **** scared

I'll F your head up, like the LA Four

When I flow like cash, I go for broke like Melba Moore

Why should a male with a BA get more than me?

When Rashid got an emcee degree

And a doctorate in rockin' shit

I go to Dock's and get

A sandwich with cheese, I don't mix with emcees

'Cause I just don't like them, mother

But I'm still maintaining

[Verse 8]

We get the party live

Ay yo, Chicago, get the party live

We get the party live

'87 get the party live, yeah

I get the party live

Common Sense'll get the party live

We get the party live

UAC'll get the party live

Written by: Dion Wilson, Lonnie Lynn

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