8 Minutes to Sunrise

Common, Jill Scott

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Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor. more »


Year:
1999
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Yeah yo yo yo yo yo yo 
Yo a touch of jazz y'all yeah yeah 
? y'all yo they got us on the run like 

8 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? (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) 
7 minutes to sunrise 
Oh baby now, what are we gonna do? (Do it, do it..) 

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 f 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 (nigga) 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, uh 

6 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)
5 minutes to sunrise 
Oh baby now, what are we gonna do? (Do it, do it)

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 coulda picked a better spot 
On some "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" (shit) like Deborah Cox 
Looked at my watch, (shit) I don't even got a watch 
Felt for my glock, dammit I don't even got a glock, yo 

4 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) 
3 minutes to sunrise 
Oh baby now, what are we gonna do? (Do it, do it)

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 whup 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 [shit] 
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 

2 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) 
1 minute to sunrise 
Oh baby now, what are we gonna do? (one-one, one, ha?) 
1 minute (we got, we got) one, one 
1 minute (ah shit, we got) one, one 
1 minute (what we got girl?) one, one 
1 minute (baby, Com Sense on the run) now, now 
1 minute (Com Sense on the run) one.. 
1 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

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Written by: ANDRE HARRIS, JILL H. SCOTT, LONNIE RASHID LYNN

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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