Real deep track with beautiful production by James Poyser and a soulful chorus by Ms. Hill. Samples “A Song For You” by Donny Hathaway and “Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer” by Stevie Wonder.

“Girl I want you in my life cause you have made it better // Thinkin we all in love cause we can spend a day together // We talkin spendin the rest of our lives // It’s too many black women that can say they mothers, but can’t say that they wives…”

Common - Retrospect For Life (feat. Lauryn Hill) (Rapidshare) (Sharebee)

Production by Kanye. Samples “Ghetto Child” by Ahmad Jamal and “Papa Wings” by Stanley Turrentine.

“Played chess in this game of, pawns and knights // Now I claim King like Don, or Frank White // They say my life is comparable to Christ // The way I sacrificed and resurrected twice // They say The crochet pants and the sweater was wack // Seen The Corner, now they say That nigga’s back, uh…”

The Daily Hit: Common - They Say (feat. John Legend & Kanye West) (Rapidshare) (Sharebee)

“If lyrics sold then truth be told // I’d probly be, just as rich and famous as Jay-Z // truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense // next best thing, I do a record with Common Sense // cuz its the music, the blues, its the jazz, the acoustic // soul, rock and roll, the hip-hop that we producin…”

Talib Kweli - Ghetto Show (feat. Common) (Rapidshare) (Sharebee)

With all due respect, fuck a Universal Mind Control, gimme some more of this. Samples “The Intruders - Memories Are Here to Stay” and “Mobb Deep - Allustrious”.

“The perseverence of a rebel I drop heavier levels // It’s unseen or heard, a king with words // Can’t knock the hustle, but I’ve seen street dreams deferred // Dark spots in my mind where the scene occured // Some say I’m too deep, I’m in too deep to sleep // Through me, Muhammed will forever speak // Greet brothers with handshakes in ghetto landscapes // Where a man is determined by how much a man make // Cop Cognacs and spit old raps with young cats // with cigarettes in their ear, niggerish they appear // Under the Fubu is a guru, that’s untapped // Want to be in the rap race but aint ran one lap // Ran so far from the streets that you can’t come back // You trippin with nowhere to unpack, forgot that…”

Common - The 6th Sense (Produced by DJ Premier) (Rapidshare) (Sharebee)

Rediscovered Late Registration (again) last night…’Ye doesn’t rap on this, but the short and sweet verse by Common mixed with a classic slowed down sample (Gil Scott Heron - Home Is Where The Hatred Is) is pure dopeness.

“They say home is where the hate is, my dome is where fate is //  I stroll where souls get lost like vegas // Seen through the eyes of rebel glasses // Pray to god that my arms reach the masses // The young smoke grass in grassless jungles // Rubberband together in cashless bundles…”

Kanye West - My Way Home (feat. Common) (Rapidshare) (Sharebee)

“It started with rhythms I heard listenin’ to the wall // The bouncin’ of basketballs on playgrounds and all // The empty bottles that’s hollow, wind blowin’ inside ‘em // The flow and the rhymin’ got my alignment to a science”

Hi-Tek - Music For Life feat. J Dilla, Nas, Common, Busta Rhymes & Marsha Ambrosius (Rapidshare) (zShare)

Common - Universal Mind Control (Rapidshare)

Support the artist and support hip-hop. If you’re feelin it, cop it. Hit the jump for track listing.

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