Listen to Pops Rap III....All My Children (feat. Lonnie "Pops" Lynn) by Common

Pops Rap III....All My Children (feat. Lonnie "Pops" Lynn)

Common

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Karriem Riggins

Karriem Riggins

Drums

Dwight Adams

Trumpet

John Paxton

Trombone

Lonnie Lynn

Vocals

Orrin Evans

Keyboards

Richie Goods

Bass

Stephon Harris

Vibes

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Karriem Riggins

Karriem Riggins

Songwriter

Erykah Badu

Songwriter

Lonnie Lynn

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Karriem Riggins

Karriem Riggins

Producer

Bob Power

Mixing Engineer

Common

Co-Executive Producer

Derek Dudley

Co-Executive Producer

John Seymour

Recording Engineer

Mike Tocci

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Questlove

Executive Producer

Tom Coyne

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Hey, hey, old bean

And you, too, baby sweets

Yeah, this is Pops

And I'm back in the studio

And I didn't have to break in this time

I'm back as a special guest

By special request

And I want to thank my son

For loaning me this microphone once again

They may have to wrassle to get it back

[Verse 2]

You know, as a result of my son Common touring the world

Pops has acquired a wonderful extended family

From around the globe

He has returned with positive messages to my earlobes

From all my children

From Mexico, Brazil, Italy, and Japan

And of course, the motherland

Even in the orient, they knew what I meant

Nanaan, tanaan, tinaan, hanchinaan

[Verse 3]

So I didn't come in here to give any shouts out

I came to give praise and honor

And to identify my children

Who've been saying and doing the right things

You know they sat on those Nines of 1999

And kept them from turning upside down

Teaching the babies

To love, to be able to give love

And to enter the new century with their own prophecy

The century of amends

You see, I deal with the premise that all children are ours

And that we all travel the same path

It's just, we don't all get there at the same time

See you next lifetime

See you next lifetime

[Verse 4]

And to my children running 'round here

Screamin' 'bout how nice is they ice

That they've already paid for twice

What karat is they gold

That was yours before you got threw in the hole

Or that cruise in 1629, buy some land

Think agriculture, feed that neighborhood

Which you claim you love so dear

Are you mankind, what kind of a man?

See, Pops is straight out of the garden

From when the world was starting brand new

[Verse 5]

Hip-hop, hip-hop

The language of the Underground Railroad

In it's purest form

Yeah, true hip-hop is just like the Underground Railroad

If the message is not for you

It can sit on your nose, and your brain remain froze

So when you see me traveling on a spiritual high

I'm flying high with Cee-Lo

Or maybe watching Malone's heart dancing to a De La flow

Everybody knows there's no fruit on the tree without The Roots

And Black Star said, "We are who we are"

The Knowledge of Self Determination

And my little homie, KG

Up there in Minnesota, milking ten thousand lakes

Keep the heat on 'em

We got to be kind to the growing mind

[Verse 6]

So if your heart is real

You might hear Big Will, and Ms. Lauryn Hill

If your love is true, you will hear Badu-ism

And you can't go right until you go left

Pick up some beats from the music ingredients chef, Jazzy Jeff

Children, I've traveled this globe

From North to South, from East to West

And whenever my soul appears lost

I follow the musical sounds of a Tribe Called Quest

[Outro]

Okay, okay, we ready to get out of here

We're gonna take it home now

Just so everybody knows

When Pops get ready to say somethin' good

I mean, when it's time for me to lay it on the wood

And ain't no time for no shecky-shecky

That's when I call on a Black Girl Named Becky

Y'all all looking for the only truth

When it doesn't exist

I just come to give love and peace and honor to all my children

Written by: Karriem Riggins, Lonnie Lynn

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