>In that song with AZ (Life
>Goes On) I think it's
>called. He claims "I rap
>conciousness."

Yeah he uses that same verse on "Tekzilla" but if you look at the context, I think you can see he's being satirical.

"It was this cat who/
me and my crew box against/
got a spot and a glock so now the nigga got some confidence/
cuz I'm Common Sense and I rap conciousness"

My interpretation was that this guy sees him as a concious rapper and thinks that he won't fight back. But in the end he does and even goes so far as to "pistol whip his ass." I always thought Common was thereby stating that he didn't want to be viewed as just a concious rapper.



-Ryan

"Police don't sweep to get the dust out
They want your name in the system,
I need to mention the death penalty is
legal lynchin
People listen, they got teenagers up in
the line up
To fill the new facility they built,
they need the crime up
Please, the war on drugs is really war
on the youth
War on the people
War on the truth
The violent crimes rise,
the silent dies as sirens cry through
the night
People fight for what's left and not
what's right"

-Talib Kweli