Common - The Dreamer (ft. Maya Angelou)

[AllAboutTheProfit]

Common is anything but common... and i love you for that man Com Sense you just dont know but you redirected my life from alot of stupid shit. thank you

[jaso19]

liven like a dreamer

[fresh1467]

Com, Lupe, Childish Gambino. Nuff said.

[Ndumandan20]

i wouldn't consider Big Sean one, just sayin tho.

[Hiphopginger43]

Common is on another level my man killing bars with ease just siting back an letin his mind go pure hip hop people listen before its dead.

[DBZJohnny123]

Common, Nas, Big Sean, Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Styles P are the only ones left?

[tichinaizprecious]

common gives so much hope to hip-hop>3



[ghostwriterLaFlare]

so freeeee......



[TMKxMIKKI]

Im a Dreamer!!:)

[Jbear949]

@TMKxMIKKI Dream on



[quinohi89]

i dont get it common use to be "i'll never call you my bitch or even my Boo " now he calls girls bitch now it's sad

0:19 he says it

[SeanMDolan]

@quinohi89 he is talking about that girl specifically, his lover at that time, he never said ill never call any girl a bitch or boo, dont get shit twisted son

[edgarg1594]

your the best common!! fuck drake!

[aaronpaik88]

Common definetly one.of the most underrated i respect emcees like him who dont switch they style and still make they money keep on rocking common

[briskhockey]

This beat fills every empty space in the universe. This song is amazing

[MrLegendarykilla]

I met Common they didnt let me in at first but i found my way in :) now all gotta do is meet Mos Def, KRS One, Talib Khali, and Nas and i can die in piece go to hip hop heaven and meet Big L, Tupac, Big Pun, Biggie,Nate Dogg,and so on

[ITSTRUTH4U]

Ohhhhhhh!!!! FINALLY!!! This is the Common I know and love to hear spit PURE RAW TRUTH!! This brings me back to "Like Water For Chocolate". Stay on this Common...meaning stay YOU!!!! 1 LOVE.

[dennisschatzle]

this is the common song i was looking for on this new album..

[brown2ful]

can everyone just listen to the damn music an open your eye's people listen and feel how the music just run's through your body and just give you a great feeling . damn who gives a crap about the beef i don't

[JonandDJ]

Freemasons aren't even evil anyways

[kalon30]

@JonandDJ they dont serve the true God though....they just have to believe in a Supreme being.but who am i to judge whos evils and whos not

[RicHimself]

@kalon30 "When it should be a natural way of life

Who am I or they to say to whom you pray ain't right" Common - G.O.D. (Gaining ones Deifnition)

[kalon30]

@RicHimself lol you thought that was clever to use Common lyrics against me?... but this is a pointless argument because no one will know the answer till they die so basically your right with the quote i suppose

[RicHimself]

@kalon30 What? Of course it's a poitnless arguement when there is no arguement.

[11BrownMamba]

I listen to this everyday because it drives me to follow my dreams and to stay fighting for why I believe in, Common is my favorite rapper, he is one of the main reasons I got into TRUE hip-hop and this is just a reminder of who and what he's about

[musix21]

cannot explain how i like his music but... why is he using such illuminatic symbols?

especially this CD Cover... follows JayZ to Fremasons?

[bballano31]

@musix21 Illuminatic? That's a square on the cover.

[musix21]

@bballano31

Cmon! Thats defenitely an occult Symbol! Its a pyramid and a inversed one! It stands for "As above, so below" You find stuff like this all over the Global Mainstream Music Industry! Open Your eyes my friend! Thats the Truth!

[bballano31]

@musix21 No it's not. There aren't even points on the square so that actually makes it a hexagon. Common's not into the occult anyway. Or have you just not listened to him?

[TCP2315]

seeing common come back out gives me hope we will one day get to listen to Detox

[LAMEXAME]

THIS FUCKING BEAT IS SICK!!!!!!

[fairypoo]

love love love

[Pete75227]

this track is mad ill. shout out to NO ID.

[Avallido89]

I really like Common.. but the fact that you had to call out drake and start drama just for controversy to sell records is on some real female shit. bitch. #lossofrespect.

[UnDaGrOunDKrew805]

@Avallido89 u stupid ignorant fuckk drake heard commons 'sweet' track and took it personal and called out common so fake ass drake called out Com but Com respondes and MURDERED him on stay scheming..as far as using that 2 sell records ur retarded kidd Com is already a legend he Raps not 4 the money he raps 2 KICK the TRUTH.!! somethin the whole ymcm will not neva kno about get ur facts straight and hop off young moneys nutz yo.!

[Avallido89]

@UnDaGrOunDKrew805 ha okay.. that sweet song was addressed to drake. the first addressing is the calling out. common started it. sorry to bust your bubble. just face it nobody knew who common was anymore except his true fans. which i am one of. but he started some shit to start a buzz. it happens all the time. just deal with it.

[chisince80]

@Avallido89

"nobody knew who common was anymore except his true fans...he started some shit to start a buzz"

Common has been an MC since '87'. TWENTY PLUS years is too long for no one to know you. Not to mention the various movies he's been in and modeling spots for various magazines. He gets bread and notoriety from many audiences son.

Let's say that he did kick it off first though. He FINISHED IT.

[Sydii1]

@Avallido89 Sweet wasnt addressed to Drake. Drake heard it and took offense to it. get your facts straight.

[Avallido89]

@Sydii1 in an interview he confirmed it was addressed to him.. watch it.

[KiidDivine3]

Old school runs it. Check out my channel I'm not another mainstream rapper

[40jackets]

whenever I'm stressin, i just throw on this joint and dream :) thanks common!

[twenty2crew]

anyone know where the sample is from?

[MrDjay619]

I'm 13 not listening to this Drake and YMCMB bullshit...Common is the voice and always will be one of the greatest.

[shuriken86]

Common brought "Her" back with this album

[MrDjay619]

@shuriken86 Who Maya Angelou? You know she's an author right?

[1Blaugrana]

@MrDjay619 H.E.R as in Hip-Hop in it's Essence is Real.. Common made a song a long time ago called 'I Used To Love H.E.R' (her being Hip Hop) and Common brought Hip Hop back with this album

[reediddy]

No I.D. once again with the amazing beat. Common best rapper alive??? Think about it

[MyDimello]

Wow! I'm speechless. It's like walking in on your fav Grandmother, and that 1uncle having a deep convo(Lol) One can only shut up sit in, and listen! It's refreshing to see that even in hip-hop someone still cares, and dares to connect.

[ShaBa1297]

GREATEST RAPPER ! 

[motifontheback]

when maya angelou speaks i like to imagine her words are embracing me in a hug to let me know that life isn't so bad after all. <3 i want to meet her

[lovellag187]

"Taking notes from the sky to fly above understanding. they notes from the most high so i gotta land em. Career aint random, make anthems, streets chant them, rock rolls like a phantom. Mad hoes like they throwing tantrums, I tell em i need space like Richard Bransen. Dancin With wolves and stars gettin full at bars, and then pass out like a pamphlet."

Favourite verse ever.

[91humza]

"People with no heart, I'm the pacemaker" - dayum common!

i hope lupe can produce tracks like this on f&l 2 !

[2fastyoda]

GOOD MUSIC!!!!!!

[bakaribk16]

Real hot joint right there. Com one of the greatest all time, but wont ever get his props cause he do it the right way!!!!! One ____.....

[stevekoa]

A legend like john lennon I'm a dreamer!..... Nice

[SoopamanLuva1]

MAN I miss my boy Common..Com Sense...come back fam...good to hear somethin fresh from him 4 real...still got it!!!!

[ON3Music]

love common..my inspiration fuh sho

[popoppandaa]

i luuuurrrve this song

[crayyawn]

Best decision of his life to get No I.D. producing his album again!! Just great.

[fc775]

i cant find this song anywhere sombody help please

[Alkemy007]

@fc775 You can buy it on itunes

[drejackson1000]

Staying close to the Mike(mic) like im Kobe now! hahahahahah nice

[00cover]

this is the reason why i smacked my friend when he said common is ass

[MusicalDestiny1]

Truly an inspiration. When a legendary MC gets on a track produced by a legendary producer, and has a legend like Maya Angelou on it, it can only mean one thing. Pure Greatness. Thank you Common for inspiring the youth, and everyone else. My favorite MC has done it again yall. Common Forever.

[jahkelprophet]

PROUD 2 SAY ME AND THIS MAN FROM THE SAME CITY , SAME SIDE CHI TOWN , TITANIC STONE RUNNIT

[adversity1on1]

Niiiiiiiiiice

[TheSinghFIRE]

'this is for ya'll to dance', common is the only emcee to quote his dude Dilla and SV. one of the greatest emcees, most def. 

[Spade2o2]

Great song 

[Fleshfromashes]

This is hard because i appreciate his wordss and maya's poem, but the ad libbing and some bits of his flow...meh. 8/10

[krazymic]

"A Legend Like John. Lennon, I'm a Dreamer"

Thank you Com for returning, keep it going, don't lose momentum, get to working on another album son. I like Drake but nomatter what, I got Com's back nomatter against who. Do it for that "real" son. 1 of the Greatest rapprs ever when you look at his line of work. Nothing wrong with a little beef/excitement in the game, its practically a sport sometimes too. Would love for Wayne and YoungMoney to say something so Com can end their careers.

[Bodibraveodi]

not just dream man! we gotta put it into work. Go Common!!

[hotyellowkeedy]

i grew up on common ive always loved common. im glad he came back out.

[TheTribalFreshie]

if you like this song, see common - the believer

[theosmelek1]

Common: Living the Dream,...his dream-- Gotta respect that. Common is a Hip-hop god. Pay attention to the Spirit speaking through this man. You might even discover your own Divine Nature by Believing in Common's message? Pay close attention "Thug-Nigga's."

[40jackets]

Ferrari testers, Armani dressers, exquisite thick bitches. Now how is that not fresh? haha

[lrenae60]

This song is fly.......Love it!

[40jackets]

daammmm haha

[bjwiebe123]

not a huge fan of this album. He needs to adapt and change, this song sounds exactly the same as any of his old stuff, it's just getting repetitive in my opinion

[iLLC0NCEPTx]

@bjwiebe123 would u ask james brown to change? how about jimmy hendrix? or elvis? the reason ppl love his music is because of the fact that he hasnt changed, and for that reason his music remains timeless. just a lil Food for Thought.

[bjwiebe123]

@iLLC0NCEPTx actually i would tell them to change, even though Common shouldnt be mentioned in the same sentence as greats like j.brown, elvis or hendrix. change shows an artist's ability to adapt to the times, and keeps them from sounding repetitve.

[lrenae60]

@bjwiebe123 Really...in what way is it repetitive? Just a question.

[bjwiebe123]

@lrenae60 this song itself isn't repetitive but Common's albums all sound the same. He's an incredible lyricist, one of the best, but he doesn't know how to keep things fresh.

[AK40Nalgas]

@bjwiebe123 In my opinion this is how hip-hop should sound not that auto-tune techno stuff. Common is one of the few who sticks to his roots. His music is great because it gives that old school feel, that's something a lot of artists can't do.

[bjwiebe123]

@AK40Nalgas well to be fair not many people use auto tune these days, just T-pain and lil wayne occasionally (who in my opinion are kinda shitty), but if you want an old school feel from a rapper why not just listen to their old stuff? i just wish he switched things up for his more recent album, thats all

[nbampoe]

@AK40Nalgas

Well said.

[lrenae60]

@bjwiebe123 cool. thanks for the reply

[40jackets]

Hip Hop at its Finest!

[psychesoap]

NO ID and Common....legends since 1992

[KeepItFresh02]

dope

[coolguys521]

COMMON + NO I.D + A HARD ASS  BEAT = PURE FUCKEN GENIUS

[gillzblack]

Thank you Common for showing people what REAL hip-hop sounds like!

[fhab525]

that 90's hip hop feel

[boondocksism]

ms angelou inspired me to write with this song and all her poems................common still killin them

[Soflyboy10]

Common has unique style #hiphop

[ashmeetj]

fuck drake... straight up

[BThugLife23]

Common for the Grammies

[MrGunn5]

i need this instrumental!!!!!!!

[Bodibraveodi]

@MrGunn5

yes we need instrumental man ~~~~~~~~

[NaturalSunshyne23]

I can't think of anybody else that put something out in the 4th quarter now...what other albums dropped?? I forgot really....wtf..

[diviolegend]

Love His Music from DAY 1 . He´s One of the most Talented HipHopper ever!

[AjLVChi]

I'm soo in LOOOVE with this song!!! The beat is HOT!!! Common is one of the most REALIST MCs and lyricist out there!!! I LOOVE this CD and I LOVE Common's music!! This CD is bangin' and I currently can't wait to get it!!!!

[forcesphere]

common album is great but i think Cats and Dogs deserves to be album of the year<3

[mysterymediacorp]

@forcesphere if I don't know what Cats and Dogs is or the artist who made it, then the grammy board probably don't either..just saying

[therealfudge]

notice she aint sayin nothin bout Native People because we had our dream taken and still havent got it back.... but regardless great album great artist great song

[kofipat1]

People say Eminem's the best rapper alive, they say Lil Wayne's the best rapper alive, but why is it im the only person who still remembers Andre 3000? Am I the only person who isn't crazy?

[Jusecil]

@kofipat1 Shit, im with you homie

[jay2coolfau]

People that dislike this is afraid of being a dreamer

[BigPCBE]

Dude got Maya Angelou on the track U gotta be somebody to do that not jus anybody can get her to that #Respect

[kaiyeem]

I can't remember the last time I heard an artist go this hard on the very first track on their album. The album period is the truth, go purchase it, if you haven't already. Hip Hop lives!

[Alkemy007]

No ID deserves a lot of the credit for this album. So glad Common didnt go down the same road that made "Universal Mind Control"...the road being a sound that aint suited to him.

[crayyawn]

@Alkemy007 yup, No I.D. was perfect for him back in the day and obviously still is :) they fit each other perfectly. And man has No I.D. grown as a producer.. There aren't many hip hop producers that make such a leap into a more progressive, forward-thinking sound that still sound so pure and soulful. Actually he's the only guy I think of.. Really cool I love this beat.

[wutangclan1997]

common should deserve a grammy for this album, like if you agree :D

[hotyellowkeedy]

@wutangclan1997 i agree

[biggydx]

@wutangclan1997 He should have been had one. Not just from this album

[jolvra233]

Is that Mayer Hawthorne singing background on this tack?it sure sounds like him. Real hiphop though.

[ItachiXII]

Im not black, But I love Maya Angelous part at the end.

[1FLOt]

@ItachiXII she talks about all races in a way, that don't let your past affect where you go in the future...and keep dreaming.

[IamStephen3]

@ItachiXII What does "Color" have to do with loving Maya's Poem at the end of the Song ?

[jtillmon]

if you really listen to the poem she's talking about almost every culture's

path to this country! Stay alert!

[ryanchesterharold]

ye



[Half80sHalf90s]

Common had classics with Dilla and N.O. I.D. before Kanye let's not front on that just like Tribe 3 classics before Dilla came on the team.But Kanye got some classics also.

[NicolasYates]

This would've made a great remix to Nag Champa from L.W.F.C.

[BoxOfOranges84]

@IlluminatedPhantom Will make? Common already has two album way better than any of Kanyes. Hint: Kanye produced one of them

[IlluminatedPhantom]

@BoxOfOranges84 Be is good, only cause Great musical minds like Kanye west were involved.

[BoxOfOranges84]

@BrklynBread Both of those albums suck. Deal with it

[IlluminatedPhantom]

@BoxOfOranges84 MBDTF is better than anything common will make. Not even a big fan of that album, but it is true.

[PrinceApocalypse]

@IlluminatedPhantom Common has lasted for three decades in an industry where most mainstream artist don't last one decade. And he did most of it without radio and tv support but still managed to gain respect all over the country. Common deserves all the credit he gets!

[TheJustkillingtime]

love this song. :)

[neilraycesar]

T-Pain take notes. That's how you use an auto-tune nigga.

[BoxOfOranges84]

@fashionsymbol True but I still want them to win. Common has a couple, and the Roots have 4 or 5 so good music wins sometimes. But I agree Grammys aren't everything

[knaankos]

Common is one of the best. For some reason he does not get the love he deserves. "I Used to love HER" was a prophecy.

[DrunkDude153]

Maya killed it on this track! Best rapper alive! :D

[BabyCS123]

Another hit

[xxplicitt004]

I still love H.E.R.

[MrEddiearcade]

Common's music is so soulful. I think one of the few MC's who can make you just sit back and reflect on life as an individual, and as a whole.

[AjLVChi]

@MrEddiearcade AGREE, TOTALLY AGREE!!!!

[pope2314]

Isaiah 14:1 this is whats coming guess whos going into slavery when christ comes!! revelations 13:9 who is tha SAINTS OF THIS EARTH U READY FOR THIS psalms 148:14

[pope2314]

tha lord is only going to save tha nation of israel thats it!!!! he dont deal with any other nation psalms 147:19 matthews 1:21 his people only!  negros latino and native indians ezekiel 34:30 their god not tha world!!!

[TADQBTAD]

real hip hop

[sabertoothpanther]

Christ is coming back for everyone, not just blacks, white, or native Americans, his gift on salvation is bestowed on each and every one of us.

[sabertoothpanther]

@tswagg504 I Co sign so hard on your comment, that'd he hip hop at its best

[amoises5ify]

Reminded me why I love that hip hop

[ReflectionEternl]

From 4:01 and on, that part captures my attention so much. Maya's words and the melody go perfect together.

[Trying2beSomething]

How could you dislike this ...this is So Hip-Hop...a real MC,a Poet, "a Dreamer"

[takeover08]

After watching “white” men on TV shooting each other, selling booze, stealing cars, having shootouts with cops, pimping women etc (no one can’t tell me western films and old Hollywood movies don’t contain such) they took on the nature of their captor and now do NOT know who they are. . TV is a VERY powerful tool and blacks consume much of it. The proof is in the pudding. Israel needs to wake up. Revelation 2:9 3:9

[takeover08]

After the Hebrews (slaves) were rounded up, they went to various Islands, were broken down through Willie Lynch and then most shipped to America. The Hebrews (slaves) who ended up in this country endured much more horrifying and psychological damage and it’s no wonder they now are the way are. 

[takeover08]

This Nation of Israel was sold into slavery and was scattered amongst other nations (Deut 28:64) Israel’s seed would be a stranger in a land that isn’t there’s (USA) and would serve the stranger for 400yrs (Gen 15:13-15). While in slavery, they would serve the gods of their slave masters and lose sight of the Most High (Deut 28:64).. When did the modern day Jews go into slavery?

[Hache2KMusic]

@takeover08 "Modern day Jews" are not the people from the scripture. They are Europeans who have usurped the postion of the hebrews.

[itlentertain]

Common was bullshiiting on this lyrically, Maya Angelou had to come in and make sense out of it

[pope2314]

ITS ALL ABOUT THE ELECT!!!OF ISRAEL SO WAKE UP NEGROS A NEW DAY IS COMING BUT FIRST IT GOING TO GET UGLY HERE IN AMERCIA FIRST jeremiah 30:7 BUT ITS A GOOD DAY FOR THE ELECT I MYSELF CANT WAIT TO SEE ALL OUT HELL BREAK LOOSE IN AMERICA GET READY FOR 2012 ITS GOING TO BE LOVELY!!!!! GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS!!! ACTS 3:23 DO U HAVE AN EAR?????

[pope2314]

AND EVERBODY THATS ON THIS COMMENTBOARD CHECK THIS OUT READ THE BOOK OF REVELATION THA 7th chapter THA 3rd verse!!!! ONCE THA 144,000 IS SEALED WITH THIS TRUTH AMERICA IS GOING TO BE NUCKED!!!! ONLY THA 12TRIBES 12,000FROM EACH TRIBE WHICH IS OF NEGRO OR INDIAN DESENT!!! SO IF U HAVE AN EAR LISTEN PARTY TIME IS ALMOST OVA!!!!

[pope2314]

SHALAM!!!!!

[pope2314]

READ ACTS 13:23 on down!! SALVATION IS ONLY FOR US NEGROS LATINOS NATIVE INDIANS!!! LORD WILLIN I GET TO GO HOME TO JERUSALEM ISRAEL WHEN CHRIST COMES BC AFRICA IS NOT OUR HOME FUCK AFRICA!!! Galatians 4:26 READ NEGROS!!!!

[pope2314]

ROMANS 13:11 WAKE UP NEGROS PAY ATTENTION!!! AMERICA IS FALLEN!!! Rev 18:2

[pope2314]

ACTS 2:21 and it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on tha name of THA LORD SHALL BE SAVED!!! YE MEN OF ISRAEL HIS NAME IS NOT JESUS AND IT TALKING ABOUT BE SAVED OUT OF AMERICA AND OTHER PLACES AROUND THA WORLD WHEN WORLD WAR3 COMES AND ICBM ARE SHOT OFF!!!! READ AMOS 9:8 ONLY A PORTION OF ISRAEL IS GOING TO MAKE IT OUT BE SAVED BY THE ANGLES!!! JACOB IS ISRAEL!!! DONT BELIEVE ME READ ISAIAH 48:1  SHALAM ISRAEL!!

[ZippityDooDah91]

Some folks say this reminds them of Dilla. I think because the beat could share the same sample as the sample used on Dilla's 4 horsemen

[VusG19]

@RedNYello505...???.. watch blue sky if you really think that. Pay attention & see if someone in the llluminati would have what he has in the video

[JenniM1197]

this is is real hip hop like all of commons albums rapping for the people

[Hache2KMusic]

@JenniM1197 100% AGREE. For the people!

[energeticpigeon95]

He's not Illuminati, but does it even matter...? The song's great why the fhuck does that shit even matter lol?

[tswagg504]

I'll lick the sweat off Oprah's left titty if I can hear a remix of this with Jay Electronica

[BLUEBASKETBALL22]

damn maya can rap

[musicforlove856]

instrumental please

[RedNYello505]

Illuminati album cover and illuminati reference @ 4:42

[11BrownMamba]

@RedNYello505 are you really sayin Common is illuminati? you sound real stupid, Common is the whole reason i got into hip-hop, he keeps it real and genuine and to be honest you are disrespecting this song and him, listen to song instead of lookin at an album cover