Common - If you play your cards right

[sulsimsn0579]

I like How he flipped "Strip-Poker" & "Texas Hold'em" n2 his 2nd verse...That wuzza pure stroke of "Genius" on Common'z part

[Noeroth]

AMAZING NO DOUBT!

[Kid100ism]

Common is real hip hop...

[marlojoe]

7 people are stupid as fuck for not liking this shit

[ebliss23]

there are some of hip hops greatest bars in this song... Common don't get the credit he deserves

[infamoustalent]

MAD TO RASSSS , SO FUCKING RIGHT !!!!!

[dabou8]

amazed !!

[Alexandros15]

This joint made me rewind the Smokin Aces Outro over and over again!

[jack01237]

@Alexandros15 yeh same. better than the film lol

[com7776]

common blew this out of water

[hoodfabda6]

this was my shit!!

[BoxOfOranges84]

7 people go all in on a pair of 3s

[MrDroubi1]

"yes we can"what a bullshit statement!!had to get that outta ma chest u know

[Uncleharry11]

THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY

[unDISTURBED95]

took your chips let my guys in texas hold 'em

FIRE

[tisnikki]

was lookin for this 1for a minute

[quinnpt]

He Can Run It With The Best Of Them!

[Smileydanger]

2pac's version is better

[tanika1975]

Common you rocked the hell outta this one! Fan for life!

[johnnynoche]

this song is one of the best bumpers ever, lyrically, and this song makes me feel like im living the life

[tanika1975]

Yes it does! I love it.

[TheEazyDuzIt95]

So ill

[FATBOY60344]

can any 1 find thee instrumental if so pleaz tell me

[PurtoGreekin]

love this song its on my pod now :)

[boricuamobsta]

i never knew he used joe battan sample...i like my version better

[EthosTheGood]

6 people dislike this? really?

[ilovedilmar]

Common changed my life!

[TheJacksonsTriumph]

I like when Common is on a sampled track his voice fits the beat perfectly I love soul samples The Believer comin summer 2010 a classic in the making

[lorcaliph514]

1 of the smoothest tracks in hip hop history. This is the theme song to my life, Damn Common put it down!

[eaglebandmember08]

this song is supa cold i love this song common is going crazy lyrically on this song

[steffanij]

smokin aces baby. hell of a movie.

510 hoes

[Division1985]

The government won't let me get a full check. Amen.

[Wolcott36]

Yes.... may be sampled. But at least Common does justice to this song with lyrics..... not like no P Diddy or whatever the fuck his name is. That dude that a puwer trip up is as and not down to earth. God Bless Common..... Love you brother........

[Wolcott36]

P Diddy not a humble man... think the spot light was too bright he lost sight of what is for real.  My opionion...... Common nothing like that..... and he got talent. Not that he dont..... I think he just more down to earth.........

[Vierarocks4]

the last part with the shoot out was the best part.

[atleyeli]

The movie was interesting and I think there were some funny parts to it. The twist to the ending was probably the best part of the storyline. Alicia Keys was hot like always. In terms of this song, it made the movie. Common is at his usual best with this joint.

[vscales61]

Smokin' Aces; Common and Alicia Keys. On this track the line is " sometimes to make peace you need a full clip".

[mrthinksalot]

This is the Common I LIKE!

[oObrodieOo]

SICK MOVIE

[oObrodieOo]

best part of the movie

[LBJohn15]

yea that and the shoot out scene too

[JustGod7]

this was the best part of the movie and when alicia keys walked out in them little shorts...lol her thigsh is mean!

[TeeRells711]

the movie was weak but the songs is nice!!!

[BuckeyeForL1fe]

Smokin Aces was a great movie in my oppinion

[cCcSuPerTurKcCc]

the song rocks but the movie sucks

[BeatJunkie91]

Common on them rhyme,Bilal on the chorus, and Karriem Riggins on the beat equal GOOD MUSIC

[hiphopjunkie06]

"let my guys in texas hold 'em"....beast!!!

[floresm951]

Sometimes to make peace u need a full clip

[Coding34]

shame this is not available on spotify..

Awesome song!

[JAYBIRD75961]

i want the instrumental to this

[joegar317]

Smokin Aces was good, but this song was better!

[ministeriods]

thats the same sample that was used for Tupac's play your cards right

[yomommaclassof2006]

Bilal is a dope singer!

[applefresh83]

leave em nickel-less like jack from shining wooooooooh thats a line

[2NDTariq]

that second verse

[energypower1]

yo the ill'est line in the song

"I got dealt a bad hand, but I played my cards right"

( say that god ! ) energy power!

[da4jays]

You got HIP HOP WISDOM

[BiggsGlove]

this shit is hot!!!!!!!!

[mercilesschump]

this song was sick in the movie

[SilentBombr]

Karriem Riggins is one of the most underrated producers out there

[applefresh83]

i been saying that years man so i know wot u mean

[xbranch]

dis joint is dope yo

[coreydagr8]

yeah this is sick common is madd nice on lyrics with this one, CHITOWN stand up!

[Diogense]

Dis songz fiyah.

[nurNoursnigga]

Thats a sick song..

[OldSchool9690]

This sample gotta be in a Madlib track, I can hear it in my head. It's similar to The Official from the Jaylib album but that aint it, might be from the same sample tho

[BklynJayL]

It ain't something I'll blast from the truck but, it's alright. ;-)

[guttagrip]

"Leave you nickeless(nicholas)like Jack from Shining."Now that had to be one of the sickest lines ive ever heard before.

[sparlinator]

Only problem is that it is Jack Nicholson in The Shining. Jack Nicklaus was the golfer. Still a sick line from a sick MC though.

[donjuleon]

i love it.

[oasisrgood1]

one of the most lyrically clever rap tunes ive heard in years

keep rockin it com

[xbranch]

lol "took ya chips let my guys in texas hold'em" sick line its funny cause that where i reside

[ifeanyiboy23]

love this song

[xbranch]

me too

[UmbrallaItexcorp]

nice

[planb760]

i like this song in smokein aces

[LBJohn15]

OBAMA this song is about obama yo lol

[LBJohn15]

TO all that disagree with this let me say im not a racist or anything like that so please dont spaz out and think i am i love obama and if i were old enough i vote for him to but what i ment by this song is for him is he needs to make smart decisions to fix this country and then people perspective on having a black president will changed [hopefully] from bad to good cause everyone thinks every race is all about one sterotype and not every one in a certain race is different as a person

[simpleplanlover1253]

totally right

[soquete123]

YEAH!

[donte231985p]

get your squad face down like cards before they get a facelift you get robbed better yet jacked for diamonds leave you nicolas like jack in shining blacked your bluff now your respect is stolen took your chips let my guts in texas holdem. if you get that you know what real hip hop is all about. commons that dude foreel

[WriteOnWallsXD]

i can dig it

[beezle01]

main this song is so dope , i went to the theaters i was like damn i stayed in for like 30 mins to get the name of this song.

[Xcivan1996]

Smokin Aces was epic

[lab110]

this song is hot as hell.

[wewillwin9999]

Haha Common And I Sampled The Same Song.

[kai63415]

common simply shut this shit down

[onyiboogie]

awesome

[RuckusB31]

Dope...

[Pernbaby]

love this song!

[ALesnick02]

Yeah, Great Song! I posted two video responses that is one movie in two parts. The one on the right is the beginning, and the left is Part 2. Check them out, I used and quoted material from this song and other Smokin' Aces Songs. Enjoy!

[Alldubproduction]

tune !

[DuDaX]

The coolest artist once again, hotter than ever...

[thegothabilly]

great movie,, groovy song...i love the end credits....love the graphic desighn

[Surenaa91]

crap movie, but nice song

[justwannaname]

so gangsta

[depauw2004]

This was in "Smokin Aces"

[havoksector]

it has a good groov and it is all around good music

[Lintoz]

Some soul for yall!!!

[vu38mj]

damn right its crank

[Sonn87]

This is that REAL MUSIC, That shit crank

[Acecraven]

Play your cards right yall!

[cuz1inc]

I looooooooove this track!!!

[mkellz]

i heard this shit at the end of smokin aces and downloaded that same nite.....its funny now that i think about it....but the track hot so who cares lol

[anttresor]

pure hiphohp,no bullshit lyrics,that's common

[NappiKing]

not common enough that we see that

[Iriegirl1990]

i love this song

i can never get tired of it

i play it on repeat everday

[BeNicePlz]

Anyone know who produced this?

[BeNicePlz]

Nevermind...I found out.

It's produced by Karriem Riggins.

[Cable32]

They should've made a video for this. A crime, really.

[monsieurfrancais]

leave you nicholas (nickeless) like jack in shining. i love common's wordplay

[EndtheSorrow]

this song is da shit

[stuartmcgill]

hip hop ... pure hip hop

common sense

[CaLiKidd32]

This was tha perfect song to put at the end of "Smokin' Aces"

[Cable32]

Hell yeah !!! I just finished watching it. Fell asleep trying to watch it the first time and I woke up to this song and was like "this shit is Ill just like Will was" to quote Jadakiss. Who produced it though ? Was it just Dilla or was it a collab with him and Kanye?

[qnznyc]

it was the perfect song kidd

[ACL425]

so soulful....

[monsieurfrancais]

anybody else notice that the last hand shown in the video wouldn't have gotten you SHIT in poker? Somebody ain't playin cards at all XD

[dix0nyt]

lol

[seandjlips]

Man common u that dude

[monsieurfrancais]

common is a wordplay genius. u get robbed better yet jacked for diamonds.

let my guys in texas hold-em.

[montrealg04]

this was cold.. common goes hard. mad ups

[nativebearmanpig]

what is reco? he says reco a lot.

[soul2zion]

I think you're referring to where he says "Still I say 'regal'."

which is defined as "resembling a king"

This is the street radio for unsung heroes

Ridin' in a regal trying to stay regal - The People

[nativebearmanpig]

huh... thanks that helps. now i can really feel his musiq.THANKS

[lebebop]

I never though of it like that in the song the People, i always thought he was talking about an older Regal car. cool insight

[soul2zion]

I'm sorry the line is: Riding in a Regal (the car) trying to stay legal.

But there are other instances, on the 'Be' album I believe, where he uses 'regal'

[BeNicePlz]

Thanks for the knowledge bro.

[freshfresh64]

yeah that what im about.that shit rocks

[JacobJohn1313]

this song beats all the shitheads like soulja boi say yes if u agree

[regillicious]

souljah boy's dull, don't worth shit. THIS is what l call true music, l'm down with you homeboy!!!

[dix0nyt]

"I".

(if you down say I)

[utube23987]

couldnt agree more

[MajorG13]

I I I I I I I I II I I I I II I I I

[TerenYoung]

Mos Def

[Dinrai]

souljahboy is alright,but hed b better he made songs tht relate to the world

[MajorG13]

soulja boy aint got shit on common

he's lyrical assclown and common is a lyrical genius mastermind

[Dinrai]

well u summed up wat i was gonna say

[12054life]

That's Why He's Named "Common Sense". He Fits Things Perfectly.

[Dinrai]

i thought his name was common..

[12054life]

He Call Himself Common Sense, But People Calls Him Common For Short.

[Dinrai]

ah ok

[UnionBishop]

nah, well, its just that there was an artist with the name "Common" when he first started rapping, so he could have got sued, so he changed it to Common Sense

[imsothemanXD]

wrong you got it backwards he was common sense up till 97 when he was gonna get sued by some reggae band with the same name...... so he dropped sense and kept common..

[UnionBishop]

ah alrite, thx for correctin me

[buddahmunk99]

lol aint heard that one , but true

[chutchi1]

kill urself

[TorranceJPlaylist]

Man this song is crazy nice.

[Trojanblade25]

I've got this whole song on my phone. fucking ace!

[sillysausage01]

This guy is great. I love this track

[R0B0TRON]

sweet cut....common is real as f*ck.

[sarah12333]

nice track of a great album. This is the UK bonus track.

[curlycb81]

this song is the best part of that movie. And the movie was off the chain. One of my top ten movies of all time.

[kai63415]

common went hard on this 1.

[fistjedi]

This song was on Smokin' Aces...

[fistjedi]

I aint playing with a full deck, the government wont let me get a full check.

[AngelicSoul1986]

Why don't Common and Bilal just do a best of both worlds type of thing. Because these two brothers combined are definitely hot!

[upallnight4u]

To make peace you need a full clip common sense

[hatleopard45]

you should give them all As for that!

[himisfear]

sure should

[fistjedi]

This is A+ work!

[mpooh170]

This is hot my students put this on here.

[midnightstar8]

I came on to salute my soul sista after seeing Landon I do not know I like him. Good going dude.

[mpooh170]

Thank Yall for voting!!!

[JTheill]

great upload, thanks dude..

cant wait for the record to drop

[shuttlesworth45]

Common might have out done himself with this new album. I have heard nothing but snappers from this album. Snapper is what I call good music that makes me snap my fingers and bob my head at the same time. Good music is music that brings positive change and thoughts to our young. Not ignorant music that demeanors people, sex or harms are youth. check out the web site in 2weeks (3x)wdotsnappermusicdotorg

[leeperryismerry]

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