Soul By the Pound by Common
Soul By the Pound by Common

Soul By the Pound

Common * Track #12 On Can I Borrow a Dollar?

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Soul By the Pound by Common

Release Date
Tue Jul 13 1993
Performed by
Common
Produced by
No I.D.
Writed by
No I.D. & Common
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Over the intro breakbeat from Tom Scott’s “Sneakin' in the Back,” Common drops “Soul By the Pound,” which was later remixed in the “Thump Mix” and used in the music video as the third single from Can I Borrow a Dollar?

Soul By the Pound Lyrics

[Chorus]
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"

[Verse 1]
I'm as "bad, bad" as Leroy Brown-Brown
Yo I'm a pro-pro, but not a noun-noun
If you got beef beef, then you'll get ground-ground
Cut up and sold-sold, by the pound-pound
I'm going downtown like Julie Brown, I'm the round mound
Not of rebound, but like a hound, I get down-down
Never wore a leash but I get loose
Producin somethin fresher than fruits
Got more soul than combat boots
Diggin' two scoops of raisins for the troops out of some blazers
So amazin' like Luther everyday Joe but not Bazooka
I used to be a hooper but now I troop to shoot a free flow
Me go with mi amigo, to see the man named Chico
The legal alienaeno, I roll the instrumentals
Like Jack I be like Nimble never gentle to a bimbo
Not your sex symbol so save that soft stuff for the Care Bears
The way I freak the funk OHHHH the Monkees sayin, "Hell yeah"
Correction, "Hell yes"; old folks wanna cuss
On how I walk talk and dress, they say my life's a mess
But I'm straight, are you straight? If you straight, then I'm straight
Rock me tonight, just for old time's sake

[Verse 2]
Back to our regularly scheduled program, program
I am so damn flam, I slam a slam, BAM, I slam
Like Conan the Barbarian, if you talk loud, I'll play librarian
'Cause see I want it quiet in here...
I Mark a Marky and a bunch of funky Uncle Thomases
Play like Christopher Williams cause I gotta keep my promises
To stick to my roots and not dilute cause, G, this ain't two colors
I'm tired of seein' these non rappin' dancin' motherfuckers

[Chorus]
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"

[Verse 3]
For a record sale a nigga'll sell his soul to go gold
And reach a large scale, sellin' for the pale male
And I can't tell, why for a ho you grow a tail
And stop drinkin' ale, the booty probably smell
Ain't no pussy worth a sale at least not for the kid to do a bid
Shit you musta flipped you lid, you was wit you slipped you slid
Got doodoo skids on my paper cause I got rhymes up the ass
If I pass gas, ducks fast or gets trimmed like a mustache
I must ask what's goin on with rap, white kids actin black
It's like McDonald's sellin' fatback
Get back to your Mac, that stuff is wack with all these dancetracks
I'm hearin' rap from Anthrax, my time the Caravan cracks
You're wack, that's the only thing that's black, Scooter
When we was on the streets, you was at home on your computer
I'mma shoot a diss well like a fist to all these wack groups
Rhymes are wack as hell! And they sample wack loops
I'm wonderin' how the hell they get a deal I still can't see that far
I feel like Cypress Hill, I could just kill an A&R
Or whoever's in Charge, it surely ain't Charles
But you ain't G-in hip-hop, cause it's ours

[Chorus]
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"

[Verse 4]
It's sick you sick I'm sicker, I flick a flea flicker
Think of that boa constrictor but the venom I inflicta
Is stricter, I stick I stick the stinkin' to a stunk
If soda was a forty dog, then I would be like drunk
If if was a fifth I would lift the fifth and a spliff
It's not a myth about our dick width
I'm swift and I shoot the presents
In essence count your blessings I got a Wessun if you riff
I'm a nigga with SOULLLLLLLLLL
My last name should be Smith-sonian
I'm gassin girls heads, just like petroleum
Get em ready to bone me and, then I play custodian
And turn off the lights this is the likes of a
Ticketing wallowing high jumping radio rumping brother
Got Seoul like Korea gimme an inch I'll take a liter
A chick is a chick that's how I treat her
Never go pop I'm not a two liter
A true leader, don't choose to follow, choose what I swallow
Whether water or a beer bottle, of course I play the lotto
Wear em? No, share em? A ho
I like the girls the girls I share a life with a bro
Cause U-A-C is family, much tighter than foundations
That holds up the walls, so you better proceed with caution

[Chorus]
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"
"Gimme a pound"
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"
"Gimme a pound"
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"
"Gimme a pound"
"Gimme a pound, thank you, man"
"Gimme a pound"

Soul By the Pound Q&A

Who wrote Soul By the Pound's ?

Soul By the Pound was written by No I.D. & Common.

Who produced Soul By the Pound's ?

Soul By the Pound was produced by No I.D..

When did Common release Soul By the Pound?

Common released Soul By the Pound on Tue Jul 13 1993.

What did Common say about "Soul By the Pound"?

I feel like that was the record that broke us out of being just some guys from Chicago. I think people heard that record and said ‘Those guys are dope.’ The remix actually meant more than the original to me. It was the third single from Can I Borrow A Dollar, so by the time we did the video, we had...

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