🎵 When The Sun Shines Again // by Common

21 ContributorsWhen The Sun Shines Again Lyrics [Intro] Sunshine, sunshine Sunshine, sunshine Sunshine [Chorus: Bilal] When the sun shines again (Sunshine, sunshine) We are one, we will win (Sunshine, sunshine) When the sun shines again (Sunshine, sunshine) We are one, we will win (Sunshine) [Verse 1: Common] I was born, son of Mahalia, so I received the Gospel Told to go spell it and bring it back to Chicago Rap's du Sable for the street apostles The big payback for the dollar that I borrowed Bust raps for tomorrow Where the guns clap and go bravo My pops was a genie, living in the bottle Light and dark in us, our own vitiligo In Pentecostal Chicago, bravado and bravery We went from cargo and slavery To God flow they pay to see And took agency for what we' made to be With no reservations, I sit niggas down like a maitre d' Money ain't swaying me, that's the Dave in me Some took shots over bars, they ain't grazin' me The way I move from A to B, they hate to see The heart can sing a song for me to live gratefully [Chorus: Bilal | Posdnous] When the sun shines again (Sunshine, sunshine) We are one, we will win (Sunshine, sunshine) When the sun shines again (Sunshine, sunshine) We are one, we will win We here to win (Sunshine) [Verse 2: Posdnuos] Yo, I'm not the life of the party, I'm aspiring to the cause That align with the laws When you tally the assessment Of where lyrically best went – it's me on all fours So they say that I'm a GOAT – but, that I do ignore 'Cause a goat can be slaughtered and cooked up in curry And ate up in a hurry And that I can't afford, but Never ignore the fact – me and Com Is part something from the Qu'ran Or maybe part Corinthians Part Nigga like that group Cube or Ren be in–or was in Either way, knock 'em down by the dozen While cheers we're hearing They understand that wealth is the vehicle and knowledge be the steering When the sun – [Chorus: Bilal] When the sun shines again (Sunshine, sunshine) We are one, we will win (Sunshine, sunshine) When the sun shines again (Sunshine, sunshine) We are one, we will win (Sunshine) [Verse 3: Common] I sat in the wind and knew not to pretend So many stories in a grin, the auditorium of him I'm him, even when the world didn't hear me I had to spell it out like KRS did "Jimmy" – "The J, the I" I go hard like it is to say goodbye You don't want beef when the stakes is high Before I took off, I had to pray to fly My faith and I – I keep one eye open, I'm the Black Jack Sparrow The God in the details, I rap that thorough And listen to women, and give 'em biofeedback They need that, and still lay pipe like Three Stacks Over these tracks, I relapse like a dope fiend sprinter Who's talkin' 'bout snow, but he don't mean winter The sun shines again, what's due is all praises Spit bars, get my people out of cages [Chorus: Bilal] When the sun shines again (Sunshine, sunshine) We are one, we will win (Sunshine, sunshine) When the sun shines again (Sunshine, sunshine) We are one, we will win (Sunshine) [Outro Scratches] ("Sun—, sun—, sunshine, sun—, sun— Sunshine plays a major part in the daytime") ("Child—, child of the sun") ("Sun—, sun—, sun—, sun—, sun— Sunshine plays a major part in the daytime") ("Child—, child of the sun") ("Sun—, sun—, sun— Sunshine plays a major part in the daytime") ("Child of the sun") ("Sun—, sun—, sun—, sun—, sun— Sunshine plays a major part in the daytime") ("Child of the sun") ("Sun—, sun—, sunshine, sun—, sun—, sunshine, sun—, sun—, sunshine") ("Child—") ("Sun—, sunshine, sunshine Sunshine plays a major part in the daytime") ("Child of the sun") ("Sun—, sun—, sun—, sun—, sun—, sun—, sun—, sun—, sun—, sun—, sun—, sunshine Sunshine, sunshine Sunshine plays a major part in the daytime") ("Child of the sun")