Artist: Common Feat Mos Def 
Album: Like Water From Chocolate 
Song: The Question 
Typed By: ABSOLUT GURU. (guru_afa@hotmail.com) 

Common (chorus) 
It's the questions (what) 
It's the questions (boy) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (come on) 
The questions 
It's the questions (boy) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (yea) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (Ya'll) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (dig it) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (shout it out) 


Common 
What's an emcee if the ?wall? aint got no back? 
What's the paper to a nigga if a nigga don't stack? 
Why do these girls look so good in the summer? 
If you got ta-dat-ta-dat-dap on your lady would ya wanna? 
Cause you answer the phone peace do that mean you not a freak? 
Cause ya recognize me I got to speak? 
Why you gotta act like a nigga all the time? 
Is a nigga your complexion or is it all in your mind? 


Common (chorus) 
It's the questions (what) 
It's the questions (boy) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (come on) 
The questions 
It's the questions (boy) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (yea) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (Ya'll) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (dig it) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (shout it out) 


Common 
If I'm intellectual then I can't be sexual? 
If I wanna uh-da-uh does that mean I lack respect for you? 
You's a grown man, why fuck that girl are you lustin? 
You got paper like that then why ya still hustlein'? 
Now you know your stomach to big to wear a shirt like that?!?! 
So why ya wanna go and do that? 



Mos Def 
Why ya wanna, why ya wanna, why ya wanna go do that love huh? 
Yo, why ya girl get getty when my name come up? 
How come the industry build careers that don't last? 
How come nigga's don't know but they front and don't ask? 
Man I don't know, I don't know 



Common (chorus) 
It's the questions (what) 
It's the questions (boy) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (come on) 
The questions 
It's the questions (boy) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (yea) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (Ya'll) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (dig it) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (shout it out) 


Mos Def 
Why they say never say never when they know that ain't right? 
Cause to never say never you done said never twice 
Why do I need ID to get ID? 
If I had ID I wouldn't need I.D. 
Why do these fine ghetto women got so much ass? 
Why did DR. Jay shave his beard and mustache? 
How ya got high expectations but got no patients? 
How come this joint name the questions is so John Blazin' ? 
Man I don't know, I don't know 


Common (chorus) 
It's the questions (what) 
It's the questions (boy) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (come on) 
The questions 
It's the questions (boy) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (yea) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (Ya'll) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (dig it) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (shout it out) 


Common (chorus) 
It's the questions (what) 
It's the questions (boy) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (come on) 
The questions 
It's the questions (boy) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (yea) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (Ya'll) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (dig it) 
It's the questions 
It's the questions 
It's the questions (shout it out) 

(Chorus repeated and faded out)