Common Ground

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Common Ground by Jack Harlow

About Common Ground

“Common Ground,” the introduction to Jack Harlow’s third full-length studio album, Jackman., Harlow is seen rapping about the divide and arrogance between white-suburban children and black children raised in poorer neighborhoods, where each’s paths eventually cross. The evident use of the string instruments and snares in the song’s background supports the build-up to Jack’s eventual raspy flow and voice in which he raps about the misuse of the N-word in suburbs. .

Common Ground Lyrics

[00:00.05] Will I see you?
[00:05.76] Just talkin' 'bout what I see
[00:07.66] It's not opinion based, it's just, just shit I see
[00:14.69] The suburbs are filled with ebonics and trap sonics
[00:17.02] Frat boys saying "no cap, put racks on it"
[00:19.32] The dialect got a lil' splash of some black on it
[00:21.73] Cap and gowns bought by the money in dad's pockets
[00:24.18] White girls squattin', tryna get that ass poppin'
[00:26.74] Caught back talking to their mom and dad's often
[00:29.30] Reciting rap lyrics about murder and cash profit
[00:31.43] Get to feel like a thug but don't have to act on it
[00:34.04] Local homicide rates got 'em astonished
[00:36.19] Reading 'bout it on a laptop in pajamas
[00:39.27] Microsoft Office to complete their assignments
[00:41.35] Never seen the hood still can't help but have comments
[00:43.79] Never had a convo' with a kid from that climate
[00:46.34] That really has trauma, that really got taught to survive by any means
[00:49.77] Fuck bitches, stack commas
[00:51.37] Common ground ain't that common
[00:54.96]
[00:58.46] The festivals are filled with Larry Bird jerseys
[01:00.84] College students in a hurry to jump to a four-count and say the "n word"
[01:04.06] Business interns taking molly then percs
[01:06.35] Trampling on top of bodies in dirt
[01:08.20] Condescending suburban kids growing up to be rap journalists
[01:11.17] Writing urban myths about who they think is the best urban kid
[01:14.07] And who the worst is and who's authentic
[01:15.81] And what the real hip hop is, and who's all in it
[01:18.59] Thrift shopping for articles and garments that feel like they came from a foreign environment
[01:22.95] Second hand Bape Supreme and Gallery Department
[01:25.62] Anything to feel less harmless
[01:27.23] Adderall dealers, carrying round guns just to make it feel realer
[01:31.12] House with white pillars
[01:32.28] No rough just diamonds
[01:33.30] The education private, it's all by design and
[01:36.49] Common ground ain't that common
[01:37.87]

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