When a nigga changed they keep saying that nigga strange
Couldn't see how my mind won't be the lame

from T.I. (Ft. Common & Pharrell) – Goodlife Lyrics on Rap Genius

Commons peers think his conscious rap style is strange vs their mainstream watered down style. Common is alright with this, he understands it doesn’t take intelligence to produce mainstream rap, mainstream rappers can’t see his perceptive.

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