I Used to Love H.E.R.

[Produced by No I.D.]

[Producido por No I.D.]

[Chorus: Common]

[Coro: Common]

A-yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop

A-sí, sí, todos, y no paran

To the beat, y'all, and you don't stop

Al ritmo, todos, y no paran

Yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop

Sí, sí, todos, y no paran

A-one, two, y'all, and you don't stop

A-uno, dos, todos, y no paran

A-yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop

A-sí, sí, todos, y no paran

And to the beat, Com Sense'll be the sure shot, come on

Y al ritmo, Com Sense será el tiro seguro, vamos

[Verse 1: Common]

[Verso 1: Common]

I met this girl when I was ten years old

Conocí a esta chica cuando tenía diez años

And what I loved most, she had so much soul

Y lo que más amaba era que tenía tanta alma

She was old school when I was just a shorty

Ella era old school cuando yo era solo un chaval

Never knew throughout my life she would be there for me

Nunca supe que a lo largo de mi vida ella estaría ahí para mí

On the regular, not a church girl, she was secular

De lo normal, no era una chica de iglesia, era secular

Not about the money, though studs was mic-checkin' her

No le iba el dinero, aunque los tipos le probaban el micrófono

But I respected her; she hit me in the heart

Pero la respetaba; me llegó al corazón

A few New York niggas had did her in the park

Unos tipos de Nueva York la trataron mal en el parque

But she was there for me, and I was there for her

Pero ella estaba ahí para mí, y yo estaba ahí para ella

Pull out a chair for her, turn on the air for her

Le sacaba una silla, le encendía el aire

And just cool out; cool out, and listen to her

Y simplemente me relajaba; me relajaba y la escuchaba

Sittin' on bone, wishin' that I could do her

Sentado, deseando poder tenerla

Eventually, if it was meant to be, then it would be

Al final, si estaba destinado a ser, sería

‘Cause we related, physically and mentally

Porque estábamos conectados, física y mentalmente

And she was fun then, I'd be geeked when she'd come around

Y entonces era divertida, me emocionaba cuando aparecía

Slim was fresh, yo, when she was underground

La chica estaba fresca, yo, cuando era underground

Original, pure, untampered, a down sister

Original, pura, sin alterar, una hermana auténtica

Boy, I tell you, I miss her

Te digo, la extraño

[Chorus: Common]

[Coro: Common]

A-yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop

A-sí, sí, todos, y no paran

To the beat, y'all, and you don't stop

Al ritmo, todos, y no paran

A-yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop

A-sí, sí, todos, y no paran

A-one, two, y'all, and you don't stop

A-uno, dos, todos, y no paran

A-yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop

A-sí, sí, todos, y no paran

A-Com Sense y'all, and you don't stop

A-Com Sense, todos, y no paran

A-yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop

A-sí, sí, todos, y no paran

UAC, yo, we gotta be the sure shot

UAC, yo, tenemos que ser el tiro seguro

[Verse 2: Common]

[Verso 2: Common]

Now, periodically, I would see

Ahora, de vez en cuando, la veía

Ol' girl at the clubs, and at the house parties

A la chica en los clubes y en las fiestas caseras

She didn't have a body, but she started gettin' thick quick

No tenía cuerpo, pero rápido empezó a ponerse buena

Did a couple of videos, and became Afrocentric

Hizo un par de videos, y se volvió afrocéntrica

Out goes the weave, in goes the braids, beads, medallions

Fuera el pelo postizo, entran las trenzas, cuentas, medallones

She was on that tip about stoppin' the violence

Andaba en esa onda de detener la violencia

About my people she was teachin' me, by not preachin' to me

Sobre mi gente me enseñaba, no predicándome

But speakin' to me, in a method that was leisurely

Sino hablándome, de un modo tranquilo

So easily I approach

Tan fácil me le acercaba

She dug my rap, that's how we got close

Le gustaba mi rap, así nos hicimos cercanos

But then she broke to the West Coast, and that was cool

Pero luego se fue a la Costa Oeste, y estaba bien

'Cause around the same time, I went away to school

Porque más o menos por esa época, yo me fui a estudiar

And I'm a man of expandin', so why should I stand in her way?

Y soy un hombre que crece, ¿por qué iba a estorbarle?

She'd probably get her money in L.A.

Probablemente se ganaría la vida en L.A.

And she did, stud, she got big pub, but what was foul

Y lo hizo, viejo, tuvo mucha publicidad, pero lo malo fue

She said that the pro-Black was goin' out of style

Que dijo que lo pro-negro estaba pasando de moda

She said, "Afrocentricity was of the past"

Dijo: «el afrocentrismo es cosa del pasado»

So she got into R&B, hip-house, bass, and jazz

Así que se metió en el R&B, hip-house, bass y jazz

Now, Black music is Black music, and it's all good

Ahora, la música negra es música negra, y está bien

I wasn't salty she was with the Boyz n the Hood

No me molestó que anduviera con «Los muchachos del barrio»

'Cause that was good for her, she was becomin' well-rounded

Porque eso era bueno para ella, se volvía más completa

I thought it was dope how she was on that freestyle shit

Me pareció genial cómo se metía en eso del freestyle

Just havin' fun, not worried about anyone

Solo divirtiéndose, sin preocuparse por nadie

And you could tell by how her titties hung

Y se notaba por cómo le colgaban las tetas

[Chorus: Common]

[Coro: Common]

A-yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop

A-sí, sí, todos, y no paran

To the beat, y'all, and you don't stop

Al ritmo, todos, y no paran

A-yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop

A-sí, sí, todos, y no paran

A-one, two, y'all, and you don't stop

A-uno, dos, todos, y no paran

A-yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop

A-sí, sí, todos, y no paran

And to the beat, Com gotta be the sure shot

Y al ritmo, Com tiene que ser el tiro seguro

A-yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop

A-sí, sí, todos, y no paran

And you don't, check it, mm-mm-m, bust it, bust it

Y ustedes no... escucha, mm-mm-m, dale, dale

[Verse 3: Common, Jungle Brothers sample]

[Verso 3: Common, sample de Jungle Brothers]

I might've failed to mention that this chick was creative

Puede que se me haya olvidado mencionar que esta chica era creativa

But once The Man got to her, he altered her native

Pero en cuanto El Sistema le puso las manos encima, alteró su esencia

Told her if she got an image and a gimmick

Le dijo que si tenía una imagen y un gancho

Then she could make money, and she did it like a dummy

Podría hacer dinero, y lo hizo como una tonta

Now I see her in commercials, she's universal

Ahora la veo en comerciales, se volvió universal

She used to only swing it with the inner-city circle

Antes solo se movía con el círculo del gueto

Now she be in the 'burbs, lookin' rock and dressin' hippie

Ahora está en los suburbios, con look de rockera y vestida de hippie

And on some dumb shit when she comes to the city

Y haciendo tonterías cuando viene a la ciudad

Talkin' about poppin' Glocks, servin' rocks, and hittin' switches

Hablando de disparar Glocks, vender piedra, y correr con switches

Now she's a gangsta, rollin' with gangsta bitches

Ahora es una gangster, andando con chicas de pandilla

Always smokin' blunts and gettin' drunk

Siempre fumando blunts y emborrachándose

Tellin' me sad stories; now she only fucks with the funk

Contándome historias tristes; ahora solo anda con el funk

Stressin' how "hardcore" and "real" she is

Insistiendo en lo «hardcore» y «real» que es

She was really the realest, before she got into showbiz

En realidad era la más auténtica antes de meterse en el show business

I did her – not just to say I did it, but I'm committed

La tuve — no solo para decir que lo hice, sino que estoy comprometido

("Girl, he's committed...") But so many niggas hit it

(«Nena, él está comprometido...») Pero tantos tipos la tuvieron

That she's just not the same, lettin' all these goofies do her

Que ya no es la misma, dejando que cualquier idiota la use

I see niggas slammin' her, and takin' her to the sewer

Veo a tipos maltratándola, y arrastrándola a la alcantarilla

But I'ma take her back, hopin' that the shit stop

Pero voy a recuperarla, esperando que esta mierda pare

'Cause who I'm talkin' about, y'all, is Hip-Hop

Porque de quien hablo, gente, es del Hip-Hop

[Chorus: Common]

[Coro: Common]

A-to the beat, y'all, and you don't stop

A-al ritmo, todos, y no paran

A-yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop

A-sí, sí, todos, y no paran

Mainframe, yo, they gotta be the sure shot

Mainframe, yo, tienen que ser el tiro seguro

A-yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop

A-sí, sí, todos, y no paran

A-to the beat, y'all, and you don't stop

A-al ritmo, todos, y no paran

A-yes, yes, y'all, and you don't stop

A-sí, sí, todos, y no paran

A-one, two, Com Sense is gonna drop, haha

A-uno, dos, Com Sense va a soltarlo, jaja

[Refrain: Common]

[Estribillo: Common]

I used to love H.E.R, uh-uh, uh, uh

Yo amaba a Ella, uh-uh, uh, uh

I used to love H.E.R, uh-uh, uh, uh

Yo amaba a Ella, uh-uh, uh, uh

I used to love H.E.R, uh-uh, uh, uh

Yo amaba a Ella, uh-uh, uh, uh

I used to love H.E.R, uh-uh, uh, uh

Yo amaba a Ella, uh-uh, uh, uh

I used to love H.E.R, uh-uh, uh, uh

Yo amaba a Ella, uh-uh, uh, uh

I used to love H.E.R – quit fuckin' up the shit, y'all... buss it...

Yo amaba a Ella — dejen de arruinar esto, gente... vamos...

[Outro: The Five Heartbeats sample]

[Outro: sample de The Five Heartbeats]

"You ain't got your woman in check, man?"

«¿No tienes controlada a tu mujer, hombre?»

"I think you're over-stepping your bounds just a little bit..."

«Creo que te estás pasando un poquito de la raya...»

"I can't do this anymore"

«Ya no puedo hacer esto más»