Video Credits Visual ideation: ILLIMITÉWORLD Director: Marleaux Desiré Co Director: Phillip Miller Still Photography/Creative Director: Alonzo Hellerbach Executive Producer: Ryan Hahn Producer: Ross Ginsberg DP: Alexander Huynh 1st AD: Jayson Williams Production Coordinator: Mark Gower 1st AC: Brian Molloy 2nd AC/Loader: Gabriel Contreras Key Grip: Cole Frasher Production Designer: James Hayden PA: Mufasa Daddou PA: Jason Mukendi Set Security: Jerell White Set Security: Darryl Adams Editor: Marleaux Desiré Production Co: HPLA Creative Director: Adam Farrell Casting Director: Ariona Beninato Casting Assistant: Ivan Aranda Chess Grandmaster: James Jeffrey Mom: Shanaya Ortiz Twins: Ayden & Jaden Fighters: Mali Gibbs, Ackeil Lamothe 5 Percenter: God Allah Shah Police Officer: Mike Muniz Gym Extras: Askia, Sha Lyrics: Three wise man Came to visit where i’ve been they brought gifts with a south side blend One hand hennessy The other a book of street ministry The third gave a mirror And told me to remember me Assemblies of similes and metaphors Analogies that’s analog the reservoirs I come from niggas got that dog in em They become Gods No longer with hog in em I saw venom in the eyes of a snake The Solomon for common men i wise up the place Like a prize in a race That boy hold the metal by the Scars on his face I can tell he know the ghetto Where we both trying to get to It ain’t coincidental His on the street Mine is over instrumentals The Lord send my mental to be more than sentimental The ventricles that i vent through Are temples of what i’ve been through (CHORUS) Why don’t you wise up Show all the people in the place Holy ground and pillars Lord willers , drug dealers Monks with keys That Go-realer , Chicago-iller Some know Dilla Rich cars fulfill us Parent try to get their kids to 18 So they will us Young ins is restless Investment in vestes My man ain’t from Dallas But he know where the techs is Hold ‘em My poker face is golden Pedigree of a legacy that’s Stolen Wise like the old man With food in his beard And when he cry freedom It’s jewels in his tears Blues and the beers Outside interferes A sleuth for the truth It’s clues in the years I unruled the fears , So that i can get Biz Like the diabolical And do the improbable That anything is possible Ill but it’s logical Touched by black angels So you can feel the molecules (CHORUS) Why don’t you wise up Show all the people in the place Found Link: Wise Up - Single Pivot: Socials: Common Website: Instagram: Twitter: Facebook: TikTok: @common YouTube: @common Pete Rock Instagram: Twitter: Facebook:
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