Common / I Used to Love H.E.R.

"I met this girl when I was ten years old,

and what I loved most: she had so much soul."

Common's storytelling skills peaked with this - the leading single of his '94 sophomore album Resurrection. He walks us through the story of his first love, using a running metaphor until the final bar to mask her true identity: hip-hop.

Where the words matter.

Most people in the world listen to music. Of those who do, a small percentage listen to hip-hop. Of those, every single one hears the lyrics. A minute percentage, however, listen to the lyrics. Lyrical Con10t is created for the small population that do. Every day I will post a track, old school or new, whose lyrics should at the very least impress you as pieces of literary excellence. Some might blow your mind. Others might change the way you see the world. Who knows? Stick around (subscribe) to find out.