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Common may refer to:

People

• Common (entertainer), Chicago based hip-hop artist, actor, and author formerly known as Common Sense
• Andrew Ainslie Common (1841 – 1903), English astronomer
• Jack Common, British novelist

Things

• Any occurrence with a probability greater than or equal to 50%^[1]
• COMMON, a Fortran statement
• COMMON, an IBM users' group
• A common language or lingua franca shared by speakers of different mother tongues
• A translation of a biblical term for ritual impurity, used by some common English translations of the bible.
• Commoner, someone does not hold a title of peerage.
• Common land a piece of land owned by one person, but over which other people can exercise certain traditional rights, such as allowing their livestock to graze upon it.
• Vernacular, as in a common (not scientific) name of a plant or animal

Other

• Dol Common, a character in The Alchemist (play) by Ben Jonson

See also

• All pages beginning with "Common"
• Commons (disambiguation)
• Come On

1. ^ Mathematical Statistics, Jun Shao, Springer Publications, 2005

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From Wikiquote

Common (rapper) at Tufts University Spring Fling 2008

Common (formerly Common Sense, born Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. on March 13, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Chicago-based hip hop artist.

Albums

Resurrection (1994)

• My style is too developed to be arrested
  It's the freestyle, so now it's out on parole
  They tried to hold my soul in a holding cell so I would sell
  but I bonded with a break and had enough to make bail
  • "Resurrection" (Track 1)

• But once the man got you well he altered the native
  Told her if she got an image and a gimmick
  That she could make money,
  and she did it like a dummy
  Now I see her in commercials, she's universal
  She used to only swing it with the inner-city circle
  Now she be in the burbs lickin' rock and dressin' hip
  And on some dumb shit
  • "I Used to Love H.E.R." (Track 2)

One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997)

• I fight, with myself in the ring of doubt and fear
  The rain ain't gone, but I can still see clear
  As a child, given religion with no answer to why
  Just told believe in Jesus cause for me he did die
  Curiosity killed the catechism
  Understanding and wisdom became the rhythm that I played to
  And became a slave to master self
  A rich man is one with knowledge, happiness and his health
  My mind had dealt with the books of Zen, Tao the lessons
  of the Koran and Bible,
  to me they all vital
  And got truth within 'em, gotta read them boys
  You just can't skim 'em, different branches of belief
  But one root that stem 'em, but people of the venom try to trim 'em
  And use religion as an emblem
  When it should be a natural way of life
  Who am I or they to say to whom you pray ain't right?
  That's who got you doin' right and got you this far
  Whether you say "in Jesus name" or "Al hum du'Allah"
  Long as you know it's a being that's supreme to you
  You let that show towards others in the things you do
  Cause when the trumpets blowin', 24 elders surround the throne
  Only 144,000 gon get home
  • "G.O.D. (Gaining One's Definition)" (Track 7)

Like Water for Chocolate (2000)

• Granted we known each other for some time
  but it don't take a whole day to recognize sunshine
  • "The Light" (Track 7)

• The revolution will not be televised
  The revolution is here
  • "The 6th Sense" (Track 9)

• The perseverence of a rebel, I drop heavier levels
  of unseen or heard, a king with words
  Can't knock the hustle, but I've seen street dreams deferred
  Dark spots in my mind where the scene occurred
  Some say I'm too deep, but I'm in too deep to sleep
  • "The 6th Sense" (Track 9)

• I'm the truth, across the table from corporate lies
  Immortilized by the realness I bring to it
  If revolution had a movie I'd be theme music
  My music, you can either fight, fuck, or dream to it
  • "The 6th Sense" (Track 9)

• This industry will make you lose intensity
  • "The 6th Sense" (Track 9)

• Cause federal and state was built for a black fate
  Her emptiness was filled with beatings and court dates
  They fabricated cases, hoping one would stick
  And said she robbed places that didn't exist
  In the midst of threats on her life and being caged with Aryan whites
  Through dark halls of hate she carried the light
  • "A Song for Assata" (Track 15)

Be (2005)

• The chosen one from the land of the frozen sun, where drunk nights get remembered more than sober ones
  • "Be (Intro)" (Track 1)

• Never looking back, or too far in front of me. The present is a gift, and I just wanna be.
  • "Be (Intro)" (Track 1)

• We got arms but wont reach for the skies
  • "Be (Intro)" (Track 1)

• Be the author of your own horoscope
  • "Be (Intro)" (Track 1)

• We write songs about wrong cause its hard to see right
  • "The Corner" (Track 2)

• I look into my daughter's eyes. And realize that I'ma learn through her. The Messiah, might even return through her. If I'ma do it, I gotta change the world through her
  • "Be (Intro)" (Track 1)

Compilations, Singles, and Cameos

• Yo...on the amen, corner I stood lookin' at my former hood
  Felt the spirit in the wind, knew my friend was gone for good
  Threw dirt on the casket, the hurt, I couldn't mask it
  Mixin down emotions, struggle I hadn't mastered
  I choreographed seven steps to heaven
  and hell, waiting to exhale and make the bread leavened
  Veteran of a cold war its Chica-i-go for
  What I know or, whats known
  • "Respiration", Black Star (1998)

• Tried to call, or at least beep the lord, but didn't have a touch-tone
  • "Respiration", Black Star (1998)

• Let the truth be told from young souls that become old
  From days spent in the jungle, where must one go
  To find it, time is real, we can't rewind it
  Out of everybody I met, who told the truth?
  Time did
  • "The Truth", Pharoahe Monch Internal Affairs (1999)

• Took a picture of the truth and tried to develop it
  Had proof, but it was only recognized by the intelligent
  Took the negative and positive, cause niggas got to live
  Said I got to get more than I'm given
  Cause truth'll never be heard in religion
  After searching the world, on the inside what was hidden?
  It was the truth
  • "The Truth", Pharoahe Monch Internal Affairs (1999)

Interviews

• I went to the movies — it was Kanye, myself and John Mayer, and we went to see "Ray." We were watching it, and I was just inspired by the movie, just as a musician and as an artist, I felt inspired. We left there and went straight to the studio. Kanye started cooking up this beat and started doing this chant, like, "Go, go, go," and while we were sitting there thinking what to write, John Mayer said, "You could write about your fantasy." And I was like, "Am I going to let John Mayer come up with the concept for this joint? This is hip-hop." But John Mayer is a very talented brother and you don't know where your blessings are going to come from. He was singing, and we made him a sample on it, going 'Go.' So it all came together and now we have the song 'Go!,' which is about going to my fantasy.
  • On working with Kanye West and John Mayer on the track "Go." (2004)(From MTV.com}

External Links

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• Common's official website

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

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English

Etymology

From Middle English comun from Anglo-Norman comun from Old French comun (rare in Gallo-Romance. Reinforced as a Carolingian calque of Frankish gemeini, gamaini "common" in Old French) from Latin commūnis (“‘common, public, general’”) from Proto-Indo-European *ko-moin-i (“‘held in common’”). Displaced native Middle English ȝemǣne, imene "common, general, universal" (from Old English ġemǣne "common, universal"), Middle English mǣne, mene "mean, common" (also from Old English ġemǣne "common, universal"), Middle English samen, somen "in common, together" (from Old English samen "together").

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: kŏm'ən, IPA: /ˈkɒmən/, SAMPA: /"kQm@n/
• (GenAm) enPR: kŏm'ən, IPA: /ˈkɑmən/, SAMPA: /"kAm@n/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɒmən
• Hyphenation: com‧mon

Adjective

common (comparative commoner or more common, superlative commonest or most common)

1. Mutual; shared by more than one.

   The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.

   Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors.

2. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.

   It is common to find sharks off this coast.

3. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity.

   Sharks are common in these waters.

4. Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
5. (grammar) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine categories of nouns.
6. Of or pertaining to uncapitalized nouns in English, i.e., common nouns vs. proper nouns
7. vernacular, refering to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs scientific name

Synonyms

• (mutual): mutual, shared
• (usual): normal, ordinary, standard, usual
• (occurring in large numbers or in a large quantity): widespread
• See also Wikisaurus:common

Antonyms

• (mutual): personal, individual
• (usual): rare, unusual, uncommon
• (occurring in large numbers or in a large quantity): few and far between, rare, uncommon

See also

• (English grammar): epicene, feminine, masculine, neuter

Translations

• Indonesian: umum, bersama

Noun

common (plural commons)

1. Mutual good, shared by more than one.
2. A tract of land in common ownership; common land.

Translations

Derived terms

• common name
• commonality
• commoner
• common gender
• the common good
• common noun
• commonplace
• commons
• commonsense
• House of Commons
• in common

From Wikispecies

• Ian Francis Bell Common (I. F. B. Common), lepidopterist.
• Ralph S. Common, lichenologist.