Lyrics Joy And Peace - Commentary - Common

So "Joy and Peace" is the introduction to the album
And what I really wanted to get across was something
That would be like a spiritual introduction
It's like, I wanted people to feel like God in the music
The spirit of the music, the energy of like, inspiration, uplifting

But it's still like the beat itself had this, this hip-hop thing
So I can just rhyme and be in that, in that level of talking
Like different levels of spirituality
And it's really, joy and peace man, it's just me gettin'
To, to rhyme about that topic

And having Bilal and really, every vocalist
Who performed on the album, do the outro
And it was that intro that really took me
Because the intro was almost like
If you walk into a church or any spiritual setting
You know this guy is, is welcoming everybody

So "Joy and Peace" is a welcoming for me
From a lyrical perspective about, just...
About, this is God music