Music Video
In the video for the song, Common visits his girlfriend, a deaf-mute woman (although this is not mentioned in the song itself). As she looks outside of her window, Common raps the verses to the song, while using cardboard signs to communicate the meanings of the words to her. After the second verse, he eventually proposes with the lines "I'm tired of the fast lane, I want you to have my last name." His girlfriend gladly accepts and they then drive off.
In the woman's room, behind her bed, there is a poster written in sign language. If one looks closely, it spells out "COMMON".
This video was nominated at the MTV Video Music Awards 2003 for the MTV2 Award, but it lost to AFI's "Girl's Not Grey."
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