Common On Gap Ad Lyrics, Dave Champipple, Seeing Peace In The Hood

Common Explains Gap Ad Lyrics

Here's a great little interview with Common from B.Kyle who I assume is the director and interviewer from the credits but B. makes it hard to know him, if you don't know him already.

In any case, it's Common during the filming of American Gangster dictating the lyrics live to his [rather saucy in a good way] assistant and explaining how he took a few bits of info from The Gap and came up with a rap that reflected his own concerns and values.

It also contains answers to questions asked by readers responding to the ads.

Answers received:
Dave Champipple is a way of playing  with Dave Chappelle's name and Champipple is a term for champagne used in Chicago [minus Fred Sanford's addition of Ripple].

He says "peace love and Gap" not "peace love The Gap".

When Common says,
"I seen peace in the hood when I stopped in the hood",
he says it's a way of speaking peace into existence since hip hop is already alive in the hood.

Thanks to Qt for the tip!