Just last week Common announced his 10th studio album, Nobody’s Smiling, which will hit stores through a new partnership with Def Jam on July 22. The album marks a reunion with Common’s longtime producer No I.D., and together they built a concept album inspired by violence in Chicago.

Today, Common liberates “Speak My Piece”. Backed by primal percussion and a brief sample of Notorious B.I.G.’s “Hypnotize”, Common proudly reps his hometown pride, spitting, “I lay it for the world, for Chicago I stand” deriding the inner city violence while proving Common still believes in the hope of renewal and for civic pride. Listen to it above.