Tom: F minor•
Verse 1
Gb
Fm
Cm
Contrary to pop ular belief,
Fm
shit is hard out here, you know?
Gb
Db
Trying to feed my mind daily,
Gb
Fm
but I got all kinds of stress to deal with at home and out here on these streets.
And I ain't the only one though, but regardless of my conditions,
Gb
Db
Gb
a nigga can't just keep talking about thugging, or fucking, or balling.
Fm
Eb
When I get a chance, I got to say something,
Fm
do something, move something.
Gb
Sometimes you just can't say fuck it
Db
You can't do our people no
Gb
good if you're six feet deep
Fm
Or locked behind bars and spend
most of your time asleep
There's others out here trying
to make ends meet
Doing what they got to
Gb
And to those of you, keep pushing
To you ladies in centerfolds,
Fm
working to feed your kid s
I see you, keep pushing
To you niggas behind lenses,
Gb
Fm
Gb
moving work from them corners
To keep a roof on your head,
I feel you, keep pushing
Fm
To you niggas on the front of lenses,
still trying to get that piece of paper
Cm
Fm
Ab
I've been there he pushed
Gb
But to those you still shaking yo ass and
robbing your folks you can own a rolex
Fm
I have casual sex and I'll it tight
Yo we'll make it alright
Ab
We got mice, crookin' ladders,
gon' fight
Y 'all brothers study the math
Together
Revolution
come we get these messages last
I keep it tight
Yo we'll make it alright
Yo as long as we got mice,
Cm
Fm
Eb
Cm
crookin' ladders, gon' fight
Fm
Gb
We study god's ways
Db
Gb
Y 'all brothers study the math
Together
Revolution
Come we get these messages at last
a pearly gate to heaven
Sunday,
Eb
Fm
February 2nd, 1997
Gb
Me and my pops got the call, slightly 4 -11
My
Db
Uncle
Gb
Kenan ain't been seen and
Lord, there ain't no tellin'
Fm
Unanswered knocks at the door,
the phone is off the hook
Cm
Fm
Me and my pops decided it
was time to take a look
Eb
Fm
My hands shook,
Gb
my heart pounded till I couldn't think
Db
Gb
My blood was cold as I felt
my soul start to sink
Was it my link with
Big
Fm
Mama, may she rest in peace
We pulled off in the driveway,
Gb
I say there was a crease
Ab
Gb
Fm
Gb
Of light comin' from the porch,
Db
it shined toward the east
Gb
Off in the belly of this beast,
I'm prayin' in the least
Fm
Forced entry was the move,
the lock was on the door
And
God, we found my
Uncle
Kena lyin' on the floor
Gb
But somehow his calm face
had a tranquil glow
Because the problems of this world
Db
Gb
won't bother him no more
I simply smile,
Fm
cause I know we not the chosen ones
And one day I'll be with
Fm
Gb
But for now I know they watchin'
on the nearest cloud
And
God, if it be your will, see
I'ma make some proud
Fm
This earthly realm got me humble
with my head bowed
Db
Fm
I went from bragging,
sayin' nothin',
Lord, and talkin' loud
Gb
To writing rhymes and my
reps tryna keep it tight
Yo, that's my word,
Crooked
Letters tryna save your life
Cause I know
Keep it tight
Yo, we'll make it alright
Yo, as long as we got mics,
Crooked
God's way
Y 'all brothers study the math
Together, revolution,
come and get these blessings at last
I keep it tight
Yo, we'll make it alright
Yo, as long as we got mics,
Crooked
Letters gon' fight
We study
Y 'all brothers study the math
Together, revolution,
come and get these blessings at last
Fm
Ayo, y talk of revolution,
but y 'all don't really want none
I rebel penetrate,
Cm
Fm
Ab
Eb
while my foes run for their guns
Gb
An d they suds and clicks,
Db
shit I'm sick of the front
Gb
Synonym for your name is
Mr.
Lifetime
Clunk
Fm
So put it blunt or stump your roaches
Protect your neck like
Spree, well around coaches
Ab
Db
Fm
Bale, you lose your focus, I apologize
Gb
Db
Gb
I realize my ways ain't right
I saw
Tameka in
Atlanta, shakin' ass last night
Fm
About to stop it, but the club's here,
love at the door
You said, yo, my mom passed
Ab
while I was chillin' at
Clark's
Fm
Gb
Baby, it's cool, yo, chill,
Db
cause I did the scratch
Db
Bale, I graduated, and I give it right back
Gb
I say, man, don't even worry
Fm
Ab
Fm
about the things I can't
Cm
Just get that paper and make
Fm
a better way for the kids
Gb
Cause I know, I know, I know
Fm
You keep it tight, keep it tight
Yo, we'll make it alright
Yo, as long as we got mics crooked,
let us go fight
We study
Db
Gb
Y 'all brothers study the math
Together revolution till we get
these blessings that last
Fm
You keep it tight, I keep it tight
Yo, we'll make it alright
Yo, as long as we got mics crooked,
God's way
Y 'all brothers study the math
Revolution come and get this
Fm
Ab
Sometimes I wanna cry, but the egotistical side of my man
Gb
Db
hood doesn't quite let me finish this process
Gb
Stress plus the molestation of my
race weakens that part of my heart
God we didn't ask to be here
Cm
Fm
Ab
Fear covered with this sheer gut -rich anger drives me
Fm
to pick up a pen and summon the souls of my ancestors
Gb
I reach, upon the sound of my voice rise,
And thrust with the power of
God's love
Fm
Gb
Strike, and then all at once, I'm still rich
Fm
Past fears now bring about
Why should I fear what has
become a part of my soul?
Fm
Cm
Cold and deathless, or is it a game?
Ab
And in it all, I don't wish evil
Lord, I just wish they'd
We've molded this child called
Fm
America into the king that it is today
Cm
Fm
An d yet and still,
we still get no thanks
Well, fuck y 'all too, fuck y 'all
Gb
Still rich, still rich,
God knows
you
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