[Intro]
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Cm7 Fm7 Cm7 Fm7
Ah, one two, one two, what's happening, fool?
Cm7 Fm7
I done been through a whole lot
Trial, tribulation, but I know God
Cm7
The Devil wanna put me in a bow tie
Fm7
Pray that the holy water don't go dry, yay, yeah
Cm7 Fm7
As I look around me
So many motherfuckers wanna down me
Cm7
But enemigo never drown me
Fm7
In front of a dirty double mirror they found me
[Chorus (1)]
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Cm7 Fm7
And I love myself Huh, ah when you lookin' at me,
ah tell me what do you see?
Cm7
I love myself
Fm7
Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the police
Cm7
I love myself
Fm7
Uh, illuminated by the hand of God, boy, don't seem shy
Cm7 Fm7
I love myself One day at a time,
huh
[Verse 1]
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Cm7 Fm7
They wanna say it's a war outside, bomb in the street
Gun in the hood, mob of police
Cm7
Rock on the corner with a line for the fiend
Fm7
And a bottle full of lean and a model on the scheme, uh
Cm7 Fm7 Cm7
These days of frustration keep y'all on tuck and rotation Yeah, I duck these
Fm7 Abmaj7
cold faces, post up fifiefofum basis Dreams of reality's peace
Cm7
Blow steam in the face of the beast
Abmaj7
Sky could fall down, wind could cry now
G Bb
Look at me motherfucker I smile
[Chorus (2)]
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Cm7 Fm7
I love myself Huh, ah when you lookin' at me,
ah tell me what do you see?
Cm7
I love myself
Fm7
Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the police
Cm7
I love myself
Huh
Ilrluminated
Fm7
All ya'll come to the front, ya'll
Cm7 Fm7
I love myself/Baby what about you? Come on
[Pre-Verse]
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Cm7 Fm7
Crazy, what you gon' do?
Cm7 Fm7
Lift up your head and keep moving, turn the mic up
Haunt you
[Verse 2]
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Cm7 Fm7
Peace to fashion police, I wear my heart On my
sleeve, let the runway start
Cm7
You know the miserable do love company
Fm7
What do you want from me and my scars?
Abmaj7 Cm7
Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence
How many times my potential was anonymous?
Abmaj7
How many times the city making me promises?
G Bb
So I promise this, nigga
[Chorus (3)]
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Cm7 Fm7
I love myself Huh, ah when you lookin' at me,
ah tell me what do you see?
Cm7
I love myself
Fm7
Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the police
Cm7
I love myself
Fm7
Uh, illuminated by the hand of God, boy, don't seem shy
Cm7 Fm7
I love myself
Huh
[Pre-Bridge]
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Cm7
Walk my bare feet
Fm7
Huh
Walk my bare feet
Huh
Cm7
Down, down valley deep
Fm7
Huh
Down, down valley deep
Huh
Cm7
Fi fie fo fum
Fm7
Huh
Fi fie fo fum
Huh
Cm7 Fm7
My heart undone
one, two, three
[Bridge]
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Cm7 Cm7
I went to war last night
Am7-5
With an automatic weapon, don't nobody call a medic
Abmaj7
I'ma do it 'til I get it right
Cm7 Cm7
I went to war last night
Am7-5
I've been dealing with depression ever since an adolescent
Abmaj7
Duckin' every other blessin', I can never see the message
Cm7
I could never take the lead, I could never bob and weave
Cm7
From a negative and letting them annihilate me
Am7-5
And it's evident I'm moving at a meteor speed
Abmaj7
Finna run into a building, lay my body...
Cm7 Cm7 Am7-5 Abmaj7
Not on my, not while I'm up here
[Spoken Word]
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Not on my time, kill the music, not on my time
We could save that shit for the streets
We could save that shit, this for the kids, bro
Two thousand fifteen niggas tired of playin' victim, dog
Niggas ain't trying to play vic...
TuTu, how many niggas we done lost?
How many...
YanYan, how many we done lost?
No for real, answer the que...
How many niggas we done lost bro?
This, this year alone
Exactly, so we, we ain't got time to waste time, my nigga
Niggas gotta make time, bro
The judge make time, you know that, the judge make time, right?
The judge make time so it ain't shit
It shouldn't be shit for us to come out here and appreciate the little bit of life we
got left, dog
On the dead homies, Charlie P, you know that, bro
You know that
Right, it's man, it's mando, right, it's mando
And I say, I, and I
And I say this because I love you niggas, man
I love all my niggas, bro
Exactly, enough said, enough said
And we gon' get back to the show and move on, because that shit petty, my nigga
Mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check
We gon' do some acapella shit before we get back to...
All my niggas listen, listen to this:
[Acapella]
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I promised Dave I'd never use the phrase "fuck nigga"
He said, "Think about what you saying: "Fuck niggas"
No better than Samuel on the Django
No better than a white man with slave boats"
Sound like I needed some soul searching
My Pops gave me some game in real person
Retraced my steps on what they never taught me
Did my homework fast before government caught me
So I'ma dedicate this one verse to Oprah
On how the infamous, sensitive N word control us
So many artists gave her an explanation to hold us
Well, this is my explanation straight from Ethiopia
N E G U S definition: royalty, king royalty
Wait listen
N E G U S description: black emperor, king, ruler, now let me finish
The history books overlook the word and hide it
America tried to make it to a house divided
The homies don't recognize we been using it wrong
So I'ma break it down and put my game in a song
N E G U S, say it with me, or say it no more
Black stars can come and get me
Take it from Oprah Winfrey, tell her she right on time
Kendrick Lamar, by far, realest Negus alive