[Intro]
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C#m | E | F#m | C#m | E | F#m | F#sus4
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F#m | C#m
[Chorus (1)]
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C#m E F#m
Ain't no question, if I want it, I need it
C#m E F#m F#sus4
I can feel it slowly drifting away from me
C#m E F#m
I'm on the edge, so why you playin'? I'm sayin'
B A E F#m C#m
I will never ever let you live this do wn, down, down
C#m E F#m
Not for nothin' I've foreseen it, I dream it
C#m E F#m F#sus4
I can feel it slowly driftin' away from me
C#m E F#m
No more chances, if you blow this, you bogus
B A E F#m C#m
I will never ever let you live this do wn, down, down
[Verse 1]
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C#m E
Penitentiary chances, the devil dances
F#m
And eventually answers to the call of Autumn
C#m E
All of them fallin' for the love of ballin'
F#m F#sus4
Got caught with thirty rocks, the cop look like Alec Baldwin
C#m E
Intercentury anthems based off innercity tantrums
F#m
Based off the way we was branded
B A E
Face it, Jerome get more time than Brandon
F#m C#m
And at the airport they check all through my bag
C#m
And tell me that it's random
E F#m
But we stay winnin', this week has been a bad massage
C#m
I need a happy endin' and a new beginnin'
E F#m F#sus4
And a new fitted, and some job opportunities that's lucrative
C#m E
This the real world, homie, school finished
F#m
They done stole your dreams, you dunno who did it
B A E
I treat the cash the way the government treats AIDS
F#m C#m
I won't be satisfied 'til all my niggas get it, get it?
[Chorus (2)]
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C#m E F#m
Ain't no question, if I want it, I need it
C#m E F#m F#sus4
I can feel it slowly drifting away from me
C#m E F#m
I'm on the edge, so why you playin'? I'm sayin'
B A E F#m C#m
I will never ever let you live this do wn, down, down
[Verse 2]
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C#m E
Is hip hop just a euphemism for a new religion?
F#m
The soul music of the slaves that the youth is missin'
C#m E
But this is more than just my road to redemption
F#m F#sus4
Malcolm West had the whole nation standin' at attention
C#m E
As long as I'm in Polo smilin', they think they got me
F#m B
But they would try to crack me if they ever see a black me
A E
I thought I chose a field where they couldn't sack me
F#m C#m
If a nigga ain't shootin' a jump shot, runnin' a track meet
C#m E
But this pimp is, at the top of Mount Olympus
F#m
Ready for the World's Game, this is my Olympics
C#m E
We make'em say hoe 'cause the game is so pimpish
F#m F#sus4
Choke a South Park writer with a fishstick
C#m E
I insisted to get up off this dick
F#m B
And these drugs, niggas can't resist it
A E
Remind me of when they tried to have Ali enlisted
F#m C#m
If I ever wasn't the greatest nigga, I must have missed it
[Verse 3]
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C#m E
I need more drinks and less lights
F#m
And that American Apparel girl in just tights
C#m E
She told the director she tryna get in a school
F#m F#sus4
He said, "Take them glasses off and get in the pool"
C#m E
It's been a while since I watched the tube 'Cause like a
F#m B
Crip set, I got way too many blues for any more bad news
A E
I was lookin' at my resume, feelin' real fresh today
F#m C#m
They rewrite history, I don't believe in yesterday
C#m E F#m
And what's a black Beatle anyway, a fuckin' roach?
I guess that's why they got me sittin' in fuckin' coach
C#m E
My guy said I need a different approach
F#m F#sus4
'Cause people is lookin' at me like I'm sniffin' coke
C#m E
It's not funny anymore, try different jokes
F#m B
Tell 'em hug and kiss my ass, x and o And
A E
kiss the ring while they at it, do my thing while I got it
F#m C#m
Play strings for the dramatic endin' of that wack shit
C#m E
Act like I ain't had a belt in two classes
F#m
I ain't got it I'm comin' after whoever who has it
C#m E
I'm comin' after whoever, who has it?
F#m F#sus4
You blowin' up, that's good, fantastic
C#m E
That y'all, it's like that y'all
F#m
I don't really give a fuck about it at all
B A E
'Cause the same people that tried to black ball me
F#m C#m
Forgot about two things, my black balls
[Chorus (3)]
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C#m E F#m
Ain't no question, if I want it, I need it
C#m E F#m F#sus4
I can feel it slowly drifting away from me
C#m E F#m
I'm on the edge, so why you playin'? I'm sayin'
B A E F#m C#m
I will never ever let you live this do wn, down, down
[Verse 4]
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C#m E
Ayo, I done copped Timb's, lived in lenses, kid
F#m
Armani suits, fresh fruits, Bally boots and Benzes
C#m E
Countin' up, smokin', one cuff
F#m F#sus4
Live as a red Jag, a Louis bag, grabbin' a blunt, fuck it
C#m E
Steam about a hundred and one L's
F#m B
Kites off to jails, buyin' sweats, runnin' up in Stetson
A E
Nigga hat game was special
F#m C#m
It matched every black pair of Nikes, throwing dice for decimals
C#m E
The older head, bolder head, would train a soldier head
F#m C#m
Make sure he right in the field, not a soldier dead
E F#m F#sus4
That meant code red, bent off the black skunk The black dutch,
back of the old shed
C#m E F#m
If you can't live, you dyin', you give or buy in Keep it real or keep it movin', keep
grindin'
B
A E F#m
Keep shinin', to every young man, this is a plan
C#m
Learn from others like your brothers Rae and Kanye
[Chorus (4)]
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C#m E F#m
Ain't no question, if I want it, I need it
C#m E F#m F#sus4
I can feel it slowly drifting away from me
C#m E F#m
I'm on the edge, so why you playin'? I'm sayin'
B A E F#m C#m
I will never ever let you live this down, down, do
[Outro]
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C#m | E | F#m | B | A | E | F#m | C#m
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