Published: 2010-05-25 15:30 Selection chords: Sofia Davis
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Intro: F#mEDE
Verse:
F#mE
These ideas are, nightmares to white parents
DE
Whose worst fear is a child
E
With dyed hair and who likes earrings
F#mG#
Like whatever they say has no bearing
AB
Itʼs so scary in a house that allows, no swearing
F#mE
To see him walkin around with his headphones blaring
DE
Alone in his own zone, cold and he donʼt care
F#mG#
Heʼs a problem child, and what bothers him all comes out
AB
When he talks about, his fuckin dad walkin out
F#mE
Cause he just hates him so bad that he, blocks him out
DE
If he ever saw him again heʼd probably knock him out
F#mG#
His thoughts are whacked, heʼs mad so heʼs talkin back
AB
Talkin black, brainwashed from rock and rap
F#mE
He sags his pants; doo rags and a stockin cap
DE
His step-father hit him so he, socked him back
F#mG#
And broke his nose, his house is a broken home
AB
Thereʼs no control, he just letʼs his emotions go
Chorus:
F#m
Cʼmon! Sing with me (Sing!)
E
Sing for the year (Sing it)
DE
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (Cʼmon!)
F#mG#
Sing it with me, Just for today
DEC#
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away...
Verse:
F#mE
Entertainment is changin, intertwinin with gangsters
DE
In the land of the killers a sinnerʼs mind is a sanctum
F#mG#
Holy or unnholy, only have one homie
AB
Only this gun - lonely cause donʼt anyone know me
F#mE
Yet everybody just feels like they can relate
DE
I guess words are a motherfucker, they can be great
F#mG#
Or they can degrate; or even worse, they can teach hate
AB
Itʼs like these kids hang on every single statement we make
F#mE
Like they worship us, plus all the stores ship us platinum
DE
Now how the fuck did this metamorphosis happen?
F#mG#
From standin on corners and porches just rappin
AB
To havin a fortune, no more kissin ass
F#mE
But then these critics crucify you, journalists try to burn you
DE
Fans turn on you, attorneys all want a turn at you
F#mG#
To get they hands on every dime you have
AB
They want you to lose your mind every time you mad
F#mE
So they can try to make you out to look like a loose cannon
DE
Any dispute wonʼt hesitate to produce handguns
F#mG#
Thatʼs why these prosecutors wanna convict me
AB
Strictly just to get me off of these streets quickly
F#mE
But all they kids be listenin to me religiously
DE
So Iʼm signin CDʼs while police fingerprint me
F#mG#
Theyʼre for the judgeʼs daughter but his grudge is against me
AB
If Iʼm such a fuckin menace this shit doesnʼt make sense B!
F#mE
Itʼs all political, if my music is literal
DE
And Iʼm a criminal how the FUCK can I raise a little girl?
F#mG#
I couldnʼt; I wouldnʼt be fit to
AB
Youʼre full of shit too Guerrera - that was a FIST that hit you!
Chorus:
F#m
Cʼmon! Sing with me (Sing!)
E
Sing for the year (Sing it)
DE
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (Cʼmon!)
F#mG#
Sing it with me, Just for today
DEC#
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away...
Verse:
F#mE
They say music can alter moods and talk to you
DE
Well can it load a gun up for you and cock it too?
F#mG#
Well if it can, and the next time you assault a dude
AB
Just tell the judge it was my fault, and Iʼll get sued
F#mE
See what these kids do is hear about us totin pistols
DE
and they want to get one cause, they think the shitʼs cool
F#mG#
Not knowin we really just protectin ourselves
AB
We entertainers, of course the shitʼs affectin our sales
F#mE
You ignoramus, but music is reflection of self
DE
We just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail
F#mG#
Itʼs fucked up ainʼt it? How we can come from practically nothin
AB
to bein able to have any fuckin thing that we wanted
F#mE
Thatʼs why we, sing for these kids who donʼt have a thing
DE
Except for a dream and a fuckin rap magazine
F#mG#
Who post pin-up pictures on they walls all day long
AB
Idolize they favorite rappers and know all they songs
F#mE
Or for anyone whoʼs ever been through shit in they lives
DE
ʼTil they sit and they cry at night wishin theyʼd die
F#mG#
ʼTil they throw on a rap record and they sit and they vibe
AB
Weʼre nothin to you - but weʼre the fuckin shit in they eyes
F#mE
Thatʼs why we, seize the moment try to freeze it and own it
DE
Squeeze it and hold it, cause we consider these minutes golden
F#mG#
And maybe theyʼll admit it when weʼre gone, just let our spirits
AB
Live on through our lyrics that you hear in our songs and we can...
Chorus:
F#m
Cʼmon! Sing with me (Sing!)
E
Sing for the year (Sing it)
DE
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (Cʼmon!)
F#mG#
Sing it with me, Just for today
DEC#
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away...
F#m
Cʼmon! Sing with me (Sing!)
E
Sing for the year (Sing it)
DE
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear (Cʼmon!)
F#mG#
Sing it with me, Just for today
DEC#
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away...
Outro: F#mEDEF#mG#ABF#mEDEF#mG#ABC
