Intro: D#F#D#F#D#F#D#m
This is war with no weapons,
B
Marchin with no steppin,
F#
Murder with no killin,
A#
Ill in every direction.
D#m
First, no sequel,
B
Do the math, no equal
F#
A John with no Yoko,
A#
More power, less people,
D#m
And no Iʼm not afraid of that,
F#
Print it in your paperback,
G#
Every rapperʼs made in fact,
D#m
To act as a delayed attack,
D#m
Every phrase a razorblade,
F#
And save it till they play it back,
G#D#m
Slay Em leave Em layin on the paper bank,
fade to black,
D#m
In the wastelands of today,
F#
When thereʼs nothing left to lose,
C#
And thereʼs nothing more to take,
G#m
But you force yourself to choose,
F#D#m
In the wastelands of today,
F#
When tomorrow disappears,
C#
When the future slips away,
G#m
And your hope turns into fear,
A#D#F#
In the wastelands of today,
D#mB
Roll credits, forget it, the showʼs done,
F#
Theyʼre talking for just talkin,
A#
Meaning they got none,
D#m
None of you come proper,
B
They talk like a shotgun,
F#A#
But how many of you got bred with integrity, not one,
D#mF#
So no, Iʼm not afraid to see you suckas hold a blade to me,
G#D#m
Aint no way to shake the ground I built before you came to be,
D#mF#
Take it how you take it, Iʼm the opposite of vacancy,
G#D#m
And this not negotiation, I can hear you,
Wait and see...
D#m
In the wastelands of today,
F#
When thereʼs nothing left to lose,
C#
And thereʼs nothing more to take,
G#m
But you force yourself to choose,
F#D#m
In the wastelands of today,
F#
When tomorrow disappears,
C#
When the future slips away,
G#m
And your hope turns into fear,
G#m
And your hope turns into fear,
A#FF#G#D#F#FF#G#D#F#FmF#G#D#mFmF#G#
In the wastelands of today!
A#mB
In the wastelands of today,
F#
When thereʼs nothing left to lose,
B
And and thereʼs nothing more to take,
F#
But you force yourself to choose,
A#mB
In the wastelands of today,
F#
When tomorrow disappears
B
When the future slips away,
F#
And your hope turns into fear,
A#
And your hope turns into fear,
D#F#D#
In the wastelands of today!
F#D#F#D#
In the wastelands of today!
F#D#
In the wastelands of today!