Kunci: B minor•
Intro 1
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C
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Eaug
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Verse 1
Em
Bm
Muffled sound of fist on flesh
No breath
Air gasps
G
Em
You ain't nothing but white trash, bitch!
Fm
Em
With each hit, each kick, each,
broken rib
Crack, crack!
Bones are crying
Bm
Mommy's crying and bleeding
And then
Daddy wants to fuck
Dick hard, swelled with power rush
And as if all that was
Fm
n't enough
Em
Mommy's seven
months heavy with birth
Bm
As, Daddy grunts and cursed drunk nothings
in her bloodied ear
Verse 2
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First, lullaby
First, son, will, ever, hear
G
Em
And never forget
D
G
Em
Mommy almost bled to death when she have him, finally
Verse 3
Em
She'd already lost, three
A
Uterus- bruised,
Em
And Friday nights were the
worse and
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Daddy never came with flowers
Em
G
Instead he spent hours at
With some bar pop named Cookie
G
Soiling Mommy's sheets with
Em
Cookie's cheap lip stick,
Asus4
Hair grease, sperm, and Jezebel juice
G
Em
To hell with the good news that
Verse 4
He was a father for the first time
His thirst for wine and women
A
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Clouded his vision
Bm
No warm welcome for mother and son
Just
Em
The rank smell of ass- crack, funk,
A
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But Mommy's prayerful
Em
strength- her best defense
She, burned the dirty linens
Made a fresh bed
A
G
Laid sleeping First Son down
Em
And never made a sound
Bm
Em
As she purged her scourge
G
With birth- blood and quiet tears
Watching as her fears an
A
Lie there in his soft skin and new life
Breathing, dreaming, fresh
Bm
Mommy's little survivor
Asus4
Em
Mommy called crazy and scorned
Verse 5
Cause she two more born
Em
One boy soon after
G
Although they were both sung the same
lullabies of hate
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Whose, womb- world was profaned
Em
Came of age playing street games
With Stewie, Rezzie, and Little
Brother
A
'Till his heart start to wither
G
Em
In pain and shame
Bm
Em
Blamed Mom for the wrong she
let Daddy do to her
And him
Asus4
G
Em
Let, sins of the Father cause his
innocence to wander
Found out amongst thieves
A
Chose to squander his dreams
Em
Stopped believing in himself
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Em
Become prodigal with his life
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Make impossible shit right with
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Em
Gang- ties, crime, lies
Bm
Erase wise, woeful words of
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Mother
A
D
Replaced them with absurdities of others
G
Bm
Who had also lost their way
Em
G
D
Played a different kind of street game now
Verse 6
G
First Son
plunged deep
Em
Speak street- family vows
Espouse no causes but his own
A
See, he couldn't protect Mommy's
Em
Bm
Or, protect Mommy's ass
from Daddy's wrath
Em
Couldn't shield her ears from
Em
Bm
His only defense- served
D
G
Brown bottles housed his swift descent
Bm
Phones called cops on block frequent
Em
for his shenanigans
A
D
G
Now, Daddy and him twins in addiction
Em
Driven to false- hearted
heavens and friends
G
Em
Had become what he des
Bm
pised from conception 'til end
G
Survived nine lives of staying high
Em
Bm
Conning, jewelry- pawning,
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G
Womanizing, only for money, never for sex
Em
Bm
Bullet in chest, baseball bat to the head
Em
G
Left for dead
D
G
So, eyes wide and glassy
Em
Bm
Speech, slowed and slurred
Em
Lips twitched with caked-
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Bm
one December 24th
Em
Mr. Hide and False Friend
D
G
Took final ride to suburban supplier
Em
Shots were fired by the gray man
With shaky hand
A
But not shaky enough to miss
Em
So- called Friend runs for door
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Leaves First Son blood- born
Em
Lying alone in blood on cold floor
Bm
Em
Death was the cause of Re
Verse 7
A
Bm
Em
Lost
Verse 8
D
Bm
Baby 'Sis awake for dawn on
Christmas morn
Em
To Mommy's sobs and shakes
Bm
Em
Daddy's silhouettes of regret
Bm
Em
Bm
Em
All past, omitted, and absolved by lost
Em
As they clung to each other
Outro 1
Knowing
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