Kunci: A minor•
Verse 1
Am
Yeah Brooklyn stand up
Em
Dm
Salay white my brothers
Am
Yeah soldiers take orders
Dm
Em
Am
African warriors take off
Em
You know what I'm talking about
Dm
Dead prayers what it do man
Yeah y don't get this
Dm
Am
Don't get fucked up bout
this movement homeboy
Em
Dm
Yeah Free Mamiya Matula
Am
Yeah we in this struggle together nigga,
Dm
Am
you ain't the only one
I know you're back against the wall baby
Em
I know you probably think me
and my niggas all shady
Dm
Is it because you see us
standing on the blacktop?
Am
Blowing this weed in the air,
Dm
pumping this crack, right?
ain't no work for a felon
Em
The only work I put in,
is with this MAC -11
Dm
That's how they want it though,
they'll let a nigga die
They'd rather give a nigga life
Dm
Am
This shit genocide,
and though I play my part to it
Em
That's where they put me
I'm a product of thug livin',
Dm
that's where it took me
Livin' my life on the edge
Am
Gettin' this money, but nigga,
This life we live, nigga, is suicidal
Em
But my nigga, I'm home,
it's a part of survival
Dm
We been poor, it's hard just bein' that
Am
Dm
But harder than that, nigga,
Em
Am
is bein' black one
You livin' like you grown,
Em
you out there in the cold
You feelin' like you all alone,
Dm
you ain't the only one
You by yourself,
just lookin' for some help
Am
Dm
Just remember my nigga
Am
you ain't the only one
Living like you grown,
Em
you out there in the cold
You feeling like you're all alone
You by yourself,
you're looking for some help
Am
Dm
Just remember my nigga
You ain't the only one
Out there struggling, striving,
Dm
While sucker niggas ducking and diving
And switching and snitching
and bitching
I'ma turn this kitchen up
a thousand degrees
Am
Dm
I'm about to get it Africa hot
Em
Am
I got a 50 nigga theory
like Machiavelli,
Em
really 50 niggas in every city,
Dm
what more could you tell me?
But some niggas kill me faking
like it's more than it is
Am
I mean I see through them
Dm
Em
but they just fuck it up for the kid s
Am
But now I roll with a selected
pack of niggas
who will check the facts
Em
An d ain't no after that,
it's how we deal
Dm
with disrespectful acts
Nam -myoho -renge -kyo,
Am
just ask these old folk,
Dm
Em
y 'all they know
they all used to blow trees
Em
And reason bout what's really
Dm
going on with the world
So I'ma sit here and do it too,
and let it do what it do
Am
Dm
Cause me and Messy Marv
Am
about to give you a perl, perl
When you livin' like you grown,
Em
you out there in the cold
You feelin' like you all alone,
You by yourself,
you lookin' for some help
Am
Just remember my name,
Dm
Am
you ain't the only
You ain't the only one
When you livin' like you grown,
Em
you out there in the cold
You feelin' like you all alone,
You by yourself,
you lookin' for some help
Am
Just remember my name,
Dm
Am
you ain't the only one
My life was saturated block
with the glitter and glisten
Em
Dead prayers I tried to tell em
Dm
but my people wouldn't listen
The young homie had to
break em for his Jacob
Am
Now death returns to the home,
Dm
Am
this shit is sacred
Young for the cause,
like that nigga Nat Turner
Em
Keep my hand on my Bible,
other hand on my burner
Dm
If we came back to life,
I'd live it again
Am
Dm
Even though it's like life in a pen
Am
Being black, nigga, was one
just came home from jail, dawg,
I'm still in hell,
Dm
all they did was open my cell
I'm still black,
Am
still pouring the press
This cracker system still
Dm
Em
on the nigga back
Am
The only way to go is up,
we been down so long
Em
I need my freedom, now I don't need it
Dm
when I'm dead and I'm gone
Every hood I see the same
old shit going on
Am
Em
Dm
Just gotta maintain, keep my focus,
Am
Cause I'm living like you grown
Em
You out there in the cold
You feeling like you all alone
Dm
You ain't the only one
You by yourself
You looking for some help
Just remember my name
Am
You ain't the only one
Living like you grown
Em
You out there in the cold
You feeling like you all alone
You by yourself
You looking for some help
Just remember my name
Am
You ain't the only one
Em
Ay, just look in the mirror, black man
Dm
What is your purpose on this earth?
What is you ridin' for, homeboy?
E
Am
Is you ridin' for a cause?
Em
If you ain't, you ain't doin' shit,
nigga
Dm
You just another statistic, nigga
You just another nigga
E
You know what I'm talkin' about?
It's hard enough we poe,
and got to do without
Em
But even harder than that,
Am
is being black homeboy
Em
And being able to smile
Dm
throughout all this shit
You know what I mean?
Am
Dm
Set up for a nigga to lose, man
E
Am
What you gon' do?
Em
My advice to you, brother,
Dm
is stand tall, be strong
Am
We in this shit together,
Dm
Am
we ain't the only one
You
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