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[Verse 1]
Em11
Two tears in the bucket, I cry with you
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj9
But I could never lie with you
Em11
I could never afford not to afford
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj9
I could never put my plans to the side with you
Am9
I could never see a red light
Like a deer with a headlight
C6/D
I freeze up when I re-up
Em11
See, I barely have patience, and you're relating
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj9
Only the moment to complete us
Em11 Am7 Bm7 Cmaj9
Why you hate to work for it? Went to work for it
Em11
See a nine to five was so jive turkey
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj9
But when Thanksgiving came, that check didn’t hurt me
Am9
You plead the fifth, I read the fifth amendment
C6/D
We both criminals with bad intentions
Em11
They say time heals all
N.C
But if I can shortcut my success, Corvettes by tomorrow
[Hook]
Em11 Am7 Bm7 Cmaj9
Why so sad? Walking around with them blue faces
Em11
She said I’m down on my luck
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj9
And it’s something I gotta have, blue faces
Am9 C6/D
I hit the bank today and tell 'em color me bad, blue faces
Em11 D5add6
Get that new money, and it’s breaking me down
[Verse 2]
Cmaj9 Gmaj9
My home girl got a credit card scam
Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
She got a scholarship to college but she don’t give a damn
Cmaj9 Gmaj9
Intuition got a Black woman wishin'
Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
She tell me this on the phone with the noodles in the pan
Cmaj9 Gmaj9
I know you, woman, I console you, woman
Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
You feel like the universe owes you, woman
Cmaj9 Gmaj9
Oh, the anticipation, hoping you could make it
Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
Women don't prosper, chasin' education
Cmaj9 Gmaj9
But you're talented, and can't handle it
Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
And your homegirls can't be your manager
Cmaj9 Gmaj9
365 times four, plus more
Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
Can't get it right, tell me, do you got the stamina?
Cmaj9 Gmaj9
But ain't no money like fast money
Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
Even today, I'm considered a crash dummy
Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Amaj7/B
A rapper chasing stardom, how can I fast forward
My accolades better than all them?
[Hook]
Am11 Em11
But why so sad?
Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
Walking around with them blue faces
Am11 Em11
She said I’m down on my luck
Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
And it’s something I gotta have, blue faces
Am11 Em11 Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
I hit the bank today and tell 'em color me bad, blue faces
Am11 Em11 N.C.
Get that new money, and it’s breaking me down, to the top
[Bridge]
Am9
I love God, I love speed
Amaj7/B
I love drank, I love mead
Am9
I love oceans in the deep
Amaj7/B
I love women, I love me
Am9
I love God
Amaj7/B Am9
But I’m scared of godspeed
N.C
Sometimes
[Verse 3]
Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
I wrote this song looking at a broke home, maybe
Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
You know the poverty stricken the little broke boy and babies
Cmaj9 Gmaj9 Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
Somebody say "Kendrick American, they sho’ is crazy"
N.C
And I said “Why?”
Then he looked me in the eye, and said "Homie, you're messed up
Cmaj9 Gmaj9
You’re banking on good luck, you wishing for miracles
Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
Never been through shit, you’re crying hysterical
Cmaj9 Gmaj9
You settle for everything, complain about everything
Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
You say you sold crack, my world amphetamine
Cmaj9
Your projects ain’t it, I live in a hut
Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
I'm living to keep warm, I'm living to pay rent
Cmaj9 Gmaj9
I paid my way through, praying to Allah
Amaj7/B
You played your way through, dinner with wi-fi
Am9 D/E
Bullshitting yourself, you talking to strangers
Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
Same thing goes for the ones you came with
Am9 D/E
We all came on the boat looking for hope
Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
And all you can say is that you’re looking for dope
Am9
These days ain’t no compromise
Amaj7/B
Your pain ain’t mines half the time
Am9
A brand new excuse ain’t nothing to me
Amaj7/B
See, I made my moves, with shackled feet"
[Interlude]
Am11 D/E Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
Cape Town, Cape Town
Am11 D/E Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
Cape Town, Cape Town
Am11 D/E Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
Cape Town
Am11 D/E Amaj7/B
Cape Town, Cape Town
[Verse 4]
Am11 D/E
Cornrow Kenny
Amaj7/B C#m7/F# Am11 D/E
All morning with the mixed dashboards triple digits, skrr
Amaj7/B C#m7/F# D/E
Morning with the mixed dashboards triple digits, skrr, skrr
Amaj7/B C#m7/F# Am11 D/E Amaj7/B
Cornrow Kenny
Am11
So many plays on me I finesse
D/E Amaj7/B C#m7/F#
Palisade views with some sex
Am11
I lost a lot of love for missionary
D/E Amaj7/B
This the first time I react
C#m7/F# Am11
Me and Top is like a Kobe and Phil
D/E Amaj7/B
A father figure play with him, you get killed
C#m7/F# Am11
Play with me and he will kill you himself
D/E Amaj7/B
TDE the mafia of the west
C#m7/F# Am11
Move in silence, yeah, we juugin’ like that
D/E Amaj7/B
Act of violence, yeah, we juugin’ like that
C#m7/F# Am11
I did a lot of dumb things in my past
D/E Amaj7/B
Lord forgive me, hoping I don't relapse
C#m7/F# Am11
Dave just bought a new nine eleven
D/E Amaj7/B
Almost thought I’d seen another plane crash
C#m7/F# Am11
Q just bought a brand new McLaren
D/E Amaj7/B
Rock-a-lack about to buy the projects
Am11
Moosa got his son dripping in gold
Amaj7/B
Me? I'm about to let my hair down on hoes
Am11
Ali 'bout to let his hair down on hoes
Amaj7/B
Top billing, that’s a million a show
Am11
Might blow the no whammy on Soul
Amaj7/B
Might tell Obama be more like Punch
Am11
Sounwave got a Grammy this year
Fmaj13
Mack wop, bet he do what he want
Am11
Level two, level two, no, I’m not done
Amaj7/B
You ain’t gotta tell me that I’m the one
Am11
I could put a rapper on life support
Amaj7/B
Guarantee something that none of you want
Am11
Ten homies down and they all serving life
Amaj7/B
What is like twenty-five hundred a month?
Am11
What if I empty my bank out and stunt?
Fmaj11
What if I empty my bank out and stunt?
Fmaj11
You ain’t gotta tell me that I’m the one
Fmaj11
You ain’t gotta tell me that I’m the one
Fmaj11
You ain’t gotta tell me that I’m the one
Fmaj9/C
You ain’t got, you ain’t got, you ain’t got, you ain’t got
Gmaj9/D Am11
Tell me that, tell me that, that I'm the one
Amaj7/B Fmaj11
You ain’t got, you ain’t got, you ain’t got
Fmaj13
You ain’t got tell me that, what I’m the one
N.C
Yes, I’m the one