[Intro]
Gm Gm Bb A Dm
Yeah, haha, yeah, gun shots in your area, gun shots in your...
[Hook]
Gm Bb
Me and my niggas really tryna stay paid
Ab
Me and my niggas we just tryna stay paid
Bb
Me and my niggas really tryna stay paid
Ab
Just tryna get rich in the next seven days, but
Gm Bb
Me and my niggas really tryna stay paid
Ab
Me and my niggas we just tryna stay paid
Bb
Me and my niggas we just tryna stay paid
Ab
Just tryna get ends for the rest of our days
[Verse 1]
Bb
Ain't tryna be a slave, I can't be bought
Ab
Ever since I caught the wave, I can see shore
Bb
And I ain't tryna see floor, I'm 'bout to blow like a C4
Ab
Niggas changed like the seasons and I can see salt
Bb
I keep one eye open, I can always see all
A Ab
This one for my niggas hustling tryna seek more
Bb
For my brothers in the pen, tryna see again
Ab
Squeezing triggers on my niggas with the clippers like C. Paul
Gm Bb
That was sorrow to the children of tomorrow
A Ab
Another pill swallowed and a bottle of Moscato
Gm Bb
Shots follow like a train, this shit never end
Ab
Same city, different boroughs, so we can't be friends
Gm Bb
I can't pretend this shit don't bother me
Ab
Money for lottery but can't solve poverty
Gm Bb
The streets is starving me, of all my good wills and my sovereignty
A Ab Gm
I hope my people don't dishonor me, but I'm just tryna get paid
[Hook]
Gm Bb
Me and my niggas really tryna stay paid
Ab
Me and my niggas we just tryna stay paid
Bb
Me and my niggas really tryna stay paid
Ab
Just tryna get rich in the next seven days, but
Gm Bb
Me and my niggas really tryna stay paid
Ab
Me and my niggas we just tryna stay paid
Bb
Me and my niggas we just tryna stay paid
Ab
Just tryna get ends for the rest of our days
[Bridge]
Ab
We just tryna stay paid
A
My niggas tryna stay paid
N.C.
Wonder if heaven got a ghetto
F
But I ain't tryna be no slave
Gm Bb
Cause we just tryna stay paid
Am F
My niggas tryna stay paid
Gm Bb Dm
Wondering if heaven got a ghetto
Am Ab Gm
Cause I ain't really tryna be a slave
[Verse 2]
Bb
Now you could be the prophet or you could be the scholar but what's power?
Ab
Is knowing that your knowledge make you richer than the dollar
Bb
Who couldn't afford college, but nigga paid attention
Ab
Dropped out and now he getting paid for attending
Bb
But that ain't my message, just the road that I stepped in
Ab
My curse and my blessings, watch as life teach lessons
Bb
People wanna bet that I walked it off, folks, uh
Ab
Here's a silver spoon full of salt, it's your call
Bb
Just please don't leave me spoilt for too long, you know time
Ab
That old man's blind, couldn't see him, doing the crime
Bb
Oh, sweet, mother of mine, ya child will come to grow
Ab
Weathers on that wise dome so I always come to know
Bb
Just don't get too comfortable, seek knowledge and get the dough
A Ab
Cash will come when you see your people open up your soul to them
Gm Bb
Cause they the only one that know the way you feel
F
I move [?] 'til I'm in my holy feel
Gm Bb
And if you knew me, then you probably know me still
Ab
And I ain't make it yet but know I strictly will
Bb
This ain't no time to chill, it's time to collect
Ab
Time to step it, you respect, yo, with that mic check, uh
[Hook]
Gm Bb
Me and my niggas really tryna stay paid
Ab
Me and my niggas we just tryna stay paid
Bb
Me and my niggas really tryna stay paid
Ab
Just tryna get rich in the next seven days, but
Gm Bb
Me and my niggas really tryna stay paid
Ab
Me and my niggas we just tryna stay paid
Bb
Me and my niggas we just tryna stay paid
Ab
Just tryna get ends for the rest of our days
[Bridge]
Ab
We just tryna stay paid
A
My niggas tryna stay paid
N.C.
Wonder if heaven got a ghetto
F
But I ain't tryna be no slave
Gm Bb
Cause we just tryna stay paid
Am F
My niggas tryna stay paid
Gm Bb Dm
Wondering if heaven got a ghetto
Am Ab Gm
Cause I ain't really tryna be a slave