Chords for A Tribe Called Quest - Movin Backwards (ft. Anderson .Paak)
Tempo:
89.15 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
Bb
F
C
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I hope my legendary [F] style of rap lives on, affixed to the earth [C] like my feet, they got
feet so I'm moving back whenever that was never [F] the plan, pushing shit along, render
[Am] stillness in the quicksand, asphalt, [F] junkie, lyrical, concrete, my jetta I be moving me
through other [Dm] many dark streets, backwards, blue, [F] dark, whatever terrain, of V doesn't
even know [C] how many feet I ain't the same, I wanna do some juicy shit, ain't [F] paid for
reversing and trudging through these motherfuckers verse, [Dm] I be footprinting, never ever cold
shrinking, yo [F] shit free fitting, grab [Dm] my shit with both hands, [G] iron grip, steel mitting,
lobe-iated, [C] lobe-iated [F] and I was born, [Dm] closed mouth, don't get fed, or move ahead to my
hustlers, husk [F]-muzz, all my chicks being petty, trap lords with the fetty, [Dm] don't be no backwards
[F] no, no backward ass nigga, don't be [C] no backwards no, no backward ass nigga, [Dm] don't be no backwards
[A] [F] no,
[F]
no
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[G] [Bb]
[F] backwards [Bb]
[F] no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards
[B] no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards
no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards
[F] they wanna see my downfall, turn a good day into a downfall, thorns [Bb] in the crown, heavy
cross [Am] out there, why they wanna see me hanging [Dm] like a tassel, [Bb] one hot, [Em] two deals, three [Bb] years,
a hard steal, how I'm feeling in my mind [F] right here, I think I'm moving, I ain't going [Dm] nowhere,
[Bb] nowhere, nigga, where I [C] belong, [Dm] yeah, [Bb] how I'm supposed to know how [F] it all feels, I ain't
even on my home [Dm] field, and nigga, I feel [Bb] lost, [C]
what's not a cruise to ride [F] us here,
nigga, I [Bb] feel [Em] lost, and I refuse to be stuck [Bb] right here, yeah, [Am] don't want to go backwards
[Dm] no, [Bb] can [C] somebody just give me, can somebody just give [Dm] me, can somebody just give me direction,
[Bb] I don't [C] want to go backwards [F] no, [Bb] can [Am] somebody just give me, can somebody just give [Dm] me, can somebody just give me direction,
[Bb] I don't [Am] want to go backwards [Dm] no, can I bet [A] I was content being my [Em] own man, up until that night ill faded,
[Dm] walking home I was faded, Coco's racist [Bb] on my wrist like he was [Am] clapping his hands, how demeaning y'all,
who could be blind [F] to racism, bring [A] Roro to me for the [C] brotherly baptism, instead of slap give [Dm] him the dose of ad [F] wisdom,
he'll make it out of the jungle [C] some way, hey, it's figurative [Dm] not a real place you stay,
hey, [Bb] it's mind game deal with muck and [C] malaise, uh, I got direction [Dm] without using ways,
mmm, submitted myself to praying [C] these days, yeah, we walking [Dm] backwards is only for stay,
better [Bb] turn it up, move [C] how you get, and everybody stays [Dm] in the end,
4, 5, 6, get your ass [C] found somewhere, come between hope [Bb] and despair,
say it loud, what it take to make my niggas listen,
[C] somebody give me, somebody give me, [Dm] somebody give me,
cool out, chill [Bb] out nigga, I'm cool, [Am] cool out nigga, nah nigga, [Dm] I'm through,
head down, ain't no telling what you gone through,
[Am] somebody give me, somebody give [Dm] me, can somebody just give me direction,
I don't [C] want to go backwards, [Bb] [Dm] no,
got me killing these niggas [E] every way, maybe we should get some girls too,
she come around every [C] now and a few, man I hope she really [Dm] loves you,
[Bb] living high ain't hard to do, [C] should be in the [Dm] clouds somewhere,
feeling fresh, I'm taking bitches [Am] out of here, might even take your [Dm] ball too,
oops, I'm taking you [C] out of here, tell my mama I'm a [Dm] slide through,
still up, I'm [Bb] trying to make it out of here, [C] but stuck up in the [Dm] same room,
[Bb] turning up in my house in here, [C] taking you down to [Dm] drive through,
[Bb] [Em]
[Dm] [Eb]
feet so I'm moving back whenever that was never [F] the plan, pushing shit along, render
[Am] stillness in the quicksand, asphalt, [F] junkie, lyrical, concrete, my jetta I be moving me
through other [Dm] many dark streets, backwards, blue, [F] dark, whatever terrain, of V doesn't
even know [C] how many feet I ain't the same, I wanna do some juicy shit, ain't [F] paid for
reversing and trudging through these motherfuckers verse, [Dm] I be footprinting, never ever cold
shrinking, yo [F] shit free fitting, grab [Dm] my shit with both hands, [G] iron grip, steel mitting,
lobe-iated, [C] lobe-iated [F] and I was born, [Dm] closed mouth, don't get fed, or move ahead to my
hustlers, husk [F]-muzz, all my chicks being petty, trap lords with the fetty, [Dm] don't be no backwards
[F] no, no backward ass nigga, don't be [C] no backwards no, no backward ass nigga, [Dm] don't be no backwards
[A] [F] no,
[F]
no
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[G] [Bb]
[F] backwards [Bb]
[F] no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards
[B] no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards
no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards
[F] they wanna see my downfall, turn a good day into a downfall, thorns [Bb] in the crown, heavy
cross [Am] out there, why they wanna see me hanging [Dm] like a tassel, [Bb] one hot, [Em] two deals, three [Bb] years,
a hard steal, how I'm feeling in my mind [F] right here, I think I'm moving, I ain't going [Dm] nowhere,
[Bb] nowhere, nigga, where I [C] belong, [Dm] yeah, [Bb] how I'm supposed to know how [F] it all feels, I ain't
even on my home [Dm] field, and nigga, I feel [Bb] lost, [C]
what's not a cruise to ride [F] us here,
nigga, I [Bb] feel [Em] lost, and I refuse to be stuck [Bb] right here, yeah, [Am] don't want to go backwards
[Dm] no, [Bb] can [C] somebody just give me, can somebody just give [Dm] me, can somebody just give me direction,
[Bb] I don't [C] want to go backwards [F] no, [Bb] can [Am] somebody just give me, can somebody just give [Dm] me, can somebody just give me direction,
[Bb] I don't [Am] want to go backwards [Dm] no, can I bet [A] I was content being my [Em] own man, up until that night ill faded,
[Dm] walking home I was faded, Coco's racist [Bb] on my wrist like he was [Am] clapping his hands, how demeaning y'all,
who could be blind [F] to racism, bring [A] Roro to me for the [C] brotherly baptism, instead of slap give [Dm] him the dose of ad [F] wisdom,
he'll make it out of the jungle [C] some way, hey, it's figurative [Dm] not a real place you stay,
hey, [Bb] it's mind game deal with muck and [C] malaise, uh, I got direction [Dm] without using ways,
mmm, submitted myself to praying [C] these days, yeah, we walking [Dm] backwards is only for stay,
better [Bb] turn it up, move [C] how you get, and everybody stays [Dm] in the end,
4, 5, 6, get your ass [C] found somewhere, come between hope [Bb] and despair,
say it loud, what it take to make my niggas listen,
[C] somebody give me, somebody give me, [Dm] somebody give me,
cool out, chill [Bb] out nigga, I'm cool, [Am] cool out nigga, nah nigga, [Dm] I'm through,
head down, ain't no telling what you gone through,
[Am] somebody give me, somebody give [Dm] me, can somebody just give me direction,
I don't [C] want to go backwards, [Bb] [Dm] no,
got me killing these niggas [E] every way, maybe we should get some girls too,
she come around every [C] now and a few, man I hope she really [Dm] loves you,
[Bb] living high ain't hard to do, [C] should be in the [Dm] clouds somewhere,
feeling fresh, I'm taking bitches [Am] out of here, might even take your [Dm] ball too,
oops, I'm taking you [C] out of here, tell my mama I'm a [Dm] slide through,
still up, I'm [Bb] trying to make it out of here, [C] but stuck up in the [Dm] same room,
[Bb] turning up in my house in here, [C] taking you down to [Dm] drive through,
[Bb] [Em]
[Dm] [Eb]
Key:
Dm
Bb
F
C
Am
Dm
Bb
F
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I hope my legendary [F] style of rap lives on, affixed to the earth [C] like my feet, they got
feet so I'm moving back whenever that was never [F] the plan, pushing shit along, render
[Am] stillness in the quicksand, asphalt, [F] junkie, lyrical, concrete, my jetta I be moving me
through other [Dm] many dark streets, backwards, blue, [F] dark, whatever terrain, of V doesn't
even know [C] how many feet I ain't the same, I wanna do some juicy shit, ain't [F] paid for
reversing and trudging through these motherfuckers verse, [Dm] I be footprinting, never ever cold
shrinking, yo [F] shit free fitting, grab [Dm] my shit with both hands, [G] iron grip, steel mitting,
lobe-iated, [C] lobe-iated [F] and I was born, [Dm] closed mouth, don't get fed, or move ahead to my
hustlers, husk [F]-muzz, all my chicks being petty, trap lords with the fetty, [Dm] don't be no backwards
[F] no, no backward ass nigga, don't be [C] no backwards no, no backward ass nigga, [Dm] don't be no backwards
[A] _ [F] no, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
no _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ backwards [Bb] _ _
[F] no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards
_ [B] _ no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards
no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards
[F] they wanna see my downfall, turn a good day into a downfall, thorns [Bb] in the crown, heavy
cross [Am] out there, why they wanna see me hanging [Dm] like a tassel, [Bb] one hot, [Em] two deals, three [Bb] years,
a hard steal, how I'm feeling in my mind [F] right here, I think I'm moving, I ain't going [Dm] nowhere,
[Bb] nowhere, _ nigga, where I [C] belong, _ [Dm] yeah, [Bb] how I'm supposed to know how [F] it all feels, I ain't
even on my home [Dm] field, and nigga, I feel [Bb] lost, [C]
what's not a cruise to ride [F] us here,
nigga, I [Bb] feel _ [Em] lost, and I refuse to be stuck [Bb] right here, yeah, [Am] don't want to go backwards
_ [Dm] no, _ [Bb] can [C] somebody just give me, can somebody just give [Dm] me, can somebody just give me direction,
[Bb] I don't [C] want to go backwards _ [F] no, [Bb] can [Am] somebody just give me, can somebody just give [Dm] me, can somebody just give me direction,
[Bb] I don't [Am] want to go backwards _ [Dm] no, can I bet [A] I was content being my [Em] own man, up until that night ill faded,
[Dm] walking home I was faded, Coco's racist [Bb] on my wrist like he was [Am] clapping his hands, how demeaning y'all,
who could be blind [F] to racism, bring [A] Roro to me for the [C] brotherly baptism, instead of slap give [Dm] him the dose of ad [F] wisdom,
he'll make it out of the jungle [C] some way, hey, it's figurative [Dm] not a real place you stay,
hey, [Bb] it's mind game deal with muck and [C] malaise, uh, I got direction [Dm] without using ways,
mmm, submitted myself to praying [C] these days, yeah, we walking [Dm] backwards is only for stay,
better [Bb] turn it up, move [C] how you get, and everybody stays [Dm] in the end,
4, 5, 6, get your ass [C] found somewhere, come between hope [Bb] and despair,
say it loud, what it take to make my niggas listen,
[C] somebody give me, somebody give me, [Dm] somebody give me,
cool out, chill [Bb] out nigga, I'm cool, [Am] cool out nigga, nah nigga, [Dm] I'm through,
head down, ain't no telling what you gone through,
[Am] somebody give me, somebody give [Dm] me, can somebody just give me direction,
I don't [C] want to go backwards, [Bb] _ [Dm] no,
got me killing these niggas [E] every way, maybe we should get some girls too,
_ she come around every [C] now and a few, man I hope she really [Dm] loves you,
_ [Bb] living high ain't hard to do, [C] should be in the [Dm] clouds somewhere,
feeling fresh, I'm taking bitches [Am] out of here, might even take your [Dm] ball too,
oops, I'm taking you [C] out of here, tell my mama I'm a [Dm] slide through,
still up, I'm [Bb] trying to make it out of here, [C] but stuck up in the [Dm] same room,
_ _ [Bb] turning up in my house in here, [C] taking you down to [Dm] drive through,
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
I hope my legendary [F] style of rap lives on, affixed to the earth [C] like my feet, they got
feet so I'm moving back whenever that was never [F] the plan, pushing shit along, render
[Am] stillness in the quicksand, asphalt, [F] junkie, lyrical, concrete, my jetta I be moving me
through other [Dm] many dark streets, backwards, blue, [F] dark, whatever terrain, of V doesn't
even know [C] how many feet I ain't the same, I wanna do some juicy shit, ain't [F] paid for
reversing and trudging through these motherfuckers verse, [Dm] I be footprinting, never ever cold
shrinking, yo [F] shit free fitting, grab [Dm] my shit with both hands, [G] iron grip, steel mitting,
lobe-iated, [C] lobe-iated [F] and I was born, [Dm] closed mouth, don't get fed, or move ahead to my
hustlers, husk [F]-muzz, all my chicks being petty, trap lords with the fetty, [Dm] don't be no backwards
[F] no, no backward ass nigga, don't be [C] no backwards no, no backward ass nigga, [Dm] don't be no backwards
[A] _ [F] no, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
no _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ backwards [Bb] _ _
[F] no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards
_ [B] _ no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards
no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards no, no backwards
[F] they wanna see my downfall, turn a good day into a downfall, thorns [Bb] in the crown, heavy
cross [Am] out there, why they wanna see me hanging [Dm] like a tassel, [Bb] one hot, [Em] two deals, three [Bb] years,
a hard steal, how I'm feeling in my mind [F] right here, I think I'm moving, I ain't going [Dm] nowhere,
[Bb] nowhere, _ nigga, where I [C] belong, _ [Dm] yeah, [Bb] how I'm supposed to know how [F] it all feels, I ain't
even on my home [Dm] field, and nigga, I feel [Bb] lost, [C]
what's not a cruise to ride [F] us here,
nigga, I [Bb] feel _ [Em] lost, and I refuse to be stuck [Bb] right here, yeah, [Am] don't want to go backwards
_ [Dm] no, _ [Bb] can [C] somebody just give me, can somebody just give [Dm] me, can somebody just give me direction,
[Bb] I don't [C] want to go backwards _ [F] no, [Bb] can [Am] somebody just give me, can somebody just give [Dm] me, can somebody just give me direction,
[Bb] I don't [Am] want to go backwards _ [Dm] no, can I bet [A] I was content being my [Em] own man, up until that night ill faded,
[Dm] walking home I was faded, Coco's racist [Bb] on my wrist like he was [Am] clapping his hands, how demeaning y'all,
who could be blind [F] to racism, bring [A] Roro to me for the [C] brotherly baptism, instead of slap give [Dm] him the dose of ad [F] wisdom,
he'll make it out of the jungle [C] some way, hey, it's figurative [Dm] not a real place you stay,
hey, [Bb] it's mind game deal with muck and [C] malaise, uh, I got direction [Dm] without using ways,
mmm, submitted myself to praying [C] these days, yeah, we walking [Dm] backwards is only for stay,
better [Bb] turn it up, move [C] how you get, and everybody stays [Dm] in the end,
4, 5, 6, get your ass [C] found somewhere, come between hope [Bb] and despair,
say it loud, what it take to make my niggas listen,
[C] somebody give me, somebody give me, [Dm] somebody give me,
cool out, chill [Bb] out nigga, I'm cool, [Am] cool out nigga, nah nigga, [Dm] I'm through,
head down, ain't no telling what you gone through,
[Am] somebody give me, somebody give [Dm] me, can somebody just give me direction,
I don't [C] want to go backwards, [Bb] _ [Dm] no,
got me killing these niggas [E] every way, maybe we should get some girls too,
_ she come around every [C] now and a few, man I hope she really [Dm] loves you,
_ [Bb] living high ain't hard to do, [C] should be in the [Dm] clouds somewhere,
feeling fresh, I'm taking bitches [Am] out of here, might even take your [Dm] ball too,
oops, I'm taking you [C] out of here, tell my mama I'm a [Dm] slide through,
still up, I'm [Bb] trying to make it out of here, [C] but stuck up in the [Dm] same room,
_ _ [Bb] turning up in my house in here, [C] taking you down to [Dm] drive through,
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _