Chords for Average Joe [Clean] - Kendrick Lamar

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[Bm] _ _ [Am] The hardest thing for me to [F] do _
[Em] _ [F] is to get you to know me _ within 16 bars.
That's the hardest thing.
[Bm] Who is K.
Dot?
[Am] A young cop that on the curve riding rap next to a gunshot.
[Bm] On the corners [Am] where the gangsters and the killers dwell.
The fraudulent [F] in disguise again [B] unveiled.
Everyone I [F] knew was either Crip or Pyro.
Cousins in elementary, relatives in high [Em] school.
With that being [F] said, each one of their rivals was aiming something at my head.
I needed [Bm] survival.
Got jumped, got [Am] jacked, shot at, shot back.
And I don't even push a line, I'm just trying to push [Bm] these rhymes.
Into Mr.
[Am] Sound Neutral and his creep.
My mama said, you're judged [F] by the company you [Em] keep.
But what you can't consider, [F] that if it goes down, they'll kill you.
If you kill me, it gets deep.
[Em] So [F] if you ask what I'm doing, I'm trying to duck the influence of my city that's brewing.
[Bm] Real talk.
[Am] This is why they whip me.
Real [Bm] talk.
Believe [Am] it.
This is why they whip [F] me.
Do what [Em] I do, you know.
I'm [F] no gangster, no killer, I'm just your average [Em] Joe.
No thanks.
One [F] thing you should consider, the home [Dm] club will let you go.
[A] I was walking close to [Am] Denny O, when an unidentified vehicle rolled up and I [Em] was like, hold up.
[Am] Where you from?
Where you stay?
[F] That's a power road gang, [Em] the big thack.
Well aware [F] they had blue across their hat.
Dropped backpack and ran inside of the cul-de-sac.
[Em] Shot rang out, [F] hoping to God I wasn't wet.
Crossed the crossroad cranes and ran inside of the jet.
[Bm] Chirped the homies on the I [Am]-95, they said they already knew what happened.
And meet them outside the garage.
[Bm] Never seen that many guns [Am] in my life.
I was paranoid like a fiend in the [F] night, but needed revenge.
[Em] Grabbed an iron ball, [F] opened up the door, then got in.
Somebody said, fall back, we gon' make these stuff [Em] for you, my brother.
Like a [F] frat, and that's just to remind you.
Thought about that so [C] long, I had failed my finals.
_ [Am] But this is why they whip me.
[Em] I told you.
_ [Am] This is why they whip [F] me.
[Em] You fake.
[F] I'm no gangster, no killer, I'm just your average [Em] Joe.
You fake.
One [F] thing you should consider, I'm the [Dm] realest you know.
[A] I don't do black music, I don't do white music.
I do everyday life music.
[Bm] Give them cuts like, [Am] here's the knife tool.
You say you throw, but I've [F] been through it.
Now that's [Em] cold.
And this [F] is for my county building children.
In hub city, on hub caps, no power [B] steering.
I use [F] perseverance in this mad city.
With strength, remedy, and hold semis.
[Bm] Cutthroat, Bernie Mac [Am] died, it's no joke.
Don't ask why if you don't know about these killers and thieves.
[Bm] Seven grams of weed, [Am] smoke that, but I'm high off life.
I could [F] fall out the sky like [Em] twice.
And [F] land in the land of the AKs and the minivans.
Where the fan never [Em] horn, cause it's hotter than the [F] lunatics.
Underarms and a straight jacket.
In other words, we get it cracking, [Bm] but I keep it cool.
[Am] You know.
This is why they whip me. _
[Bm] _ _ [Am] This is why they whip [F] me.
[Em] Real talk.
[F] I'm no gangster, no killer, I'm just your average [Em] Joe.
But [F] one thing you should consider, I'm [Dm] the realest you know.
_ [Am] _ _ _ So there you have it.
[Bm] _ _ [Am] But I'm gonna leave you with this.
[F] _ _
[C] And [F] OG once told me, _ _ a real [Em] gangster, _ [F] is either dead or in jail.
Hope you had a chance to get real money.
[Bm] I'm gone.
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