Chords for Big L - Street Struck

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[Em] _ _ _ [B] It's the Big L, [Dm] coming at you once [Am] again, and I'm five, [Em] and I dedicate this one [Bm] to all
my people from [Dm] uptown and [Am] everywhere.
I'm saying, _
[Em] the way I'm from, [B] it ain't cookies and cream.
[Dm] There's a lot of peer pressure [Am] growing up as a young [Em] teen.
You never know [Bm] when you're going to get wet.
[Dm] Mad clowns be catching [Am] rat with a tech just to [Em] get a rep.
Instead of cool [Bm] friends, they'd rather hang Grinnell [Dm] Ducks.
Instead of going [Am] to school, they'd rather sell [Em] drugs.
It's best to go the [Bm] right route and not the wrong [Dm] one, because it's gonna [A] catch up with
you in the long [Em] run.
Brothers behind [Bm] the corner, acting stupid, getting [D] lifted.
They life's [Am] twisted, and most of them are quite [Em] gifted.
In other words, [Bm] they got talent, but they'd [Dm] rather sell cracks and bust [Am] gats and run a
street stand [Em] than ballot.
So them just all [Bm] about hitting skins and making [Dm] some easy green.
Now [Am] that's all they show you on [Em] a TV screen.
All they care [Bm] about is a buck, a bus [Dm] and a sweet nut.
[A] They don't give a fuck, because they [Em] streets rock.
You better listen [B] to an L rhyme, or be a [Dm] street stroke to get your butt in [Am] for the
moon and the dell [Em] time.
So pay attention [B] to an L rhyme, or be [Dm] a street stroke to get your butt [Am] in for the moon and
the dell [Em] time.
Before the rap, long [Bm] track, I was selling crack.
[Dm] Stage trap, litter, [Am] mac, I was into all [Em] of that.
I started rapping [Bm] and got nice as hell.
[Dm] If it wasn't for this, I might [Am] be doing life in jail.
[Em] Some of my peeps are still [Bm] in the game selling cake.
[Dm] If that's what you gotta do to [Am] maintain, go ahead and do your [Em] thing.
But with the cash [Bm] profit, make an investment.
[Dm] And try not to go [A] to the grave like the rest [Em] went.
Because you could be rich for days, [Bm] you own a house and nine [Dm] cars.
What good is that [Am] if you're dead or behind [Em] bars?
Ayo, it's not [Bm] even funny.
I seen [Dm] a lot of my peers give up [Am] their careers for some fast [Em] money.
They could have been [Bm] boxers, _ [Dm] ballplayers, or rap singers.
Instead, [Am] they're bank robbers and crack [Em] slingers.
Ayo, they used to [Bm] be legit kids, now [D] they corrupt.
They had truth, [Am] forgave a lot, because they street [Em] scrubbed.
♪ You better listen [B] to your L rhymes or be a [Dm] street sweeper ♪
♪ If you're up here it's your lady border [Am] boulder of jail [Em] time ♪
♪ Get your [Bm] L rhymes or be [Dm] street sweeper ♪
♪ If you've been getting her for [Am] border boulder of jail [Em] time ♪
♪ You better listen [B] to you L rhymes or be [Dm] street sweeper ♪
♪ If you're up here it's your lady [Am] border boulder of jail [Em] time ♪wasserhour2019
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[Em].com I still deal with my
peeps in the street and [F] most of the time
I'm in the crib writing _ rhymes
Or either calling up some freaks to board
[Em] Who word up or try to leave the streets alone
But it's crazy how [Bm] I get in other ones [Dm] movie
The streets be calling me [Am] like the crack be calling [Em] boogie
It ain't a dumb [Bm] joke, listen to the show [Dm] folks swim from
[Em] You can choke from the gun smoke, stay off the [Bm] waters
That might be your best [Am] friend before you catch a bullet
That was spent for the next [Em] man, or end up [Bm] with a deep cut
[Dm] Or relax along the [Am] hospital bed for being [Em] streets slum
You better listen [B] to that L Vibez
be in [D] streets and rocks and get your body [Am] board a bullet in jail [Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ up, ayo take it from me
[G] The Big L I've been through [Gm] it all You know what I'm saying
[Abm] Stay off the borders, stay out of [Dm] trouble
And I gotta say rest in peace to all the casualties in the streets.
[N] I'm outta here. _ _ _ _ _
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