Chords for Brother Ali - Only Life I Know (Official Video)

_ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [G] It's my [F#m] life, yeah, the only one that I'll ever [G] know, feeling next to [B] low, please let
me go, [Bm] oh lord, no, [D] no, no, [G] no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no, [F#m] no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, _ [G] no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
_ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, _ [G] no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Looking [C#] on the stab, waiting on the [Bm] mailman, looking for a chance, boys [D] on the corner pushing
[G] out the chairs, requesting [F#m] for anything that resemble respect, young [G] girl swinging that
hip with [E] every stab, looking for affection, [Bm] settling for sex, bodies [D] decorated with tattoos
[G] and chains, tryna [F#m] put armor between you and pain, wood [Em] grain steering wheel to bass bang,
[E] Not enough ground [Bm] out the hatred in your brain
[D] The only out is [G] smoking out
Get lean, [F#m] get wack, get meth, get tore down
Cause who the hell would wanna stick [A] around
With me getting hazed, I ain't never coming out, [Bm] now
[D] _ It's my life, [F#m] yeah
The only one that I'll ever [G] know
Feeling [B] next to low, please let me [Bm] go
Oh lord, no, [D] no
[G] It's my life, [F#m] yeah
The only one that I'll ever [Em] know
And it's stressing me [E] so, about betting me so
[F#m] Oh lord, no, [A] no
[Bm] _ They [A] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ just wanna get you in [D] the system
Stick you in [G] the prison
Miss you [F#m] in the military, ship you to the desert
Gigs [G] don't exist for you to make a [E] decent living
But we got [Bm] three illegal wars to shoot the bitches
Keep [D] stressing morals, personal [G] decisions
Tell me [F#m] what's moral about these conditions
Who [G] decided you don't got enough to teach [E] children
States spending billions, [Bm] stadiums and prisons
How many rules can folks [G] really choose
When your [F#m] requests only three lead to you
The first one [Gm] is follow the [E] rules and stay in school
Feed the [Bm] square dude that society approves
Get a little [D] job of a shitty [G] apartment
Of a subprime [F#m] mortgage in a failing house market
After [E] a life of dedication [A] and arduous
You died just as poor as you was when you started
Fuck that, what's up with the second [G] option
You can always [F#m] hit the corner and try to get it popping
Get [G] that swipe when [E] you're out robbing and glocking
But chances are that you [Bm] probably got vines
The [D] best hope that you got is getting [G] knocked
End up with [F#m] a job in a prison metal shop
But they ain't [G] paying nothing but [E] three hunks and a cot
Don't [Bm] you know that's the biggest hustle they got
A door [D] three you can get on that [G] welfare
But they ain't trying [F#m] to help, they'll put you in hell there
If you're just [G] enough so [E] you're not gonna starve
And constantly [Bm] harass you while you're looking for a job
Do luck [D] up and someone let you punch [G] a clock
If they find out [F#m] about it then your check is getting docked
Can't win [G] for losing, [A] dehumanize
You never get caught up, you caught up in a cycle
_ _ [G] It's my life, [F#m] yeah
The only one that I'll ever know
[G] Feeling [B] next to low, but please let it go
[Bm] Oh lord, no
_ [D] _ [G] It's my [F#m] life, yeah
The only one that I'll ever know
[G] And it [B] stress me so, God bless me so
[F#m] Oh lord, no
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