Chords for Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations - Chapter 4: Cave Of Origins (Official Video)

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The striking ground through these very discursive structures, we've come to what, after all,
we all know and embrace. _
It's reality.
_ [G] _ You see its effects.
[D] You can see it in the faces of the people around [G] you.
You can see the operation of racial [D] discrimination in institutions as well.
[G] What is the meaning of all this stuff?
[D] How does it mean about race?
[G] Well, you can just turn to this [D] reality.
_ Filter yourself [G] through the system that [Bb] you're not a part of.
[D] _ _ Systems broken, [Ab] soon you have to learn to [G] let it go. _
[D] _ Let's set the [G] cabinet back on the [Bb] floor for once.
[D] _ _ Reset the myths, [C] stories and [G] metaphors. _
[D] The system's broken.
[G] The [Bb] system's broken.
[D] The system's broken.
[G] The system's broken.
[D] _ _ Filter [G] yourself through the system you're [Bb] not a part [D] of.
Keep on sticking [Cm] this way so our feet never [G] touch the ground.
[D] _ It goes way [G] beyond the hypothesis you're to [Bb] give. _
[D] _ _ When did we [C] become so innocent and [A] arrogant? _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Dm] Filter [G] yourself through the system that [Bb] you're not a part of.
[D] _ It makes no sense.
Soon you have to let [G] it go.
[Dm] I don't want a different difference.
[G] I don't want a [Bb] figure of evidence.
[D] Introduce me to your privilege.
[C] It's not [Gm] my fault.
[D] The system's broken.
[G] The [Bb] system's broken.
[D] The system's [Dm] broken.
The [D] system's broken.
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_ Filter [G] yourself [Bb] through the system that [D] you're not a part of.
It makes no [A] sense.
Soon you have to let [D] it go.
_ Filter [G] yourself [Gm] through the system [D] you've found.
It makes no [C] sense.
[G] Soon you have to go [D] around.
Put your eyes on me.
_ [G] Put your [Bb] eyes on me. _
[D] Put your eyes on me.
_ [C] Put your [Gm] eyes on me. _
[D] Put your eyes on me.
[G] Put your [Bb] eyes on me.
[D] Put your eyes on me.
[G] Put your eyes on me.
It's [D] not my fault. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] What trail?
[D] This trail.
_ [D] It is more literally marked
by [G] blood, by [Bb] violence,
[D] by the genocide of the little passage.
It makes no [G] sense.
The horrors of temptation serve you to your [D] end.
_ I'm the honey [G] tree.
_ [Bb] A [D] sipping pot.
A discourse.
Yes.
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[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] I'm the [D] miserable.
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[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] The [D] system's broken.
_ _ [C] _ [G] The [D] system's broken.
_ _ [G] _ [Bb] I'm the miserable. _
[D] The _ _ [C] _ _ [G] system's broken.
[D] I'm the miserable.
_ [G] The system's [Bb] _ _
[Dm] _ _ broken.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
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