Penitentiary Philosophy Chords by Erykah Badu

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_ I want my mind to rest against the time
I want to rest, turn on the other side of the night long
Until you can see apart the sky
Now come back [F#] to me
[A#] Be proud of me
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_ [Em] I want to rest, turn on the other side of the night long
Now come back to _ me
Be proud of me
I _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] see you
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_ I see you
Living in a [C#] penitentiary
Brothers all on the corner trying to make you [F#] leave
[C#] Turn around ain't got no pride to be made [G#] me
Mad when I see you sad
Can't stand to see you hustle through my day
Can't win when your will is weak
When you're knocked on the ground
Come [C#] on back
_ Don't you [E] cast [G#] me in the air
[C#] You won't win _
[F#] Oh my
[A] Wow wow
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_ _ [C#] It's [C#m] your man
[B] Oh [F#] it's _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#] _
[E] _ _ _ [F#] [C#m] your man
[C#] Telling you the truth
_ _ [C#m] I hope I'm [G#] not being too [C#] cruel
_ _ [G#] Since you ain't [C#m] playing by the rules
_ [C#] I'm about to [G#] kick you off school
_ _ You're my man [B] Oh my
[G#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ Don't [C#m] you cast me in the air
_ _ [G#] You won't win
_ [F#] Wow wow
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[B] _ _ [G] Oh my
[E] I _ have come from the outside
_ Gather [E] all of your members
In the [G] penitentiary
Move together to the music
Build a [E] bridge
[C] Now destroy the patch
Eliminate the movements
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Conquer evil, the demons
_ _ _ _ Conquer evil
_ [D] Together
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_ [E] I _ [C#] _ can't begin [B] alone
[C#] And I take all [G#] the thought you told
And I make up a funky song
[C#m] That I'll be playing [G#] on your phone
Make [C#m] me mad when I see [B] you sad
[C#m] When I swing up your mama [C#] head
Can't win when your will [F#] is weak
[C#m] Can't see you
[F#] _ _ [A] Oh my
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] It's your [C#m] man
Why can't you [F#] prove
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] It's your man
Why can't [F#] _ you prove [A] Wow
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