Chords for Gypsy - Little Black Boy

He said, we deserve to be called bad boys.
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_ _ You know [C] that sometimes, _ [G] _
as a writer, _ you write songs that _ you love [C] to write. _ _
[G] _ _ [D] And [G] sometimes as a writer, you write songs that [C] you have to write. _ _
[G] _ _ Sometimes as a singer, _ _ _ you sing [C] songs that _ [G] you love to sing.
_ _ _ And sometimes, _ [C] you sing songs that _ [G] you have to sing. _ _ _
_ _ _ The song [C] I'm about to do for you, _ [G] _ falls in the category of, [E] _
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Little black boy mother cry
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He learn how to fool, now he can't get no work, he can't [C] get no job
[G] He decide to [B] steal and he decide to [G] rob
But he put a bullet through his don't see head's got
Little black boy, go to [Am] school [G] and learn
Little black boy, I said we show some concern
Little black boy, education is the key
To get you off the streets and off poverty
Little black boy, go to school and learn
Little black boy, I said we show some concern
Little black boy, education is the key
To get you off the streets and off poverty _ _
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_ _ _ There was a little black [D] boy, a rude boy [G] was he
For the boy ambition was to conduct a maxi
With a ring in his nose, a gold sheet in his [C] mouth
[G] He feel very proud when you [Am] call him a tout
[G] So proud was the boy, [A] the boy never learn
He should have work hard and buy a [Am] maxi of his own
[G] So he hustle for a dollar, hustle for a smoke
He hustle so that he could buy a little
Now he hook on the coke [Am] and off the maxi
[G] And one more little black vagrant in the country
Little black boy, go to school and learn
Little black boy, I said we show some concern
Little black boy, education is the key
To get you off the streets and off poverty
Little black boy, think about your age
Little black boy, [Am] when will you find your place
[G] Little black boy, go to school and learn _ _
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_ [G] _ And then I heard somebody mother cry
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ And then I heard somebody mother cry
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] And then I heard somebody mother [G] cry _ _ _
_ And I say, when you black you just black
You can't help but be black, but because you are black
You [B] don't stay in the [Gm] back, be black, [D] be black
Be conscious, what did I [G] say?
I said be black, be black
Be conscious, hey
[C] _ [G] Look in the front, see [Am] who's the doctor
[G] Look in the back, [D] see who's the [G] lawyer
Look in the bank, see who's the banker
Look at the business, [A] who's the owner
Look at the [E] task, see who's the worker
[G] Look at the very drugs, see who's the gang
Look who eating out of them garbage cans
Look in the jail, see who you see too
A lot of little black boys just like you
Little black boy, go to school and learn
Little black boy, I think they show some concern
Little black boy, education, education is the key to get you [Am] off the streets and all poverty
Little black boy, you have to think about your race
Little black boy, [Dm] go to school and [G] learn
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_ _ _ Hey, _ _ _ listen
_ I'm talking to them black boys but like they can't hear
_ _ _ _ Good God if they hear, well it look like they ain't [B] care
[C] _ [G] They come from the [D] north, west, south and [G] east
_ Hey, and they can't even go to a little certain peace
_ _ _ They always have to fuss and always have to fight
_ Little black boy, stop doing things that you know ain't right
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[D] I'm sure that most of you in here know what I [G] say _
_ [C] _ A black [G] boy kill another black boy don't have to say
_ _ _ Little black boy, show some concern
Little black boy, education is the key to get you off the [C] streets and all [G] poverty
Little black boy, [E] think about your [G] race
Little black boy, [D] when will we find our place
[G] _ [E] Education [D] is the key to get you off poverty
[G] Little black boy, [Am] put down your [G] gun
Little black boy, shooting people ain't no fun
Little black boy, don't put drugs in your vein
_ It could drive you insane
Little black boy, it would add to the pain
Little black boy, and before I go I have to let you know
_ When you're black you're just black you can't help but be black
But because you're black you don't have to stay back
Be black, be [D] black and be conscious
Somebody go [G] next and say and
Be black, then be black and be conscious
Just remember I say
Be black, be black and be conscious I say
Be black, be black but be conscious I say
Be black, be black I _ _ _ say Be black