January 28Th Chords by J. Cole

[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] Yeah, _ _ look, _ _ _
[Gm] the real is back, the real is back, [Am] flow bananas here, peel this back, and
what you'll find [Gm] is, your highness, could paint a picture that's vivid enough to [A] cure
blindness, _ Carolinas finest, you [Dm] knew that already, [Gm] in terms of the greatest, I proved
that already, [Am] and if you would like, I'd do it twice, I just sharpened [F] my blade, for a
minute, became lost in my [A] ways, it's for my niggas that was tossed in the gray, every
so often [Gm] I fade, deep in my thoughts, and then get lost in the days, we [Am] used to play
before your coffin was made, _ just [Dm] got the call, nigga [Bb] got caught with a straight, hope
he's okay, [A] just got paid what Cochran got paid, the free OJ, [Gm] just to share my life on
a stage, in front of strangers, [Am] who know a nigga far too well, and that's the danger,
[Gm] know me better than I know myself, I'll rip a page [A] out my notebook in anger, and let these
thugs linger [Gm] singing, don't give him too much juice, _ _ _
[Am] don't let him take control, _ _
[Dm] _ one
[Bb] thing you do, _ _ _
[A] don't let him take your soul, _ _ _
[G] _ you [Gm] believe in God, _ _ _
[Am] _ one thing's for sure, _ _
[C] if you ain't too [Gm] high, _ _ [A] then you ain't too low, _ _ _
[Dm] _ [Cm] what's the price for a [Gm] black man life,
I [Am] check the tow tag, not one zero in sight, I [Bb] turn the TV on, not one hero in sight, [A] unless
he dribble or he fiddle with mics, look out the window, [G] cause tonight the city [C] lit up
with [Gm] lights, cameras and action, [Am] may no man alive come through and damage my faction,
[Bb] I brought you niggas with me, cause I love you like my brothers, [A] and your mothers like
my mother, think we need a plan of [Dm] action, the bigger we get, [F] the more likely eagles
collide, [Am] it's just physics, please let's put our eagles aside, [Bb] you my niggas, and [F] should
our worst tendencies, turn [A] us into enemies, I hope that we remember these, nights full
of [G] Hennessy, when Hov around, we switch up to that D'Ussé, [Am] gotta show respect, one day
we tryna stay where you [Dm] stay, cause [Bb] we from where you from, not talking about the slums,
[A] I'm talking about that mind state, to keep a black nigga dumb, [Dm] keep a black nigga [Cm] dying
by a [Gm] black nigga gun, [Am] and keep him listening to these frontin ass rap niggas, son, [Bb] yeah
I said son, this is New York's finest, for [A] eleven winners straight, I took on New _ _ _
[Gm] York's
ladder, I climbed it and set the bar so high, that [Am] you gotta get Obama to force the air
force to find it, [Bb] nevermind it, [F] you'll never reach that, cold as the [A] hypnotist, control
the game whenever he snap, that's every [Gm] trap nigga, don't [C] give him too much juice, [Gm] _ _
[Am] don't
let him take control, _ _
[Dm] this one [D] thing you [Gm] do, _ _
[A] don't let him take your soul, _ _ _
[Gm] if you believe
in God, _ _ _
[Am] _ one of the things for sure, _ _
[F] _ if you ain't [Gm] too high, _ _
[A] then you _ _ _ ain't [G] too low, I
ain't serve no pass, I ain't slay [Am] no dope, I don't bring no lies, niggas saying [Bb] my quotes,
I don't play no games, boy I ain't [A] no joke, like the great Rakim, when I make [G] my notes,
you niggas [C] might be [Gm] El, or you might [Am] be Kane, or you might be Slick Rick, with [Bb] 19 chains,
or you might be Drizzy Drake, or Kendrick [C] Lamar, well [A] check the birth date nigga, you
[Gm] ain't the guy, _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] nah you [Am] ain't the guy, _ _ _ nigga [Bb] COVID guy, _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
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