Average Joe Chords by Kendrick Lamar

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[Em] _ _ [Am] _ The hardest thing for me [F] to do _
[Em] _ _ [F] is to get you _ to know [Em] me _ [F] within 16 bars.
That's the hardest thing.
[Bm] Who is K [Am]-Dot?
A young nigga from Compton on the curve riding rap next to a [Em] gunshot.
On [Am] the corners where the gangsters and the killers dwell.
The frog [F] that lands in the skies will [B] get unveiled.
[F] Everyone I know will leave the crib of Hyrule.
Cousins in elementary, relatives [B] in high school.
With that [F] being said, each one of their rivals was aiming something at my head.
I needed [Bm] survival.
Got jumped, [Am] got jacked, shot at, shot back, and I don't even push a line.
I'm just trying to [Em] push these rhymes.
And to [Am] Mr.
Sam, neutral and discreet.
My mama said [F] you're judged by the company you [Em] keep.
But what you can't [F] consider, that if it goes down, they'll kill you.
If it killed me, it gets [Em] deep, nigga.
[F] So if you act what I'm doing, I'm trying to drop the influence of my city that's [Bm] growing.
Real talk.
[Am] And this is why they fuck with me.
[Bm] Real talk, nigga.
[Am] Believe it.
This is why they fuck with [F] me.
[Em] Do what I do, you know?
[F] I'm no gangster, no killer.
I'm just your average [C] Joe.
No thanks.
[F] One thing you should consider, not on [Dm] love unless you go.
I was walking close [Am] to the N-A-O when an unidentified vehicle
rolled up and I was like, [Bm] hold up.
Where you from?
Hong Kong.
Where you stay?
[F] Westside.
That's a power rule [Em] game to be exact.
Well, [F] where they had blew across the hat, dropped backpack and ran inside of the cul-de [Em]-sac.
Shot rang out.
[F] Hoping to God I wasn't wet.
Crossed across road cranes and ran inside of the [Bm] jet.
Chirped the homies on the [Am] high 95.
They said they already knew what happened and meet them outside the [Em] garage.
Never seen that many [Am] guns in my life.
I was paranoid like a fiend at [F] night, but needed [Em] revenge.
Grabbed a nine ball, [F] opened up the door and got in.
Somebody said, fall back.
We're going to make these niggas [Em] suffer.
You my brother, like a [F] frat.
And that's just to remind you.
Thought about that so [C] long, I have failed my finals.
Fuck.
[Am] But this is why they fuck with me.
[Bm] I told you.
[Am] This is why they fuck with [F] me.
[Em] You fake nigga.
[F] I'm no gangster, no killer.
I'm just your average [Em] Joe.
You fake nigga.
[F] One thing you should consider, I'm [Dm] loving this, you [G] know.
I don't do [Am] black music.
I don't do white music.
[A] I do everyday life music.
[Em] Give them cuts like a [Am] nigga pierced a knife through it.
You say you throw, but I've [F] been through it.
Now that's [Em] cold.
And [F] this is for my county building children.
In Hub City, on hub caps, no power [B] steering.
I use [F] perseverance in this mad city.
When the niggas drink, Dremi can hold semis.
[Bm] Cutthroat, Bernie Mac [Am] died.
It's no joke.
Don't ask why if you don't know about these killers and thieves.
[Bm] Seven grams of weed.
[Am] Smoke that, but I'm high off life.
I could [F] fall out the sky like [Em] twice.
And [F] land in the land of AKs and the minivans
where the fan never [Em] horn, because it's
hotter than the [F] lunatics under arms and a straight jacket.
In other words, we get it cracking, [Bm] but I keep it cool.
[Am] You know.
This is why they fuck with me. _
[Bm] _ _ [Am] This is why they fuck with [F] me.
[Em] Real talk.
[F] I'm no gangster, no killer.
I'm just your average [Em] Joe.
One [F] thing you should consider, I'm [Dm] the realest you know.
_ [Am] _ _ _ So there you have it.
[Bm] _ _ [Am] But I'm going to leave you with this.
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[Em] No [F] G once told me a real [Em] gangster _ [F] is either dead or in jail.
Only how G is getting real money.
[Bm] I'm gone.
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[Bm] _ [Am] I'm gone.
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[Em] I'm [C] gone.
I'm gone. _ _
[Em] _ [F] I'm gone.
_ _ _ I'm gone.
[Bm] I'm gone.
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