Chords for Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city - Black Boy Fly

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So I'm saying [Bb] what up, what up, nigga [F] you made it
So I'm saying [Db] what up, what up, nigga [D] you made it
So I'm saying [Bb] what up, what up, nigga [F] you made it
So I'm saying [Db] what up, what up, nigga [D] I hate it
So [Fm] I'm saying what up, what up, nigga I hate it
Frustrated and I'm riding down the red street
Thinking my conscience hates [Bb] me
Well that's a vibe to [Fm] make it up out this ho in [G] town
Black boy [Db] flock, black boy flock, black, black boy [Fm] flock
Black boy flock, [F] black, black, black, black
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _ _ [Fm] I used to be jealous of Herman Afalo
[Db] I used [Bb] to be jealous of Herman Afalo
[Fm] He was the one to follow
[D] He was the only leader [Bb] foreseeing brighter [Fm] tomorrows
He would live in the gym
[Db] We was living in sorrow
[D] Total envy of him
[Db] He made his dream [C] become a reality
Actually [F] making it possible to swim
His way [Eb] up out of Compton
With further more to accomplish
[Fm] Graduate with honors
A [Gm] sponsor of basketball [Fm] scholars
It's 2004 and I'm watching him score [Bbm] 30
Remember vividly [Fm] how them victory points had hurt me
Cause [Eb] every basket was a reaction
Heart reminder [Fm] that we was just moving backwards
[Db] The bungalow where you find us
The art of us ditching classes
Headed nowhere fast
[D] Stick my head inside the study [Fm] hall
He focused on math
[Eb] Determination, ambition, plus dedication
And [F] wisdom qualities he was given
[G] Was the shit he didn't have
[Fm] Dug inside of his book bag
When Coach Palmer asked for the [Eb] finals
He had his back like a spinal
[Fm] Meanwhile we singing the same [Db] old song
Spinning the [D] vinyl
Levy craters gone groom
[Eb] He focused on the NBA
[Fm] We focused on Super Troom
[Db] Watch that black boy [D] flop
Black boy [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] boy
I used to be jealous of JC [Db] Young
Used [Eb] to be jealous of JC Young
[Fm] Taylor when I was young
[D] Taylor made a career [F] out of music from writing [Fm] songs
A Buick had driven past
[Db] Bumping him when I mowed the [Bb] lawn
Money laundering, [Db] hustling
Homies pondering up [C] against schemes
To make a [F] million even if doing you [D] harm
Divorce the case [Eb] and just in case she wasn't alarmed
[F] The city had fought with firearms
[G] And many had died before [Fm] dawn
It's 2004 [Db] and I'm hearing the people [F] roar
For the name of the [Fm] game they line in front of the store
[Eb] Swat meets selling out mixtapes
I'm like oh shit [Fm] wait
Don't wanna be another [Db] nigga stuck regretting [Bb] mistakes
Mixed feelings was my opinion
I was defending [C] my insecurities
[Fm] Chilling my conscience next to a [D] villain
Compton [Eb] made you believe success wasn't [Db] real Be [Fm] honest
None of us moved for record deals
So as I peeled through these lottery tickets
I see a [Eb] Harley Davidson truck
Visit [Fm] the same plaza we checked
[Db] A tall nigga hopped out of [D] Jordans in a white tank top
[Eb] He was top of the rap game
[Fm] He was the top of the block
[Db] So watch that black boy [D] flop
Black boy boy
[Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] [Fm] My mama then raised me up to be jealous hearted
Like most of the winners [Eb] call it
Regardless of where [Fm] you stay
Hold your head and continue [D] marching
That's what she said
[Bbm] But in my head I wanted to be [Fm] like Jordan
A war tore in [Db] the country with money from mic [Bb] recording
The only way [Db] out the ghetto
You know the [C] stereotype
Chewing [F] hoops I live on the stereo like [D] top 40
And shortly I [Eb] got discouraged
Like every time [F] I walk to the corner
And them [G] guns bursting
Nigga I [Fm] was rehearsing in repetition
The phrase that only one [F] in a million
Will ever see [Fm] better days
Especially when the crime [Eb] waves
Was bigger than tsunami
Breaking [Fm] boogie boards to pieces
You just a [Db] typical homie
All these [D] niggas facetious
And they all standing beside [Fm] me
They all about me a chopper
You feed me one and you drive me
What am I [D] to do?
In [Eb] every neighborhood it's an [Fm] obstacle
And two niggas making [G] it out
Had never sounded [Fm] logical
Three niggas making it out
That's mission [Eb] impossible
So I never believed [Fm] the type of performance
That [Db] I can do
I wasn't [D] jealous
Cause of the talents they got
[Eb] I was terrified
They'll be [Fm] the last black boys to [Db] flop
Out of common
[D] _ [Fm] Thank God _ _
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