Chords for Kendrick Lamar - Prayer

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[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Dbm] I was [E] born on February [B] 24th, [Ab] 1970.
The day I was delivered, [Abm] they said I would build a [E] legacy.
Picture me with influence [B] that last generations.
I was [Ab] made out of love to keep you [Dbm] happy and educated.
The first three letters of the [Gb] alphabet, my name.
[B] I made you laugh.
I made you dance.
[Bb] I made you sing.
I've been [Abm] around the world and back.
You recorded my almanac.
So dearly, way before the fact, me and pops was exchanged.
My father [Db] was a public figure, bigger [Dbm] than life.
Lived as a winner on stages alike.
[Eb] Rivers of people surely united [Db] just to see our bond.
Time [Abm] carried on.
That was a common [Eb] thread.
My perfect father had [Eb] many flaws.
Still, they moved [Abm] their legs and shook their heads in unison.
He had more children.
I was the oldest.
We always [Abm] played with each other before they ruined [Dbm] him.
He told me his personal secrets.
Childhood, catching them beating, sexually touched,
and abused.
Never [E] seen life in a school.
The price of being iconic was demonic [B] and screwed.
I stood on stage [Gb] and had to watch my father on [Abm] the news.
Stress on the head [Bbm] and my spirit.
I was lost and confused.
I knew both sides [Eb] of the story, [Abm] but still I couldn't choose.
See, it was more [Db] than humiliation and being sued.
They crucified my affiliation for points [Abm] to prove.
And now my purpose [Db] for living makes no difference to you.
My total [Eb] existence was for [Abm] making a smiling move.
They said that I'll [Db] live forever.
But the moment he died, more accusations arrived.
I had to [E] die too.
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[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [Ab] _ [Dbm] I remember taking [E] my first breath, August [B] 28, [Ab] 1963.
The whole nation had [E] saved the day.
I made it on TV.
My come out was a [B] standing ovation.
The crowd in [Ab] disbelief.
How could a group of words [Dbm] be so great?
Designed to make you think.
Races and faces [Gb] embracing my conscious and letter [B] form.
How gracious was I?
[Bb] Speaking on changes was outside [Abm] the norm.
A person responsible?
My creator.
He never conformed or used hatred to form mass retaliation.
Watch him [Db] perform with conviction.
[Dbm] 250,000 souls left their homes to listen.
I [E] gather his thoughts in abundance made [Db] to complete the mission.
His life [Abm] became heroic, then tables [Eb] turned.
My creator stripped from being a poet because he [Abm] yearned other women.
[Db] Infidelity stricken.
I can't say he was perfect.
It made me [Gb] nervous.
They tear him [Abm] down and forget me.
I prayed that I [Bbm] survive in the midst of the controversy.
How many lives will [Db] follow death is if I'm not [Abm] worthy.
I won't justify his [Db] personal problems.
That's not my job.
I was only born to [Gb] make sure your children can play [Abm] outside.
And I imagine the other [Db] demons he hid before he died.
If they came to surface, this dream probably won't be alive [E] because of you.
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[E] I was born in [B] paranoia.
His poison for us.
[Ab] We can't create with joyous [Db] ambition.
Without luck, [E] the critics formed a new [B] coalition
and huddled up.
[Ab] The non-creators are now [Dbm] elated and out of touch.
Why can't you gladly appreciate [Gb] the influence we get?
[B] Stop staring at me disgusted.
[Bb] My substance made sure you live.
[Abm] You want the head of the messenger and the history from him,
which eventually takes away from the goods you accustomed.
[Dbm] Think of a life without the likes of imagination that's prospering.
The bodies that you consider genius, you like to [Ab] box them in.
The great debaters [Abm] and thinkers, they gave you a voice.
[Eb] Why can't you prosecute the crimes and not the thoughts I employ?
[Abm] Because your better judgment [Db] would always look down on me.
[Abm] But if I recollect how [Gb] we connect, you'll counter me.
[Abm] I got a theory that most [Db] of y'all won't allow to see.
[Abm] It goes like this.
Talent [Db] doesn't choose morality.
[Abm] See, if Daniel Hale was a [Db] killer, would you not want a heart?
[Abm] If Carl Benz was a [Gb] racist, would you stop driving cars?
[Abm] I can't help we jump in these [Db] bodies saying you called them a god.
[Abm] Just know the earth is just a [Db] rock without the voices of art.
[E] This city is yours.
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