Chords for Lauryn Hill - Every Ghetto, Every City

[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Eb]
I was just a little girl, skinny legs and pressing curl.
My mother [N] always thought I'd be a star. _ _
Way before the record deal, streets that nurtured Lauryn Hill
made sure that I'd never go too far.
_ Every ghetto, every city, that suburban place I been
make me recall my days in New Jerusalem.
_ Story starts in Hooderville, grew up next to Ivy Hill
when kids were stealing quarter meals for fun.
_ Killed a guy and caught a paw, rode a mongoose till it's dark
watching kids show off the stolen ones.
Every ghetto, every city, that suburban place I been
make me [Bb] recall my days [F] in New Jerusalem.
[Gb] _ [Ebm] You know it's hot, don't forget what you got.
[F] [C] Looking back, [Eb] looking [D] back, looking [Db] back, looking [G] back.
You know [Gm] it's hot, [Dbm] don't [Eb] forget what you got.
Looking back, [D] looking back, [Eb] looking back, looking back.
Bag of bon-tas, [Ebm] 20 cents and a nickel.
Springs to life, had the best [Gm] popsicles.
Saturday [F] morning cartoons and kung fu.
_ [N] _ Main street, Roos Tonic with the grills.
Beef patty and some cocoa bread.
Moved the patch by my lease, took a tongue of my shoe.
Remember, Freeland-Huntsman used to have the bomb leather.
Back when Dope Fresh and Slick Rick were together.
Looking at the roof, we thought we'd all [F] live forever.
[Eb] [B] You know it's [Gb] hot, don't [F] forget what you got.
Looking [C] back, [Eb] _ [Ebm] looking back, looking [Em] back, [B] looking back.
You know it's [Gb] hot, don't [Eb] forget what you got.
[C] Looking back, [Eb] looking [Ebm] back, [D] looking [G] back, looking [C] back.
Drill teams on Munstreet.
Remember when Bartholomew Chancellor had beat.
Moving records was on Central Ave.
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[N] I was there at dancing school.
South Lawn had the ball and pool.
Unaware of what we did and [F] had.
[Gb] _ [C]
Writing my [Bb] friends' names on my jeans with a marker.
July 4th races outside Parker.
Fireworks in Martin Stadium.
_ [Gb] _ [N] _ _
_ The untouchable PSP.
All the crazy Nick Duzzley.
Corned beef down the way through Irvington. _ _ _
Hillside, brick beef with the cops.
Self-destruction, record drop.
And everybody's name was Muscle-Up.
I knew we would [Cm] produce it.
Sensations in 88.
Tragic hits [Bbm] from Mall-Estate.
And everybody used to do [N] the WAP.
_ _ _ Jack, Jack, Jack your body.
Lot of Bismarck used to airbust the [Bb] party.
I wish those days, days [Fm] _ [Eb] didn't stop.
Every town, every city and suburban place I've been.
Make me recall my days [F] in every city.
_ [Db] You [Bb] know it's hard.
[Eb] Don't forget what you got.
Looking back, looking back, looking _ [Abm] back.
You know it's hard.
Don't forget [Eb] what you got.
Looking back, looking back, looking back.
[C] You know it's hard.
Don't forget [Eb] what you got.
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