Little Black Boy Chords by Gypsy

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There was a little black boy, a black boy was he.
The boy went to [Am] school and he come [G] out dancing.
[Ab] He never learned how to read, he never learned [G] about math.
Never learned [C] how to write, he never studied [G] about that.
All he studied was his speakers, his speakers and clothes.
He learned how to dress [C] and he learned how to pose.
He can't get no work, he can't [G] get no job.
He decide to [Ab] steal and he [G] decide to rob.
But little black boy couldn't last long after all.
The police put a bullet [Ab] through it until [G] his head spun.
Little black boy, go to school and learn.
Little black boy, show some concern.
Little black boy, education is the key_
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get you off the [Am] street and off [G] poverty.
Little black [C] boy, go to school and learn.
Little black boy, show some concern.
Little black boy, education [G] is the key_
_to
get you off the street and off poverty.
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aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, _ [Am] [G] aye.
There was a little black boy, a rude boy was he.
All the boy's ambition [C] was to conduct [G] a Master's Degree.
With a ring in his nose, a gold in his mouth, he felt very proud when the call him out.
So proud was the boy that the boy never learned.
He could have worked hard and [C] died a Master's Degree of his own.
So he hustle for a dollar, he hustle [Db] for a smoke, he hustle so that [C] he could buy [G] a little coke
Now he cook on the [E] coke and off the max lead, and one more little [Am] black vagrant [G] in the country
Little black boy, [C] go to [G] school and [C] learn, little black boy, show [G] some concern
Little black boy, education is the key, to get you off this region of poverty
Little black boy, think bout your race, little black boy, when will you find your place
Little black boy, go to school and learn
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you black, you just black, you can't help but being black, but because you are [C] black, you don't stay in the back
Be black, be [G] black, but be conscious
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Be black, be black, but be conscious
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Look in the front, see who's the doctor, look in the back, see who's the lawyer
Look in the back, see who's the banker, look at the [C] business, who's the owner
Look at the staff, see who's the worker, look at the trucks, see who's the don man
Look who eating out of [G] them garbage cans, look in the [Am] jail, see who [G] you see through
A lot of little black boy just like you, little black boy, [C] go to [G] school and learn
Little black boy, show some concern, little black boy, [Am] education [G] is the key, to get you off this [E] region of poverty
[G] Little black boy, go to school and learn
Little black boy, you have to show some concern
Little black boy, [Am] think [G] bout your race, little black boy, when will you find your place
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_ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ black boy, take a [G] look at yourself, little black boy, take a look at yourself
Little black boy, [Am] put your [G] guns on the shelf, little black boy, watch what you do
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Little black boy, take a good look at you, little black boy, [C] look at the [G] other people too
Little black boy, is that the [D] way you should be?
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_ [C] _ _ [G] Little black boy, [Ab] don't put trucks in your [G] vein, little black boy, it will drive you insane
Little black boy, [G] addle your brain, _ [Ab] _ [G] little black boy, [Ab] don't [G] you be no fool
Keep yourself in school
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you're black, you're just [E] black, you can't help but being black
But because you are [Am] black, you don't [G] have to stay back
Be black, be black, but be [Am] conscious
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Brother be black, be black, but be [Ab] conscious
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black, be black, but be conscious
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Be black, [E] [G] be black, but be conscious
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Be black, be black, but be conscious
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Be black, be black, but be conscious
[G] Be black, be black, but be conscious
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Be black, be black, but be conscious _ _
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