Growing Pains Chords by Ludacris

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Okay, I remember [E] the day.
[F#m] High rights, low lefts, even [C#] Stevens [Bm] and Fays.
[E] Troops, slide-os, and [C#m] BKs, those was the days.
[F#m] High tech boots, spray painted with your [C#] name.
[Bm] T [E]-shirts, airbrushed, they're [F#] red the same.
They [E] carry my own [F#m] chain.
One go with your [C#] initial.
[Bm] Heritage [E] photos, group shots, [A] can you remember?
[Bm] Bury him, [C#m] tell his [F#] bitch, go to the prime and die.
[D] Didn't live, shot [A] himself in the head with a .45.
[E] When she _ [F#m] disobeyed, had North Clayton cred [C#] just [Bm] to reiterate.
[C#m] Dog, those was the days.
[E] Voter [F#m] invasions of haters, man.
Crews from all [C#] around [Bm] used to get down [E] at True Flavor.
Buffet kilo, rocking [F#m] damage, cross color and [C#] Paco.
[Bm] While Playboy [C#m] stepped in talent [A] shows.
Prime night, Texan [F#] cango was so cool.
Fuck the new model [D] cars, we [A] riding old school.
_ We [E] were trying [F#m] so hard, _ [C#] _ [Bm] hard [C#m] to survive.
_ Cause [E] even though [F#m] we were young, _ [C#] [Bm] we had [C#m] to stay strong.
No [E] matter what [F#m] we went through, _ [C#] it was me [C#m] and my crew.
[A] _ _ And that's how [F#m] it went, _ [D] _ when [A] we were kids.
In three months we [E] stayed in [F#m] Jamestown. _
Hamwood and [Bm] diplomats, played with [E] Transformers, G.I. Joes and Thundercats.
We was loving [F#m] that, before the start of Jackie [C#] Jacks.
[D] For notes on Red [E] Oaks, had folks scared to come through College Park [F#m] after dark.
Crime [C#] Victoria's [Bm] police, [E] unharked cars.
Be [Am] aware, Wayne [B] Wiggins was out [F#] there.
But we didn't care, kids was getting [D] stabbed and ditched [A] out there.
Too busy playing, double [E] dare, you [F#m] touch shawty on the ass.
That's a [C#] bet, [Bm] want your Kool [C#m]-Aid and sugar.
Smack your [A] heads and say sweat.
[E] It's mine [F#m] now, place it in my Louis Vuitton [C#] pouch.
[Bm] Thump a [E] nigga on his knuckles, [Am] make him say ouch.
[E] Slouch [F#m] sucks, box Chevy Caprice.
[Bm] Hot niece, [C#m] cut the oldest, [A] serving the peace with [Bm] no conscience.
[F#] Broke niggas call him nonsense, [D] no comments.
[A] This Lil' Vade paying high, Mr.
[E] College Park.
We were trying [F#m] so hard, _ [C#] _ hard [C#m] to survive.
_ Cause [C#] even though [F#m] we were _ young, _ [C#] [Bm] we had to [C#m] stay _ strong.
No matter [F#] what we [F#m] went through, _ [C#] it was me and [C#m] my crew.
[A] _ _ [C#m] And that's [F#m] how it went, _ _ [Bm] when [A] we were kids.
I had a [E] long time, but [F#m] no silver, no gold or plat.
[C#] I was [D] simply read from [E] the years I've been holding back.
With two sides to [F#m] a book, I lick stamps and light matches.
[Bm] And set [E] fires and garbage pails [A] and cabbage patches.
[E] Child of [F#m] the corn, been wild since I was born.
[Bm] Climbing [E] over barbed wire, [A] clothes got torn.
[Bm] [F#] Shoes got muddy and my click turned [D] cruddy.
Wherever I [A] go, they with, they my buddies.
[E] I brush [F#m] teeth, brush naps and call the [C#] streets.
[Bm] Dreaming of [C#m] Cadillacs, wood wheels [A] and plush seats.
[E] Cats with [F#m] gold teeth and raps with such teeth.
[C#] [Bm] Macs with no [E] grief and some sacks [F#m] of green leaf.
When I [E] loaded my [F#m] cap gun, I was ready for action.
[C#] [Bm] Staring at beer [C#m] cans in the moment to crack one.
Wanna [Bm] hang with [F#] the big boys and play with the big toys.
[D] And be with the people [A] making all that goddamn noise.
We were [E] trying [F#m] so _ hard, _ [C#] _ hard to [C#m] _
survive.
_ Cause even [E] though we [F#m] were young, _ [C#] we [Bm] had to [C#m] stay strong.
_ No matter [E] what we [F#m] went through, _ [C#] it was me and [C#m] my crew.
_ _ And that's [F#m] how we _ went _ [Bm] when we [A] were kids.
_ We were [E] trying [F#m] so _ hard, _ [Bm] hard [C#m] to survive.
_ Cause even [E] though we [F#m] were _ young, [C#] we had to [C#m] stay _ strong.
No matter [B] what [F#m] we went through, _ [C#] it was me and [C#m] my crew.
[A] _ _ And that's [F#] how we went _ [Bm] when we [A] were _ _ kids.
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