Chords for Mos Def - Sunshine (Live On Conan O'Brian)
Tempo:
92.3 bpm
Chords used:
Em
Am
C
G
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [F]
[Gb] [C] [Ab]
Alright everybody, we are back [N] with Stop on a Dime.
Our next guest, very busy man these days, who's recently nominated for a Golden Globe
for the HBO film Something the Lord Made.
His new film, The Woodsman, is in theaters now, and he's here tonight with a song from
his latest album, The New Danger.
We're thrilled to have him here tonight.
Please welcome Mo Staff.
One, two, three, [Em] four.
It's [B]
a brand new day.
[Em]
Every day is a brand [C] new day.
[G] [Em] Listen, I don't hate players.
[Am] I don't lie to game.
[Em] I'm the shot clock, [Am] way above the game.
[Em] There be point blank, but [Am] you mother bump the game.
[Em] I got all this work [Am] on me, I ain't [Em] come for play.
You can show the little shorties how you bump a flake.
But dog, not the [Am] jeff.
I'm not [Em] impressive, not amusing, [Am] not confusing, not [Em] the dude.
Strong man finish, I am not in school.
Put your hand down, [Am] youngin', this is not for [Em] you.
All my [Am] J-O, it beats Buck Hall, [Em] yeah, yo.
My name off [Am] the mark, and your name off [Em] the payroll.
[Ab] South brush like I'm still [Em] a day old.
And [Am] it's been like that since [Em] the day old.
I'm on time, but [Am] the rollie [Em] is shake old.
Step on deck, yeah, [Ab] neck do what I say [G] so.
Get up or get out, get [N] down, I lay low.
You're standing [E] in the shadow of a fabulous [Bm] man.
Brooklyn figure I am.
That brother, [Em] that dude, black people, let's [C] move.
Shout out to Talib Kweli, y'all.
[G] We a topper, topper, shout out, [Em] shout out.
Check it out, the slim [Am] figure that casts a big [Em] shadow.
Cherokee red that shoot [Am] the long [Em] arrow.
Got more skill, more [Am] aim, and more [Em] ammo.
You can get it all from a bigger, small barrel.
Like Hail [Am] Mary, full of [Em] grace.
Jokers come in and shoot us a place, and make it all up your face.
The jacks come up, pull out the ace.
From the jungles of the empire state, where ain't no escape.
247-718, and that's like every night, [Am] every [Em] day.
From the place to the settling [Am] state, to [Em] the states I'm collecting my pay.
Blast off, and I'm back to the cave.
Hold the dance [Am] to the family [Em] straight.
Representing the family [Am] way.
[Em] Pro ball, not for amateur play.
Bitter ball, because the amateur stay.
Pull the press, [N] set the cameras race.
Like a long time handler, wave your understanding [B] straight.
Snowtown,
[Em] that's what it is, that's what it is, that's what it is.
[C] You see, [G] fantastic, dynamic.
[Em] Fuck y'all, because it is deeper.
[Am] Sweeter, richer, [Em] crisper.
Stronger reception, [Am] a sharper [Em] picture.
Revolve around God, and [Am] evolve with this one.
[Em] These elements of a God must picture.
And make most of a [Am] classic modern [Em] figure.
See Brooklyn, it don't matter if y'all holler or woofer.
You're coming through flair, [Am] black, I'm right there with ya.
[Em] Ain't got to edit your slang, I got it, I get to y'all.
Brothers and sisters, [C] fathers [Em] and mothers, and lovers,
believers, the daughters, [C] believers, the [Em] stayers, the quitters, the itchers, the achers.
[Am] Urban gorillas, ghetto [Em] civilians.
Y'all fulfilling [Am] from the first to the latest.
[Em] Extra, [Am] extraordinary, and plain.
[Em] 40,000 places of life ahead of the game.
By the time that you get where I'm standing, I'll be gone.
Y'all make moves, but y'all just move wrong.
I move [N] in, and y'all must move on.
I move too strong, I know what my feet move for.
[G] Make it go without a brand new car.
[Em] I was fresh without a brand new soul.
Give a damn [C] about what brand you are.
I'm the son of the type of man you are.
What [G] your principles and standards are, y'all [Em] understand me, y'all.
Be good to [Am] your family, [Em] y'all.
No matter where your families are, everybody need family, y'all.
[Am] Raise your hand, y'all [Em] understand me, y'all.
Everybody [Am] need family, y'all.
[Em] Be good to your family, y'all.
Understand.
No matter [C] where your families are, hip-hop with your family now.
Sing along when we break it down.
[N] Quiet singing and I say, let the sun shine.
Say, let the sun shine in.
Let the sun shine in.
You're the monkey in which [Bm] they be saying, [E] let the sun [N] shine.
Let the sun shine in.
Let [Ab] the sun shine in.
Thank you, Brooklyn.
Thank you, Worldwide.
We got it.
[N]
That was great.
Thank you so much.
[E] Mo' Chef, everybody.
We'll take a break.
We'll be right [N] back.
[Gb] [C] [Ab]
Alright everybody, we are back [N] with Stop on a Dime.
Our next guest, very busy man these days, who's recently nominated for a Golden Globe
for the HBO film Something the Lord Made.
His new film, The Woodsman, is in theaters now, and he's here tonight with a song from
his latest album, The New Danger.
We're thrilled to have him here tonight.
Please welcome Mo Staff.
One, two, three, [Em] four.
It's [B]
a brand new day.
[Em]
Every day is a brand [C] new day.
[G] [Em] Listen, I don't hate players.
[Am] I don't lie to game.
[Em] I'm the shot clock, [Am] way above the game.
[Em] There be point blank, but [Am] you mother bump the game.
[Em] I got all this work [Am] on me, I ain't [Em] come for play.
You can show the little shorties how you bump a flake.
But dog, not the [Am] jeff.
I'm not [Em] impressive, not amusing, [Am] not confusing, not [Em] the dude.
Strong man finish, I am not in school.
Put your hand down, [Am] youngin', this is not for [Em] you.
All my [Am] J-O, it beats Buck Hall, [Em] yeah, yo.
My name off [Am] the mark, and your name off [Em] the payroll.
[Ab] South brush like I'm still [Em] a day old.
And [Am] it's been like that since [Em] the day old.
I'm on time, but [Am] the rollie [Em] is shake old.
Step on deck, yeah, [Ab] neck do what I say [G] so.
Get up or get out, get [N] down, I lay low.
You're standing [E] in the shadow of a fabulous [Bm] man.
Brooklyn figure I am.
That brother, [Em] that dude, black people, let's [C] move.
Shout out to Talib Kweli, y'all.
[G] We a topper, topper, shout out, [Em] shout out.
Check it out, the slim [Am] figure that casts a big [Em] shadow.
Cherokee red that shoot [Am] the long [Em] arrow.
Got more skill, more [Am] aim, and more [Em] ammo.
You can get it all from a bigger, small barrel.
Like Hail [Am] Mary, full of [Em] grace.
Jokers come in and shoot us a place, and make it all up your face.
The jacks come up, pull out the ace.
From the jungles of the empire state, where ain't no escape.
247-718, and that's like every night, [Am] every [Em] day.
From the place to the settling [Am] state, to [Em] the states I'm collecting my pay.
Blast off, and I'm back to the cave.
Hold the dance [Am] to the family [Em] straight.
Representing the family [Am] way.
[Em] Pro ball, not for amateur play.
Bitter ball, because the amateur stay.
Pull the press, [N] set the cameras race.
Like a long time handler, wave your understanding [B] straight.
Snowtown,
[Em] that's what it is, that's what it is, that's what it is.
[C] You see, [G] fantastic, dynamic.
[Em] Fuck y'all, because it is deeper.
[Am] Sweeter, richer, [Em] crisper.
Stronger reception, [Am] a sharper [Em] picture.
Revolve around God, and [Am] evolve with this one.
[Em] These elements of a God must picture.
And make most of a [Am] classic modern [Em] figure.
See Brooklyn, it don't matter if y'all holler or woofer.
You're coming through flair, [Am] black, I'm right there with ya.
[Em] Ain't got to edit your slang, I got it, I get to y'all.
Brothers and sisters, [C] fathers [Em] and mothers, and lovers,
believers, the daughters, [C] believers, the [Em] stayers, the quitters, the itchers, the achers.
[Am] Urban gorillas, ghetto [Em] civilians.
Y'all fulfilling [Am] from the first to the latest.
[Em] Extra, [Am] extraordinary, and plain.
[Em] 40,000 places of life ahead of the game.
By the time that you get where I'm standing, I'll be gone.
Y'all make moves, but y'all just move wrong.
I move [N] in, and y'all must move on.
I move too strong, I know what my feet move for.
[G] Make it go without a brand new car.
[Em] I was fresh without a brand new soul.
Give a damn [C] about what brand you are.
I'm the son of the type of man you are.
What [G] your principles and standards are, y'all [Em] understand me, y'all.
Be good to [Am] your family, [Em] y'all.
No matter where your families are, everybody need family, y'all.
[Am] Raise your hand, y'all [Em] understand me, y'all.
Everybody [Am] need family, y'all.
[Em] Be good to your family, y'all.
Understand.
No matter [C] where your families are, hip-hop with your family now.
Sing along when we break it down.
[N] Quiet singing and I say, let the sun shine.
Say, let the sun shine in.
Let the sun shine in.
You're the monkey in which [Bm] they be saying, [E] let the sun [N] shine.
Let the sun shine in.
Let [Ab] the sun shine in.
Thank you, Brooklyn.
Thank you, Worldwide.
We got it.
[N]
That was great.
Thank you so much.
[E] Mo' Chef, everybody.
We'll take a break.
We'll be right [N] back.
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[Gb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _
Alright everybody, we are back [N] with Stop on a Dime.
Our next guest, very busy man these days, who's recently nominated for a Golden Globe
for the HBO film Something the Lord Made.
His new film, The Woodsman, is in theaters now, and he's here tonight with a song from
his latest album, The New Danger.
We're thrilled to have him here tonight.
Please welcome Mo Staff. _ _ _
One, two, three, [Em] four.
It's _ _ _ [B]
a brand new day.
_ _ _ [Em]
Every day is a brand [C] new day. _ _
_ [G] _ [Em] Listen, I don't hate players.
[Am] I don't lie to game.
[Em] I'm the shot clock, [Am] way above the game.
[Em] There be point blank, but [Am] you mother bump the game.
[Em] I got all this work [Am] on me, I ain't [Em] come for play.
You can show the little shorties how you bump a flake.
But dog, not the [Am] jeff.
I'm not [Em] impressive, not amusing, [Am] not confusing, not [Em] the dude.
Strong man finish, I am not in school.
Put your hand down, [Am] youngin', this is not for [Em] you.
All my [Am] J-O, it beats Buck Hall, [Em] yeah, yo.
My name off [Am] the mark, and your name off [Em] the payroll.
[Ab] South brush like I'm still [Em] a day old.
And [Am] it's been like that since [Em] the day old.
I'm on time, but [Am] the rollie [Em] is shake old.
Step on deck, yeah, [Ab] neck do what I say [G] so.
Get up or get out, get [N] down, I lay low.
You're standing [E] in the shadow of a fabulous [Bm] man.
Brooklyn figure I am.
That brother, [Em] that dude, black people, let's [C] move.
Shout out to Talib Kweli, y'all.
[G] We a topper, topper, shout out, [Em] shout out.
Check it out, the slim [Am] figure that casts a big [Em] shadow.
Cherokee red that shoot [Am] the long [Em] arrow.
Got more skill, more [Am] aim, and more [Em] ammo.
You can get it all from a bigger, small barrel.
Like Hail [Am] Mary, full of [Em] grace.
Jokers come in and shoot us a place, and make it all up your face.
The jacks come up, pull out the ace.
From the jungles of the empire state, where ain't no escape.
247-718, and that's like every night, [Am] every [Em] day.
From the place to the settling [Am] state, to [Em] the states I'm collecting my pay.
Blast off, and I'm back to the cave.
Hold the dance [Am] to the family [Em] straight.
Representing the family [Am] way.
[Em] Pro ball, not for amateur play.
Bitter ball, because the amateur stay.
Pull the press, [N] set the cameras race.
Like a long time handler, wave your understanding [B] straight.
_ _ Snowtown, _
[Em] that's what it is, that's what it is, that's what it is.
[C] You see, _ [G] fantastic, dynamic.
[Em] Fuck y'all, because it is deeper.
[Am] Sweeter, richer, [Em] crisper.
Stronger reception, [Am] a sharper [Em] picture.
Revolve around God, and [Am] evolve with this one.
[Em] These elements of a God must picture.
And make most of a [Am] classic modern [Em] figure.
See Brooklyn, it don't matter if y'all holler or woofer.
You're coming through flair, [Am] black, I'm right there with ya.
[Em] Ain't got to edit your slang, I got it, I get to y'all.
Brothers and sisters, [C] fathers [Em] and mothers, and lovers,
believers, the daughters, [C] believers, the [Em] stayers, the quitters, the itchers, the achers.
[Am] Urban gorillas, ghetto [Em] civilians.
Y'all fulfilling [Am] from the first to the latest.
[Em] Extra, [Am] extraordinary, and plain.
[Em] 40,000 places of life ahead of the game.
By the time that you get where I'm standing, I'll be gone.
Y'all make moves, but y'all just move wrong.
I move [N] in, and y'all must move on.
I move too strong, I know what my feet move for.
[G] Make it go without a brand new car.
[Em] I was fresh without a brand new soul.
Give a damn [C] about what brand you are.
I'm the son of the type of man you are.
What [G] your principles and standards are, y'all [Em] understand me, y'all.
Be good to [Am] your family, [Em] y'all.
No matter where your families are, everybody need family, y'all.
[Am] Raise your hand, y'all [Em] understand me, y'all.
Everybody [Am] need family, y'all.
[Em] Be good to your family, y'all.
Understand.
No matter [C] where your families are, hip-hop with your family now.
Sing along when we break it down.
[N] Quiet singing and I say, let the sun _ shine.
Say, let the sun shine in.
Let the sun shine in.
You're the monkey in which [Bm] they be saying, [E] let the sun [N] shine. _ _ _
Let the sun shine in.
Let [Ab] the sun _ shine in.
Thank you, Brooklyn.
Thank you, Worldwide.
We got it.
_ [N] _
_ _ That was great.
Thank you so much.
[E] Mo' Chef, everybody.
We'll take a break.
We'll be right [N] back.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _
Alright everybody, we are back [N] with Stop on a Dime.
Our next guest, very busy man these days, who's recently nominated for a Golden Globe
for the HBO film Something the Lord Made.
His new film, The Woodsman, is in theaters now, and he's here tonight with a song from
his latest album, The New Danger.
We're thrilled to have him here tonight.
Please welcome Mo Staff. _ _ _
One, two, three, [Em] four.
It's _ _ _ [B]
a brand new day.
_ _ _ [Em]
Every day is a brand [C] new day. _ _
_ [G] _ [Em] Listen, I don't hate players.
[Am] I don't lie to game.
[Em] I'm the shot clock, [Am] way above the game.
[Em] There be point blank, but [Am] you mother bump the game.
[Em] I got all this work [Am] on me, I ain't [Em] come for play.
You can show the little shorties how you bump a flake.
But dog, not the [Am] jeff.
I'm not [Em] impressive, not amusing, [Am] not confusing, not [Em] the dude.
Strong man finish, I am not in school.
Put your hand down, [Am] youngin', this is not for [Em] you.
All my [Am] J-O, it beats Buck Hall, [Em] yeah, yo.
My name off [Am] the mark, and your name off [Em] the payroll.
[Ab] South brush like I'm still [Em] a day old.
And [Am] it's been like that since [Em] the day old.
I'm on time, but [Am] the rollie [Em] is shake old.
Step on deck, yeah, [Ab] neck do what I say [G] so.
Get up or get out, get [N] down, I lay low.
You're standing [E] in the shadow of a fabulous [Bm] man.
Brooklyn figure I am.
That brother, [Em] that dude, black people, let's [C] move.
Shout out to Talib Kweli, y'all.
[G] We a topper, topper, shout out, [Em] shout out.
Check it out, the slim [Am] figure that casts a big [Em] shadow.
Cherokee red that shoot [Am] the long [Em] arrow.
Got more skill, more [Am] aim, and more [Em] ammo.
You can get it all from a bigger, small barrel.
Like Hail [Am] Mary, full of [Em] grace.
Jokers come in and shoot us a place, and make it all up your face.
The jacks come up, pull out the ace.
From the jungles of the empire state, where ain't no escape.
247-718, and that's like every night, [Am] every [Em] day.
From the place to the settling [Am] state, to [Em] the states I'm collecting my pay.
Blast off, and I'm back to the cave.
Hold the dance [Am] to the family [Em] straight.
Representing the family [Am] way.
[Em] Pro ball, not for amateur play.
Bitter ball, because the amateur stay.
Pull the press, [N] set the cameras race.
Like a long time handler, wave your understanding [B] straight.
_ _ Snowtown, _
[Em] that's what it is, that's what it is, that's what it is.
[C] You see, _ [G] fantastic, dynamic.
[Em] Fuck y'all, because it is deeper.
[Am] Sweeter, richer, [Em] crisper.
Stronger reception, [Am] a sharper [Em] picture.
Revolve around God, and [Am] evolve with this one.
[Em] These elements of a God must picture.
And make most of a [Am] classic modern [Em] figure.
See Brooklyn, it don't matter if y'all holler or woofer.
You're coming through flair, [Am] black, I'm right there with ya.
[Em] Ain't got to edit your slang, I got it, I get to y'all.
Brothers and sisters, [C] fathers [Em] and mothers, and lovers,
believers, the daughters, [C] believers, the [Em] stayers, the quitters, the itchers, the achers.
[Am] Urban gorillas, ghetto [Em] civilians.
Y'all fulfilling [Am] from the first to the latest.
[Em] Extra, [Am] extraordinary, and plain.
[Em] 40,000 places of life ahead of the game.
By the time that you get where I'm standing, I'll be gone.
Y'all make moves, but y'all just move wrong.
I move [N] in, and y'all must move on.
I move too strong, I know what my feet move for.
[G] Make it go without a brand new car.
[Em] I was fresh without a brand new soul.
Give a damn [C] about what brand you are.
I'm the son of the type of man you are.
What [G] your principles and standards are, y'all [Em] understand me, y'all.
Be good to [Am] your family, [Em] y'all.
No matter where your families are, everybody need family, y'all.
[Am] Raise your hand, y'all [Em] understand me, y'all.
Everybody [Am] need family, y'all.
[Em] Be good to your family, y'all.
Understand.
No matter [C] where your families are, hip-hop with your family now.
Sing along when we break it down.
[N] Quiet singing and I say, let the sun _ shine.
Say, let the sun shine in.
Let the sun shine in.
You're the monkey in which [Bm] they be saying, [E] let the sun [N] shine. _ _ _
Let the sun shine in.
Let [Ab] the sun _ shine in.
Thank you, Brooklyn.
Thank you, Worldwide.
We got it.
_ [N] _
_ _ That was great.
Thank you so much.
[E] Mo' Chef, everybody.
We'll take a break.
We'll be right [N] back.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _