So Thankful Chords by Nahko And Medicine For The People

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Malolo, mama's little baby.
_ Papa didn't die in vain.
[F#m]
Son [D] carries on his [A] name.
His face is fire and [F#m] flame.
The way he talked, the way he [A] sang,
Mama still feels the pain.
[F#m]
She will not [D] live in [A] shame.
Without where babies [F#m] came,
Who the hell to blame [A] now?
She says,
Oh so painful, [D] oh so painful.
[A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [A] Grandma used to cut herself off.
[F#m]
Not the [D] hardest thing little mama's [A] are.
So I said, drunken Indians, [F#m] fighting cops,
Trapping [D] little girls around the [A] block.
Said, when the rape gonna stop?
[F#m]
Anytime [D] soon, baby, that's [C#m] real talk.
[A] Oh so [F#m] painful, [D] oh so painful.
[A] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [D] _ [A] Mama never said it's okay.
[F#m]
This [D] old man had touched me this [A] way.
Grandma, well, she got paid.
[F#m]
And that's one thing I'm not proud to [A] say.
I never thought I'd [F#m] give thanks to rape.
But that's [D] how I got here [A] today.
Said, oh so painful, [D] oh so [E] painful.
_ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] Got to give, got to give, got to give.
[F#m]
I got [D] to give my mama little [A] kiss, yeah.
I got to give, got to give.
[F#m]
I got [D] to give my mama little [A] kiss, yeah.
I got to give, got to give.
[F#m]
I got [D] to give my mama little [A] kiss, yeah.
I got to give, got to give.
[F#m]
I got [D] to give my mama little [A] kiss.
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_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Papa got shot in the head.
[F#m]
He got what [D] was coming to him, now he's [A] dead.
Child molested, 36 [F#m] years old.
Left four [D] kids and a wife in the [A] cold.
Great-grandfather got [F#m] shot in the back.
Protecting [D] Filipinos from the corporate [A] attack.
And great-grandmother shot herself in the [F#m] mouth.
She was ready to [D] go when I could hear her [A] shout.
She said, oh so [F#m] painful, oh [D] so [E] painful.
Oh so [F#m] painful, oh [D] so [A] painful.
Got to give, got to give, got to give.
[F#m]
I got [D] to give my papa little [A] kiss, yeah.
I got to give, got to give.
[F#m]
I got [D] to give my papa little [A] kiss, yeah.
I got to give, got to give.
[F#m]
I got [D] to give my papa little [A] kiss, yeah.
I got to give, got [F#m] to give.
I got [D] to give my papa little [A] kiss.
Papa _ [F#m] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] that raised me died of [F#m] cancer.
I was holding his [D] hand as the spirit [A] surrendered.
Put a roof over my head, food in my [F#m] belly.
He was a [D] king and a father to [A] many.
The mother that raised me is truly a [F#] queen.
Taught me how to [D] love God and follow my [A] dreams.
Said, oh so grateful, oh [D] so [A] grateful.
Oh so grateful, oh [D] so [A] grateful.
Coyote came and spoke to [F#m] me.
He says, get [D] used to your destiny.
[A] _ Coyote came and spoke to me.
[F#m] He says, get [D] used to your destiny.
[A] Every moment is a mystery [F#] to me.
Getting [D] pretty good at listening.
[E] Every moment is a mystery [F#m] to me.
Getting [D] pretty good at honoring, [A] yeah.
Every moment is a mystery [F#] to me.
Getting [D] pretty good at listening.
[A] Every moment is a mystery [F#] to me.
Getting [D] pretty good at honoring.
[A] Getting pretty good at listening.
Getting pretty good at honoring.
Getting pretty good at listening.
[F#m]
Getting [A] pretty good at honoring.
Got to give, got to give, got to [F#m] give.
I got to [D] give my mama little kiss, yeah.
Got to give, got to [F#m] give.
I got to [D] give my mama little kiss, yeah.
Got to give, got to give.
[F#m]
I got to [D] give my papa little kiss, yeah.
Got to give, got to [F#m] give.