Doo Rags Chords by Nas

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[B] Pushin' drop tops, Stacey [Bbm] Lattice on tapes, the 80's had [Abm] us all apes
Youngest gorillas [Gb] up the bat at home plate, [E] that was an uncanny era
Guns in my pants, yeah, [Abm] ex-Klan head with dreads at the top of my fade
[B] Homicide and feds on [Bbm] the block where I played, B [Dbm]-ball
That's when I wonder was [Eb] I here for the cause or B [D]-cause
Cause Ray Charles could see the [Bm] ghetto, he's told to stay strong and I could beat the devil
[B] Lejoe White used to play Apollo, [Bbm] balcony seats, watch [Abm] a nigga swing racers in the [Gb] front row
Then out in the [E] streets the cars show, 560's, Chemical, [Abm] Afros
Akeras, pumpers, super lovers, see a Casanova [B] live, 6B
[Bbm] Asses bustin' out of they clothes, [Dbm] wearin' lip gloss
Big [Gm] door knockers pillin' their [D] earlobes, so where them years [Bm] go?
Where the old gold beers and tears go?
But now them shorties here though, [B] so
The through rags are back, [Bbm] fitted hats, snorkels and [Abm] furs
Like a Zalabuster, [Gb] still packed, what's the [E] word?
The drinkers stay drinkin', I'm puffin' they herb
[B] And I'm still enjoyin' life's ride, one more time
The through rags are back, [Bbm] fitted hats, snorkels and [Dbm] furs
Like a Zalabuster, [G] still packed, what's the [Bm] word?
The drinkers stay drinkin', I'm puffin' they herb
And I'm still enjoyin' life's ride, [B] ride
Political thugs in shark [Bbm] suits, persuaded to pull [Abm] triggers
In army boots, [Gb] yellin' join the armed forces
[E] We lost the Vietnam War, intoxicated poisons
[Abm] Needles in arms of veterans instead of bigger fortunes
There's still a lot of niggas [Bbm] crawlin' in the carpet offices
[Dbm] War in the ghetto, we crabs [Eb] in a barrel, they torture us
[Bm] They won't be servin' the beast too long
The murderers wearin' police uniforms, Confederate flags
I burned [B] B Street breakers with dancers [Bbm] to the music I chose
[Abm] In Peace Tree, Atlanta, [Gb] crackheads was two in they nose
[E] In frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up llamas, children [Abm] with faux-fauxs
And double revolvers, [Gb] we devil incarnates
[Bbm] Headed to jail with Shell Gas [Dbm] Company in South [G] Africa
Be havin' us killed, [D] their paper money [Bm] was the death of Christ
And all these shorties comin' up, just resurrect your life, it's like a [B] cycle
Yo, the through rags are back, [Bbm] fitted hats, snorkels and [Abm] furs
Like a Zalabuster, [Gb] still packed, what's the [E] word?
The drinkers stay drinkin', I'm puffin' they herb
[B] And I'm still enjoyin' life's ride, one more time
The through rags are back, [Bbm] fitted hats, snorkels and [Dbm] furs
Like a Zalabuster, [G] still packed, what's the [Bm] word?
The drinkers stay drinkin', I'm puffin' they herb
And I'm still enjoyin' life's ride
[B] Niggas used to wear [Bbm] rags on they head when it was [Abm] fried up
That's when we were [Gb] lied to, buyin' hair [E] products
Back before my titter race, where our blackness started disintegratin'
Where the low-edit [B] started penetratin', the styles come from [Bbm] prison
They use [Dbm] potatoes, make it liquor, just to prove [Gm] we some creative niggas
[D] Turnin' nothin' into [Bm] somethin', it's God work
And you get nothin' without strugglin'
Hard work, war is [B] necessary, tell my niggas [Bbm] in chains
From green to [Abm] sing, sing, I'm wantin' [Gb] y'all to know one thing
The [E] hardest thing is to forgive what God does
Even [Abm] if you murdered or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God loves
[B] Take one step toward Him, [Bbm] He takes two toward [Dbm] you
Even when all [G] else fail, God supports [Bm] you
I done it, got God's son on my stomach
My heart and my lungs [Ab] was affected from hit knees and gettin' blunted
[B] Do your body right [Bbm] and it loves you back
You [Abm] only get one life, and [Gb] yo, because of that
I'm [E] still blazin', goin' out for the cause
Still [Abm] rockin' stockin' caps, not for the waves
[Gb] Obeyin' no laws, it's like that
Yo, the new rags are back, [Bbm] fitted hats, snorkels, and [Dbm] furs
Rikers, Allen buses, [G] still packed, what's the [D] word?
The drinkers stay [Bm] drinkin', a-puffin' they herb
And I'm still enjoyin' life's ride, one more [Gb] time
The new rags are back, [Bbm] fitted hats, snorkels, and [Abm] furs
Rikers, Allen buses, [Gb] still packed, what's the [E] word?
The drinkers still [Abm] drinkin', a-puffin' they herb
And I'm still enjoyin' life's [B] ride, right?
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