Chords for Nas illmatic-memory lane
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89.6 bpm
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Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Cm] [F] Alright, fuck that shit, [Eb] word, word, fuck [Am] that other shit, you know what I'm saying?
[Bb] We gon' do a lil' something [F] like this, you know what I'm saying?
[Eb] Stay up on this, keep [F] it on and on and on and [Bb] on and, you know what I'm [Em] saying?
Big Nas, Grand [G] Wizard, stop, what is it?
That's a lie, [Bb] ha, you know what I'm [F] saying?
[Gm] Yo, Kan.
I rap for listeners, sunheads, fly ladies, and prisoners
Hennessy holders and [B] old school niggas, they not be [Bb] listening
Unofficial, that [E] Mo' Woolie type, I [G] dropped out of Cooley High
Gas the block, go catch you, [Gm] pop, jungle survivor, fuck who's the lover
My man put the battery in my back, a difference for mannitizer
Sentence begins [Dm] identity, [E] with [G] formality
Moderation's infinite, money, wiser [Bb] physiology
Poetry, that's a [Dm] part of me, [Gm] retardedly, bop
I drop the [D] ancient manifesto dip-bop
[F] Straight off the [Bb] block, I reminisce, a pop [Dm] chance
My man was shot for a [Eb] sheep coat
Choco dress, [F] an ecstasy, I'm dropping my [Bb] weed smoke
Israel grew up with [F] tripe life, the times of white [Em] limes, the high fives
Murderous [F] night times, the night fights and [Gm] bright crimes
Chill on the block with carniac, old strap
With my [Bm] beef that's in the dark, money [Bb] market, interact
No sign of the [E] beats in the blue Chrysler
I guess that means [N] peace for niggas, no shite, Steve Weist, he'll [Bb] just snipe ya
Start up the [F] tights, roll the mats, from [Em] Crap to C-Law
What's our [Bb] best?
So roll the goose, cup the below
Peace, peace squad, now [C] this shit is [G] explained
I'm taking niggas on a [F] trip, straight through memory [Bb] lane
It's like [E] that, y'all
It's like that, y'all
It's like [F] that, y'all
[Bb] I'm taking [E] niggas on a trip, straight through memory lane
[F] It's
[Bb] [Dm] [G] like that, [Gbm] y'all
It's like that, [Bb] [Cm] [E] [G] y'all
[Dm] It's like that, [Bb] y'all
I'm taking [Dm] niggas on a trip, [G] straight through memory lane
[Bm] It's like that, [Bb] y'all
One for [C] the money, two for the pussy
And for the cause, [G] three for [Dm] Alice
Eight niggas deceased up behind [Bb] bars
I rapped the [E] Vanguard, checked out prognosis
In [G] the Miller Showbiz, more with [Bm] no faces
Shoot out, drum [G] overdoses, live amongst the roses
[E] Only the drama, [G] for real, a nickel plate is my fate
My medicine is [Bbm] the ganja, here's my bases
[F] My razor [G] embraces many faces
Intellifold, [D] four black [Bb] stitches, a patch of aces
People's [F] perpetual, dramatic, automatic
[G] Po-po, I let blow, [F] and back down
Po-po, when [C] I'm back, so
My pen taps [E] the paper, then my brains blend
I [G] see dark streets, [F] hustlin' brothers
Who keep [Bb] the same rank, pump up or somethin'
[Am] Some are prospects [G] of fail, judges hangin' [D] niggas
I correct bails, for [Bb] direct sales
My intellect [E] prevails, throw my hanging claws
Nails, [G] I reinforce, [Fm] for real, with lyrics that's [Bb] real
Word to Christ, a [F] disciple of streets
Trifle [G] on beats, I decipher [F] prophecies
Do a mic to say [Gm] peace
I hung around the older rules
While they sling-smacked the same bass
They spoke of Beck, [F] add that nigga's name
A bell [Bb] rings, blacks in vain scream
[Dm] Allow Supreme to hear my Jamaica [Eb] Queen sing
Uptown [F] was outpost, son, heard he [Gm] was gangpin, yo
Fuck rap, [Dm] it's real, watch the herbs stand [G] still
Never talkin' to snakes, cause the words of man [Bb] kill
True in the game, [E] as long as blood is blue on my vein
I pull [G] a Heineken [D] boot, to my deceased
Screw [Cm] a memory lane
[E] [G]
[Cm] [E] [G] [A]
[Bbm] [Cm] [D] [Gm] [D] [C]
[Bb] [C] [G] [Am]
[Bb] [C] [Em] [F]
[Cm] [E] [G] [Bm]
[Bb] [C] [G]
[Bb] [G] [F] I'm proud [Bb] of you, the most dangerous [C] of the [G] series
You've been number one, and you know [C] where to find me
[G] [F] [Bb] [E] [G] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] [Em] [B]
[Bb] [F] [Gm]
[Bb] We gon' do a lil' something [F] like this, you know what I'm saying?
[Eb] Stay up on this, keep [F] it on and on and on and [Bb] on and, you know what I'm [Em] saying?
Big Nas, Grand [G] Wizard, stop, what is it?
That's a lie, [Bb] ha, you know what I'm [F] saying?
[Gm] Yo, Kan.
I rap for listeners, sunheads, fly ladies, and prisoners
Hennessy holders and [B] old school niggas, they not be [Bb] listening
Unofficial, that [E] Mo' Woolie type, I [G] dropped out of Cooley High
Gas the block, go catch you, [Gm] pop, jungle survivor, fuck who's the lover
My man put the battery in my back, a difference for mannitizer
Sentence begins [Dm] identity, [E] with [G] formality
Moderation's infinite, money, wiser [Bb] physiology
Poetry, that's a [Dm] part of me, [Gm] retardedly, bop
I drop the [D] ancient manifesto dip-bop
[F] Straight off the [Bb] block, I reminisce, a pop [Dm] chance
My man was shot for a [Eb] sheep coat
Choco dress, [F] an ecstasy, I'm dropping my [Bb] weed smoke
Israel grew up with [F] tripe life, the times of white [Em] limes, the high fives
Murderous [F] night times, the night fights and [Gm] bright crimes
Chill on the block with carniac, old strap
With my [Bm] beef that's in the dark, money [Bb] market, interact
No sign of the [E] beats in the blue Chrysler
I guess that means [N] peace for niggas, no shite, Steve Weist, he'll [Bb] just snipe ya
Start up the [F] tights, roll the mats, from [Em] Crap to C-Law
What's our [Bb] best?
So roll the goose, cup the below
Peace, peace squad, now [C] this shit is [G] explained
I'm taking niggas on a [F] trip, straight through memory [Bb] lane
It's like [E] that, y'all
It's like that, y'all
It's like [F] that, y'all
[Bb] I'm taking [E] niggas on a trip, straight through memory lane
[F] It's
[Bb] [Dm] [G] like that, [Gbm] y'all
It's like that, [Bb] [Cm] [E] [G] y'all
[Dm] It's like that, [Bb] y'all
I'm taking [Dm] niggas on a trip, [G] straight through memory lane
[Bm] It's like that, [Bb] y'all
One for [C] the money, two for the pussy
And for the cause, [G] three for [Dm] Alice
Eight niggas deceased up behind [Bb] bars
I rapped the [E] Vanguard, checked out prognosis
In [G] the Miller Showbiz, more with [Bm] no faces
Shoot out, drum [G] overdoses, live amongst the roses
[E] Only the drama, [G] for real, a nickel plate is my fate
My medicine is [Bbm] the ganja, here's my bases
[F] My razor [G] embraces many faces
Intellifold, [D] four black [Bb] stitches, a patch of aces
People's [F] perpetual, dramatic, automatic
[G] Po-po, I let blow, [F] and back down
Po-po, when [C] I'm back, so
My pen taps [E] the paper, then my brains blend
I [G] see dark streets, [F] hustlin' brothers
Who keep [Bb] the same rank, pump up or somethin'
[Am] Some are prospects [G] of fail, judges hangin' [D] niggas
I correct bails, for [Bb] direct sales
My intellect [E] prevails, throw my hanging claws
Nails, [G] I reinforce, [Fm] for real, with lyrics that's [Bb] real
Word to Christ, a [F] disciple of streets
Trifle [G] on beats, I decipher [F] prophecies
Do a mic to say [Gm] peace
I hung around the older rules
While they sling-smacked the same bass
They spoke of Beck, [F] add that nigga's name
A bell [Bb] rings, blacks in vain scream
[Dm] Allow Supreme to hear my Jamaica [Eb] Queen sing
Uptown [F] was outpost, son, heard he [Gm] was gangpin, yo
Fuck rap, [Dm] it's real, watch the herbs stand [G] still
Never talkin' to snakes, cause the words of man [Bb] kill
True in the game, [E] as long as blood is blue on my vein
I pull [G] a Heineken [D] boot, to my deceased
Screw [Cm] a memory lane
[E] [G]
[Cm] [E] [G] [A]
[Bbm] [Cm] [D] [Gm] [D] [C]
[Bb] [C] [G] [Am]
[Bb] [C] [Em] [F]
[Cm] [E] [G] [Bm]
[Bb] [C] [G]
[Bb] [G] [F] I'm proud [Bb] of you, the most dangerous [C] of the [G] series
You've been number one, and you know [C] where to find me
[G] [F] [Bb] [E] [G] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] [Em] [B]
[Bb] [F] [Gm]
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[Cm] _ [F] Alright, fuck that shit, [Eb] word, word, fuck [Am] that other shit, you know what I'm saying?
[Bb] We gon' do a lil' something [F] like this, you know what I'm saying?
[Eb] Stay up on this, keep [F] it on and on and on and [Bb] on and, you know what I'm [Em] saying?
Big Nas, Grand [G] Wizard, stop, what is it?
That's a lie, [Bb] ha, you know what I'm [F] saying?
[Gm] Yo, Kan.
I rap for listeners, sunheads, fly ladies, and prisoners
Hennessy holders and [B] old school niggas, they not be [Bb] listening
Unofficial, that [E] Mo' Woolie type, I [G] dropped out of Cooley High
Gas the block, go catch you, [Gm] pop, jungle survivor, fuck who's the lover
My man put the battery in my back, a difference for mannitizer
Sentence begins [Dm] identity, [E] with [G] formality
Moderation's infinite, money, wiser [Bb] physiology
Poetry, that's a [Dm] part of me, [Gm] retardedly, bop
I drop the [D] ancient manifesto dip-bop
[F] Straight off the [Bb] block, I reminisce, a pop [Dm] chance
My man was shot for a [Eb] sheep coat
Choco dress, [F] an ecstasy, I'm dropping my [Bb] weed smoke
Israel grew up with [F] tripe life, the times of white [Em] limes, the high fives
Murderous [F] night times, the night fights and [Gm] bright crimes
Chill on the block with carniac, old strap
With my [Bm] beef that's in the dark, money [Bb] market, interact
No sign of the [E] beats in the blue Chrysler
I guess that means [N] peace for niggas, no shite, Steve Weist, he'll [Bb] just snipe ya
Start up the [F] tights, roll the mats, from [Em] Crap to C-Law
What's our [Bb] best?
So roll the goose, cup the below
Peace, peace squad, now [C] this shit is [G] explained
I'm taking niggas on a [F] trip, straight through memory [Bb] lane
It's like [E] that, y'all
It's like that, y'all
It's like [F] that, y'all
[Bb] I'm taking [E] niggas on a trip, straight through memory lane
_ [F] It's _
[Bb] _ _ [Dm] [G] like that, [Gbm] y'all
It's like that, [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [E] _ _ [G] y'all
[Dm] It's like that, [Bb] y'all
I'm taking [Dm] niggas on a trip, [G] straight through memory lane
_ [Bm] It's like that, [Bb] y'all
One for [C] the money, two for the pussy
And for the cause, [G] three for [Dm] Alice
Eight niggas deceased up behind [Bb] bars
I rapped the [E] Vanguard, checked out prognosis
In [G] the Miller Showbiz, more with [Bm] no faces
Shoot out, drum [G] overdoses, live amongst the roses
[E] Only the drama, [G] for real, a nickel plate is my fate
My medicine is [Bbm] the ganja, here's my bases
[F] My razor [G] embraces many faces
Intellifold, [D] four black [Bb] stitches, a patch of aces
People's [F] perpetual, dramatic, automatic
[G] Po-po, I let blow, [F] and back down
Po-po, when [C] I'm back, so
My pen taps [E] the paper, then my brains blend
I [G] see dark streets, [F] hustlin' brothers
Who keep [Bb] the same rank, pump up or somethin'
[Am] Some are prospects [G] of fail, judges hangin' [D] niggas
I correct bails, for [Bb] direct sales
My intellect [E] prevails, throw my hanging claws
Nails, [G] I reinforce, [Fm] for real, with lyrics that's [Bb] real
Word to Christ, a [F] disciple of streets
Trifle [G] on beats, I decipher [F] prophecies
Do a mic to say [Gm] peace
I hung around the older rules
While they sling-smacked the same bass
They spoke of Beck, [F] add that nigga's name
A bell [Bb] rings, blacks in vain scream
[Dm] Allow Supreme to hear my Jamaica [Eb] Queen sing
Uptown [F] was outpost, son, heard he [Gm] was gangpin, yo
Fuck rap, [Dm] it's real, watch the herbs stand [G] still
Never talkin' to snakes, cause the words of man [Bb] kill
True in the game, [E] as long as blood is blue on my vein
I pull [G] a Heineken [D] boot, to my deceased
Screw [Cm] a memory lane
[E] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[Bbm] _ [Cm] _ [D] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Cm] _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] I'm proud [Bb] of you, the most dangerous [C] of the [G] series
You've been number one, and you know [C] where to find me
_ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] We gon' do a lil' something [F] like this, you know what I'm saying?
[Eb] Stay up on this, keep [F] it on and on and on and [Bb] on and, you know what I'm [Em] saying?
Big Nas, Grand [G] Wizard, stop, what is it?
That's a lie, [Bb] ha, you know what I'm [F] saying?
[Gm] Yo, Kan.
I rap for listeners, sunheads, fly ladies, and prisoners
Hennessy holders and [B] old school niggas, they not be [Bb] listening
Unofficial, that [E] Mo' Woolie type, I [G] dropped out of Cooley High
Gas the block, go catch you, [Gm] pop, jungle survivor, fuck who's the lover
My man put the battery in my back, a difference for mannitizer
Sentence begins [Dm] identity, [E] with [G] formality
Moderation's infinite, money, wiser [Bb] physiology
Poetry, that's a [Dm] part of me, [Gm] retardedly, bop
I drop the [D] ancient manifesto dip-bop
[F] Straight off the [Bb] block, I reminisce, a pop [Dm] chance
My man was shot for a [Eb] sheep coat
Choco dress, [F] an ecstasy, I'm dropping my [Bb] weed smoke
Israel grew up with [F] tripe life, the times of white [Em] limes, the high fives
Murderous [F] night times, the night fights and [Gm] bright crimes
Chill on the block with carniac, old strap
With my [Bm] beef that's in the dark, money [Bb] market, interact
No sign of the [E] beats in the blue Chrysler
I guess that means [N] peace for niggas, no shite, Steve Weist, he'll [Bb] just snipe ya
Start up the [F] tights, roll the mats, from [Em] Crap to C-Law
What's our [Bb] best?
So roll the goose, cup the below
Peace, peace squad, now [C] this shit is [G] explained
I'm taking niggas on a [F] trip, straight through memory [Bb] lane
It's like [E] that, y'all
It's like that, y'all
It's like [F] that, y'all
[Bb] I'm taking [E] niggas on a trip, straight through memory lane
_ [F] It's _
[Bb] _ _ [Dm] [G] like that, [Gbm] y'all
It's like that, [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [E] _ _ [G] y'all
[Dm] It's like that, [Bb] y'all
I'm taking [Dm] niggas on a trip, [G] straight through memory lane
_ [Bm] It's like that, [Bb] y'all
One for [C] the money, two for the pussy
And for the cause, [G] three for [Dm] Alice
Eight niggas deceased up behind [Bb] bars
I rapped the [E] Vanguard, checked out prognosis
In [G] the Miller Showbiz, more with [Bm] no faces
Shoot out, drum [G] overdoses, live amongst the roses
[E] Only the drama, [G] for real, a nickel plate is my fate
My medicine is [Bbm] the ganja, here's my bases
[F] My razor [G] embraces many faces
Intellifold, [D] four black [Bb] stitches, a patch of aces
People's [F] perpetual, dramatic, automatic
[G] Po-po, I let blow, [F] and back down
Po-po, when [C] I'm back, so
My pen taps [E] the paper, then my brains blend
I [G] see dark streets, [F] hustlin' brothers
Who keep [Bb] the same rank, pump up or somethin'
[Am] Some are prospects [G] of fail, judges hangin' [D] niggas
I correct bails, for [Bb] direct sales
My intellect [E] prevails, throw my hanging claws
Nails, [G] I reinforce, [Fm] for real, with lyrics that's [Bb] real
Word to Christ, a [F] disciple of streets
Trifle [G] on beats, I decipher [F] prophecies
Do a mic to say [Gm] peace
I hung around the older rules
While they sling-smacked the same bass
They spoke of Beck, [F] add that nigga's name
A bell [Bb] rings, blacks in vain scream
[Dm] Allow Supreme to hear my Jamaica [Eb] Queen sing
Uptown [F] was outpost, son, heard he [Gm] was gangpin, yo
Fuck rap, [Dm] it's real, watch the herbs stand [G] still
Never talkin' to snakes, cause the words of man [Bb] kill
True in the game, [E] as long as blood is blue on my vein
I pull [G] a Heineken [D] boot, to my deceased
Screw [Cm] a memory lane
[E] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[Bbm] _ [Cm] _ [D] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Cm] _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] I'm proud [Bb] of you, the most dangerous [C] of the [G] series
You've been number one, and you know [C] where to find me
_ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _