Chords for Nu Breed & Jesse Howard - Under My Roof

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_ _ _ Under my roof.
Yeah, I keep my people [C#] safe.
I keep my kids fed good [D#] and put a smile on the face [Fm] under my roof
Yeah, everybody straight [C#] cuz I love them like I should and in this house we gonna [Fm] pray under my roof
Yeah, this house told us bless to [C#] teach these boys to be a [D#] man and teach these girls self [Fm]-respect under my roof
Yeah, I'm beating on my [C#] chest could have been dead up in them streets [D#] instead of sleeping in my bed
[Fm] Times my household my mama used to run [C#] the streets me and my brother we held it [D#] down
We stuck it out with none to eat [Fm] my daddy left his daddy left, but God is good
And I know we [C#] bless we gonna make it through this [D#] rainstorm
That's pouring down above [Fm] our heads even with these roof leaks and raindrops
Just [C#] dripping down with pots and pans to catch [D#] it all I can still hear that drip [Fm] sound
I can still feel that heartache from underneath that [C#] rooftop mama
I ain't mad [Fm] at I'm turning up that to pop Brenda had a baby.
She wasn't ready for that kind of pressure
[C#] She was young looking for [D#] love never learned to keep her [Fm] head up
There's so many men that came and went never stuck around to help [C#] pay the rent my mama used to blame [D#] me and hate me
And I'm just a [Fm] kid, but you the one that made me so raised me and let [C#] me live
But instead you let these grown [D#] men put hands on it [Fm] hurt us
She was supposed to be hard protection as a mother that your purpose [C#] now
It's certain that you will [D#] help us
But instead you left us [Fm] helpless growing wild and rebellious in the rain with no
[C#] Umbrellas when we needed you the most [D#] you turn your back and you were selfish
[Fm] But I ain't gonna hold it against you.
I take it all with a grain of salt
[C#] I learned a lot underneath that roof, [D#] especially when I didn't want [Cm] dry with all your mind
[C#] But my [D#] foundation's too strong
[Fm] He's underneath my roof.
I [C#] turn this house into
[D#] _ _ [Fm] Rain is falling outside, [C#] but it won't be falling [D#] soon
Is [Fm] _ underneath my roof I turn [C#] this house into
_ [D#] Under [Fm] my roof.
Yeah, I keep my people [C#] safe
I keep my kids fed good [D#] and put a smile on their face [Fm] under my roof
Yeah, everybody straight [C#] cuz I love them like I should and [D#] in this house.
We gonna [Fm] pray under my roof
Yeah, this household is blessed [C#] teach these boys to be a [D#] man to teach these girls self-respect [Fm] under my roof
Yeah, I'm beating on my [C#] chest could have been dead up in them streets [D#] instead
I'm sleeping in my bed.
[Fm] So I grew up and moved on been to jail cells and group [C#] homes
I raised hell but stay [D#] strong
I wrote myself a [Fm] few songs this music was my first love back when I was too [C#] young before I had my [D#] first kid before
I used my first [Fm] drug back when I was dead bros
It's trying to make a [C#] few bucks when everybody died [D#] to me way before I blew [Fm] up
But I knew what I was made of I'm too strong and [C#] prayed up
Most my friends got locked [D#] away with a dope game got him [Fm] a double wait up.
I can't do it
I gotta win.
I hate [C#] losing.
I dream big I [D#] dream on to the beat on I make [Fm] music
I'm a long way from what I came from never came in never [C#] gave up
I stood tall my head [D#] high still I rise straight [Fm] up paid up.
But guess what still I ain't [C#] done yet
I got my little girl.
[D#] We go right into that [Fm] sunset daddy
Gonna keep you safe and give you all the love I have [C#] cuz underneath my [D#] roof
Ain't no leaks and ain't no cracks [Fm] from the peaks down to the grass
I'll give you peace that'll ever [C#] last forever love with every splash [D#] of rain drops that fall the grass
[Fm] It's the same thing for my boys daddy loves you, too
[C#] It ain't nothing like he used to [D#] be underneath my [Fm] roof.
Come on try with all your might
[C#] But my [D#] foundation's too strong
[Fm] Cuz underneath my roof I [C#] turn this house into [D#] a home
[Fm] Rain is falling outside
[C#] But it won't be falling [D#] too long
_ [Fm] So underneath my roof I turn [C#] this house into [D#] a home
[Fm] Under my roof.
Yeah, I keep my people [C#] safe
I keep my kids fed good and [D#] put a smile on their face under [Fm] my roof
Yeah, everybody straight [C#] cuz I love them like I should and [D#] in this house.
We gonna [Fm] pray under my roof
Yeah, this household is blessed [C#] teach these boys to be a [D#] man to teach these girls self-respect [Fm] under my roof
Yeah, I'm beating on my [C#] chest could have been dead up in them streets [D#] instead of sleeping in my bed under [Fm] my roof
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_ [Fm] Pouring down with rain and leaking through my ceiling but it's nothing like this [D#] pain inside my heart
Did I've been feeling [Fm] all these holes in the floor when I was just a [C#] kid no matter Richard Boyle
See that place again.
You [Fm] try with all your might
[C#] But my foundation's [D#] too strong
[Fm] Cuz underneath my roof I turn [C#] this house into [D#] a home
_ [Fm] Rain is falling outside
[C#] But it won't be falling [D#] too long
[Fm] So underneath my roof I turn [C#] this house into [D#] a home
[Fm] Under my roof.
Yeah, I keep my people safe
I keep [C#] my kids fed [D#] good and put a smile on their face [Fm] under my roof
Yeah, everybody [C#] straight cuz I love them like I should [D#] and in this house.
We gonna pray [Fm] under my roof
Yeah, this household is blessed [C#] teach these boys to be a man to [D#] teach these girls self [Fm]-respect under my roof
Yeah, I'm beating on my chest could [C#] have been dead up in them [D#] streets instead of sleeping in my bed [F] under my roof _ _