Chords for On The Edge

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I'm just _ [Eb] a man with a [Cm] gun in hand, protecting what I love, with a deadly altar, planning
to persevere [Gm] and stay above.
[Fm] Cause at any time the walls could come tumbling down, [F] and knock you off the top of the ladder,
back [Fm] down to the ground.
[Eb] And now you're back to point A, with the strike again.
It's you and society don't like you, though they might pretend [Fm] to, we don't like what men do.
But damn, it's [F] reality, and I'mma do the best I can, and not [Fm] become a [Cm] casualty.
And standing for my faculty at any time required, hammers cocked back, [Eb] the devil [G] aimed and fired.
[Fm] Just another buried sin, till [F] my life comes to an end.
Lost my fill of more remorse around the age [Fm] of nine or ten.
[Eb] They gave up [Cm] half my soul when I lost my closest friend, to his brother who went from [Eb] youngest
to oldest kid.
[Fm] Every day and every night of my life, my sanity is standing on the edge, looking over the ledge.
[Cm] While mama prays, I find it by my right, sweeping with my lead under my [Eb] head, creeper hop [Gm] out
the bed, [Fm] and point naming every voice in the night.
Pacing [F] my house to sell, I am all armored, best box of socks [Ab] and Cortez.
[Eb] Been infected [Cm] by last poisonous bite, since I left the man spread, pulled the lead, fled
[Eb] and left her for dead.
[Fm]
Show a little mercy, Lord.
You did [F] drop us in the middle of some dirty wars.
[Fm] I know Lucifer, [Eb] but still I give my love to you.
Please understand my actions stem from what these [Ab] bloods just do.
[G] In 98 when [Fm] Blackbird died, yeah I cried.
In 99 I [F] cried again, after Raymond died.
For [Ab] several years, [Eb] shed so many tears, they dried up.
Pain manifested to anger that keeps me fired up.
Yeah, I spoil the [Fm] great jokes when I'm with the homies, but when alone I'm in the zone
where few and far they know me.
I'm murder prone, [Eb] every time I step outside my home.
Law enforcement I despise, make them taste [Bbm] their own.
Mad medicine, they [Fm] force on citizens every day.
Kidnap them, [F] lock them in the cage, watch them beg and pray.
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Humiliate them, [Eb] strip them, butt naked, bend them over.
Make them bow four times for the fallen soldiers.
Use the bullet [Fm] guns to break their bones, how they do us.
Then shock them with their taser guns, while we sprain the cuffs.
Peppers for the [Cm] eyes, blind and the grope, till they can't breathe.
Then let them die slowly, [Ab] knowing that they can't [Gm] leave.
To [Fm] finish up, use their own gun and shoot them in the gut.
Release an acid from their stomach, that'll eat them up.
[Cm] And to anybody questioning my way of thinking,
obviously [Eb] haven't smelled it, that these demons raping.
[Fm] Every day and every night of my life,
my sanity is standing on the edge, looking over the ledge.
While [Cm] mama prays, I fight to keep mama right.
Sneak her with my lead under my head, [Eb] quick to hop out [Gm] the bed.
[Fm] Important aiming, every voice in the night.
They [F] set my house to salivate in my armored vest, box of socks and [Fm]
cortez.
[Cm] Been infected by last poison despite,
since I let the man spread, pulled the leg, [Eb] fled and left her for dead.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] Every day and every night of my life,
my sanity is standing on the edge, looking over the [Cm] ledge.
While mama prays, I fight to keep mama right.
Sneak her with my lead under my [Eb] head, quick to hop out [Gm] the bed.
[Fm] Important aiming, every voice in the night.
They set my house [F] to salivate in my armored vest, box of socks and [Ab]
cortez.
Been [Cm] infected by last poison despite,
since I let the man spread, pulled the leg, [Eb] fled and left her for dead. _ _