Git Up, Git Out Chords by Outkast

_ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
_ Nigga, you need to get up, get [Em] out, and get something.
[Bm] Don't let the days of your [Em] life pass by.
[Bm] You need to get up, get [Em] out, and get something.
[Bm] Don't spend all your time [Em] trying to get high.
[Bm] You need to [Em] get up, get out, and get something.
[G] How will you make it if you [E] never even try?
[B] You need to [Em] get up, get out, and get something.
[Bm] Cause you [Em] and I got to do something.
You and [Bm] I, I don't resolve [Em] ever [Bm] graduating at all.
Sometimes I feel I'm [Em] just a disappointment to y [B]'all.
Everyday I just [Em] lay around, then I can't be found.
Always has to give me thumb, living [Bm] life like a pawn.
These times is rough, my auntie got enough problems of her own.
[Em] Nigga, you supposed to be [Bm] bold.
I agree, [Em] I gotta be the man I'm supposed [G] to be.
But negative [Em] fatigue is all you seem to ever [Bm] see.
I admit, [Em] I've done some dumb shit, and [D] I'm probably gonna do some [G] more.
You shouldn't hold that [Bm] against me, though.
Why not?
[Em] My [Bm] music's all that I got.
But sometimes we get [Em] dressed up for this [Bm] to be manifested.
I know [Em] you know what I'm gonna say this to [G] you.
I get high, but [D] I don't get too high.
So what's the [Bm] limit supposed to be?
That must be why you can't get your [Em] ass up out [Bm] the bed before three.
You need to get up, [Em] get out, [D] cut that bullshit out.
Ain't you sick [Em] and tired of having to [D] do without?
Damn, [Em] what up with all these questions?
[Bm] You act as though you know something I [Em] don't.
Do you [Bm] have any suggestions?
Cause [Em] every drought I get is cruel and [Bm] demeaning.
Sick of taking [Em] trash out and toilet bowl [Bm] cleaning.
But I'm also [G] sick and tired of struggling.
I never ever thought I'd have to resort to drug smuggling.
Nah, that ain't what I'm about.
See, now we'll just continue traveling this route without any doubt or fear.
I know the Lord ain't brought me this far so he can drop me off here.
Did I [E] make myself clear?
You gotta [Bm] get up, [E] get out, and get something.
[Bm] Don't let the days of [E] your life [Am] pass by.
[Em] You need to get up, get out, and get [Bm] something.
Don't spend all your time [Em] trying to get high, nigga.
[A] You need [Bm] to get up, get out, and get something.
How will you make it if you never even try?
You need to get up, [Em] get out, and get something.
Cause you [G] and I got to do for you and I.
[D] Well, get up, stand up.
So what's said, you dickheads?
See, when I was a youngster, used to wear them fucking brocades.
My mama made me [Em] do it, but the devil, he made me smarter.
[Bm] Taught me to jack [Em] them weak-ass niggas, [Bm] boy, they fucking smarter.
Then to middle school, [Em] I was a bigger fool.
[Bm] I wore a tank top to show off my tattoo, thought it was cool.
I used to hang out with my daddy's brothers.
I called them my uncles.
They taught me how to [Em] smoke herb.
I followed them when [Bm] they ran numbers.
So [Em] endless since I was [Bm] Rosemary's baby.
And then I learned [Em] to choose between a bitch and [Bm] a lady.
Girl, I treat them all [Em] like hoes, see, I pimp them.
[Bm] Bitch never had my money, [Em] so I never whipped them.
[Bm] See all the players [Em] came and all the players [Bm] went.
A player ain't [Em] a gangster, but a player can handle [D] a sit, bitch.
You need to [Em] get up, get out, get something.
[Bm] Smoke out, cause [Em] it's all about money, money, [Bm] money.
Yeah, right, said it.
My nigga spoke in plats and a phrase.
Said I hang with Rico [Em] Wu cause the [Bm] dungeon is where the funk's at.
Why?
[Em] I'm cool to organize cause [Bm] they raised me.
I'm also down with [Em] the bass cause L.A. Reid, yeah, he [G] paid me.
Yeah, that's cool, yeah, real cool.
Get paid, pay a box and all that other [Em] fat shit like that.
[Bm] You need to get up, [Em] get out, and get something.
Don't let [Bm] the days of [Em] your life [Am] pass by.
[Bm] You need [Em] to get up, get out, and get [Bm] something.
Don't spend [Em] all your time trying to get high, [Bm] nigga.
You need to get up, get out, and get something.
How will you make it if you never [B] even try?
You need to get up, [Em] get out, and get something.
Cause you and I got the beat for you and I.
[Bm] A lot of people in [Em] my past tried to do me.
Screw me, throw [Bm] me over in [Em] the fire.
Let me [B] get chunky and tall like a piece of wood.
[Em] The spirit's got the mutant's [B] mind.
I'm getting paranoid [Em] and steady looking for the [D] time.
It's 7 [Bm] in the morning and ain't nobody up yet.
I got my lone john's, get [Em] my coat and throw my bald cap.
[Bm] I'm headed out to go [Em] to get up in my ride.
[Bm] I'm digging through the ashtray [Em] hoping to have a good day.
[Bm] I had to make a mess and when I light it up I hear a voice in my head.
[Em] Get up, get out, and [F#] get something.
Now I know it's on.
[Em] My day has finally started.
[Bm] Back up in my crib, beat [Em] my shit, break out quick.
In [Bm] my slick 84 [Em] sedan, the feel [Bm] steady bouncing.
Out the [Em] point to Cameron [Bm] Road.
The valley of [Em] the south side's flow.
Everybody know [Bm] about that killer [Em] that we call Blow.
[Bm] So keep your [Em] eyes peeled for the COVA [Bm] unit.
Cause they know for jumping out [Em] a black Chevy, trussing through [Bm] the ball.
Here comes the red dogs.
[Em] I'm busting out around the corner [G] in my home.
Nip it from the area, I'm scared.
So one of these bitches might wind up dead.
Cause I have no time for jail.
Fuck [Em] clever cops.
Fuck Gail [Bm] Janveil and crooked [Em] ass Jackson.
Got the [Bm] whole country thinking that [Em] my city is the big lick for 96.
94 big gift, goody mo [Bm] outcast.
[Em] A vision from the [Bm] past.
_ [Em] My white eyes [G] are burning kinda slow.
[Bm] You need to get up, [Em] get out, and get something.
Don't let [Em] the days of your white [Bm] past rot.
You need [Em] to get up, get out, and get something.
[Bm] Don't spend all your [Em] time trying to get high [Bm] nigga.
You need to get up, get out, and get something.
How will [G] you make it if you never [B] even tried?
You need to get up, [Em] get out, and get something.
Cause you and I got the groove for you and I.
[F#m] Y'all telling me that I need to get out and vote?
Huh, why?
Ain't nobody blackening but crack curves.
So, [G#] I got to register.
[E] I'm picking up better shit to do [N] with my time.
Never smelled the aroma of the Poma, but I like the deep ass rhyme.
So, let me take y'all way back to when a nigga stayed in Southwest Atlanta, A.
Y'all could [Bm] not tell me nothing, thought I hit that bottom rock.
At age 13, start working at that loading dock.
Then laying [Em] my mama off of work, [Bm] general motors tripping.
But I come [Em] home back like Hank [Bm] from niggas and dipping.
Doing dumb shit not [Bm] knowing what a nigga know now.
Yeah, that better shit will have you cased up in lockdown.
I did it [Em] over two peace points, [Bm] still acting a fool.
Wasting my [Em] time in this school, I'd rather be [Bm] shitting poo.
Cool as how I played the 10th grade.
I thought it was [Em] all about mac and hoes and [Bm] wearing Pimped V.
Instead [Em] of being in class, I'd rather [Bm] be up in some ass.
Not thinking [Em] about them six courses that [Bm] I knew too fast.
[Em] Graduates enrolled, [Bm] I ride like Roly-Poly.
Damn, that's fucked up.
I should've listened when my mama told me that
if you play now, you're gonna suffer later.
Figured she was talking yang-yang, so I made her no addition.
And [Em] kept mixing the points she tried [Bm] to poke me with.
The [Em] doper that I get, the more I'm [Bm] feeling broken shit.
[Em] But that don't matter though, I am enrolled.
UT, CAS, [G] so get up off your ass.
You need to get up, [Em] get out, and get something.
[G] Don't let the days of your life pass by.
[Bm] You [Em] got to get up, get out, and get something.
Don't spend all your time trying to [E] get high.
[Bm] You [D] need to get up, [Em] get out, and get something.
[Bm] How will you make it [Em] if you never even [Bm] try?
You need to get [Em] up, get out, and get something.
Cause [Bm] you and I [Em] got to do for you and [D] I.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _
[Em] _ You [Bm] need forgiveness.
_ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _
[Em] You [Bm] need forgiveness.
[Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _