Chords for Self Destruction

_ _ _ _ We all agreed tonight, all of the speakers have agreed that America has [E] a very serious [F#] problem.
Not only does America have a very serious problem, [E] [F#m] our people have a very [B] serious problem.
America's problem [F#] is_
Self-destruction, game for self-destruction. _ _ _
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_ _ _ Well, [C#m] today's topic, self [E]-destruction, it really ain't the rap audience [D] that's buggin'.
It's one of you suckers, ignorant brothers, tryin' [C#] to rob and steal from one another.
Look, you [D] get caught in the mid, so to crush that stereotype, here's what we did.
[A#m] We got ourselves [E] together so that you can unite and fight for what's right, [D] not negative [Bm] cause.
The way we live is positive, so we don't kill our relatives.
Pop [F#] pop pop, when it's shot, who's to blame?
[E] Headlines, front [F#] page, and rap's the name.
[C#m] MC's are right [F#m] here to state the [G] bottom line, the black [C#m] on black crime was way [G#m] before time.
My brother's wife with a knife, [G] that's his wife, cried cause she died of stress.
Death [F] when he left, his very last breath was our soup, so watch yourself.
Back in the 60's, our brothers and sisters were hanged, how could you gang [G#] bang?
I [G] never ran from the Ku Klux Klan, and I shouldn't have to run from a black [C#] man, cause [F#] that's_
Self-destruction, gang, for self _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ -destruction.
[Bm] _ [F#] _ _
[G#] Uno, dos, tres, cuatro.
Funky fresh dress to impress, ready to [A#] party.
Money in your pocket, [G#] time to move your body.
To get inside, you pay the whole ten dollars, got tape with a razor blade.
Take it to your car, leave the guns in the crack and the knives alone.
[N] MC lights all the microphones, bum rushing and pushing, snatching and taxing.
Our [G#] grandmothers stand while brothers [A#m] don't be maxing.
There's only one tooth to go, now close one more, you ain't guarding the door.
[E] So what you got a gun for?
Do you rob the rich and give to the poor?
Yo, [F] daddy-o, who's the mole?
[N] This is the escape from the mouth, and daddy-o, end up in jail and gotta go.
Cause you're seeking crime and get paid today, and tomorrow you're behind bars in the worst way.
Get more from your family, cause your lot is awake.
Now tell me, do you really think crime pays?
Even on table with your [E] brother has?
You little sucker, you talking all that jazz.
It's [F#] time to stand together in a unity, cause if not then you're with soon to be self-destroyed.
Unemployed, T-Rap race will be lost without a [E] trace, or a clue but what to do.
[Em] It's stop the violence and pick [N] science, down the road that we call eternity.
Where knowledge is forming, you learn to be self-sufficient, independent.
To teach the east is what rap intended, but society wants to [G] invade.
So do not walk [C#] this path that they laid it.
[F#] Self-destruction, you're headed for self-destruction.
_ Self-destruction, [G] be nice, break it [A] down like this.
Children [F#] grow and women produce and men don't work in [N] some just stand. _
Self-destruction, you're headed for self-destruction.
Self-destruction, be nice, break it down like this.
[C#] [F#] Melody and I'm up on again, love.
The violence is what must be successful.
If we want to develop and grow to another level, we can't be getting big for the love.
[E] The [F#] enemy knows, they're no fools, because everyone knows the hip-hop rules.
So we gotta get it done and grab what's new.
The opposition is weak and rap is strong.
[B] This is all about [Gm] no doubt to stop [A#] violence.
But first, let's have a [N] moment of silence. _ _
Swing.
_ _ [Fm] _ Who's been [B] stated, re-educated, evaluated?
[F] Thoughts of the past have faded.
The only thing left [G#m] is the memories of our belated.
And I hate it when someone dies to get more heard up for a silly gold chain.
Word up.
It doesn't make you a big man and [N] to one ain't going to ditch your brother, man.
And you don't know that's part of the plan.
Because rap music is in full demand, understand?
It's just self-destruction.
The end of us, self-destruction.
[B] [F#] My name is Jace Ice, a man, not a punk star.
I was known as the gangsta.
But believe me, that is no fun.
The time is now to unite [N] everyone.
You don't have to be soft to be for peace.
Robbing and killing and murdering is the least.
You don't have to be chained by the beast.
But party people, it's time I release.
Hey, yo, [F#] here's the situation.
Idiocy, nonsense, violence.
Not a good policy, [C#] therefore, we must ignore.
[F] Fight and bust it.
Heaven's at the door, so there'll be [F#] no bum-rushing.
We'll get together because we're falling apart.
You heard a brother shot another?
It [D#m] broke my heart.
I don't understand the difficulty, people.
Love your [A#m] brother.
Treat him as an equal.
They call us animals.
Uh-uh, I don't agree with them.
I'll prove them wrong.
But right as if you're proving them.
Take heed [D#m] before I leave to what I'm saying.
Or we'll all be on our knees [C#] praying.
[F#] Deep in the [B] heart of the matter.
The [F#] self-destruction is served on a [E] platter.
Making a day.
[F#] Not failing to anticipate.
They got greedy, so they fell for the [G#] bait.
That makes them a victim.
Pick, then [C#m] pluck.
New Jack is [E] jailed for doing the best he ever done.
There's no one to wrong because in [G] jail, you're a [D] number.
They never took the time to [C#] wonder [F#] about.
Self-destruction.
The animal self-destruction.
_ [C#] [F#m] Self-destruction.
[F#] The animal self-destruction.
[E] Yes, we urge to murder.
We live for the love of our people.
The hope they get along.
[N] _ Getting a point to our brothers and sisters who [F#] don't know the time.
So we [E] run and ride.
Instead in your [A#] heads, you know our job.
To build and collect ourselves with [G] intellect.
To [C#] revolve, to [F#] evolve, to self-respect.
Plus [G] we got to keep [G#] ourselves in check.
Or else it's self [N]-destruction.
The animal self-destruction.
_ Self-destruction.
The animal self-destruction. _ _ _
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