Chords for Styles-P A Gangster and a Gentleman
Tempo:
86.9 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Ab] [Bbm] Yes, paid full attention.
[Ab] this is for [Bbm] gentlemen.
I happen to be the boss type.
I'm a product [Ab] of my [Bbm] environment, been in the streets.
am what they made me.
Africa.
[Fm] 70s when liquor and weed [Bbm] was heavy.
By the time I was [Bbm] seven, my mom left my pop and we moved to the south side of Yonkers, New York.
[Ab] this is for [Bbm] gentlemen.
I happen to be the boss type.
I'm a product [Ab] of my [Bbm] environment, been in the streets.
am what they made me.
Africa.
[Fm] 70s when liquor and weed [Bbm] was heavy.
By the time I was [Bbm] seven, my mom left my pop and we moved to the south side of Yonkers, New York.
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_ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _ Yes, paid full attention.
_ This is for gangsters, [Ab] this is for [Bbm] gentlemen.
There's two kinds of people out there.
I happen to be the boss type. _
I'm a product [Ab] of my [Bbm] environment, been in the streets.
I am what they made me.
My pops came from Bed-Stuy, my mom came from Africa.
I'm old nigga if you know what I mean.
They hooked up in the [Fm] 70s when liquor and weed [Bbm] was heavy.
And had [Bb] me and Corona Queens.
By the time I was [Bbm] seven, my mom left my pop and we moved to the south side of Yonkers, New York.
Then my mom remarried, had my little brother Gary, my sister a year later [Bb] let me gather my thoughts.
By the time I was [G] nine, I was out of my mind.
[Bbm] My step pops been like we beat me out of my mind.
Ten [Bb] and eleven the same, I never would change, he still had the hitman.
Activated lil' [Bbm] niggas still wearing skippies.
Golf-hatted leaders and boomers I coulda had a pair.
My mommy said we took [Bb] Christmas but I needed him sooner.
If you heard I was broke dog it wasn't a rumor.
I said [Ab] [Bbm] gangsters ride with me, gentlemen live your life, live it up.
Cause gangsters die, we all gon' die, it's [Ab] only a [Bbm] matter of time.
I said gangsters ride with me, gentlemen live your life, live it up.
Cause [Ab] [Bbm] gangsters die, we all gon' die, it's only a matter of time.
It was 1986 and I was twelve years old.
That's right around the time when crack came out.
It was the best thing that happened [Bb] to me.
I swore to God cause I was getting everything that I was asking about.
First we started off bagging up, [Bbm] me and golf then shit start adding up.
We getting smart, now we on Broadway copping our own bass.
Bring it home, put it in bottles, sit in Serato.
[Bb] Drink a whole, eat and scramble [Bbm] like it wasn't tomorrow.
I'm getting kicked out of junior high thinking I'm grown.
Got bussed with the yellow rabbit.
And I had every color belt [N] we was getting it on.
I was out robbing Mexicans six in the morning.
[F] Mom said [Bb] I had a F again, riffing I'm gone.
Nigga get a little lewd and he groomed, soup in the dome.
Fuck me up first when I went to the group home.
[Db] I said [Ab] [Bbm] gangsters ride with me, gentlemen live your life, live it up.
Cause gangsters die, we all gon' die, it's [Ab] only a [Bbm] matter of time.
I said gangsters ride with me, gentlemen live your life, live it up.
Cause [Ab] [Bbm] gangsters die, we all gon' die, it's only a matter [Bb] of time.
I'm leaving out a lot of shit nigga it's too real.
My [Bbm] alcoholic background, the wealth and [Am] motels.
Abuse that I had to take, struggle [Bbm] that my moms went through.
How the fuck I'm gone bond with you.
In the case since I got up to date, told you that I bussed the 8.
Got niggas I can name, out of state cause they fuck away.
Little brother [Bb] gone but I got a bigger angel.
You fucking with a dirty game, don't let these niggas change.
[Bbm] The present's what you get and the past is what make the man.
The future [Bb] I can't tell you I ain't God or no superman.
No it ain't an S on my chest but a C on my block.
Cause in life the deepest lesson is death.
[Bbm] I'm determined and I'm disciplined and destined to rap.
I'm a gangsta and a gentleman, Pinero the best.
[Bb] When I pass I'm like gas, motherfuckers.
Cause I'ma leave a stink that you'll never forget.
I said [Ab] [Bbm] gangstas ride with me, gentlemen in your flight.
Live it up cause gangstas die, we all gone die.
It's [Ab] only a matter [Bbm] of time, the clock ticking.
I said gangstas ride with me, gentlemen in your flight.
Live it up cause [Ab] [Bbm] gangstas die, we all gone die.
It's only a matter [Bb] of time, the clock ticking.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _
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_ _ [N] _ _ _ _
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Gangsta and his gentlemen shit, it's about being humble.
But at the same time, let niggas know it's real.
And when I say be real, I can flip.
But at the same time, I can talk to a nigga at the same time.
If you don't respect that, then you gotta show him you're a gangsta.
[Eb] You respect that, [Em] you show him you're a gentleman.
[F] Cause you respect him as a man.
That's what a gangsta and a gentleman is about. _ _
_ This is for gangsters, [Ab] this is for [Bbm] gentlemen.
There's two kinds of people out there.
I happen to be the boss type. _
I'm a product [Ab] of my [Bbm] environment, been in the streets.
I am what they made me.
My pops came from Bed-Stuy, my mom came from Africa.
I'm old nigga if you know what I mean.
They hooked up in the [Fm] 70s when liquor and weed [Bbm] was heavy.
And had [Bb] me and Corona Queens.
By the time I was [Bbm] seven, my mom left my pop and we moved to the south side of Yonkers, New York.
Then my mom remarried, had my little brother Gary, my sister a year later [Bb] let me gather my thoughts.
By the time I was [G] nine, I was out of my mind.
[Bbm] My step pops been like we beat me out of my mind.
Ten [Bb] and eleven the same, I never would change, he still had the hitman.
Activated lil' [Bbm] niggas still wearing skippies.
Golf-hatted leaders and boomers I coulda had a pair.
My mommy said we took [Bb] Christmas but I needed him sooner.
If you heard I was broke dog it wasn't a rumor.
I said [Ab] [Bbm] gangsters ride with me, gentlemen live your life, live it up.
Cause gangsters die, we all gon' die, it's [Ab] only a [Bbm] matter of time.
I said gangsters ride with me, gentlemen live your life, live it up.
Cause [Ab] [Bbm] gangsters die, we all gon' die, it's only a matter of time.
It was 1986 and I was twelve years old.
That's right around the time when crack came out.
It was the best thing that happened [Bb] to me.
I swore to God cause I was getting everything that I was asking about.
First we started off bagging up, [Bbm] me and golf then shit start adding up.
We getting smart, now we on Broadway copping our own bass.
Bring it home, put it in bottles, sit in Serato.
[Bb] Drink a whole, eat and scramble [Bbm] like it wasn't tomorrow.
I'm getting kicked out of junior high thinking I'm grown.
Got bussed with the yellow rabbit.
And I had every color belt [N] we was getting it on.
I was out robbing Mexicans six in the morning.
[F] Mom said [Bb] I had a F again, riffing I'm gone.
Nigga get a little lewd and he groomed, soup in the dome.
Fuck me up first when I went to the group home.
[Db] I said [Ab] [Bbm] gangsters ride with me, gentlemen live your life, live it up.
Cause gangsters die, we all gon' die, it's [Ab] only a [Bbm] matter of time.
I said gangsters ride with me, gentlemen live your life, live it up.
Cause [Ab] [Bbm] gangsters die, we all gon' die, it's only a matter [Bb] of time.
I'm leaving out a lot of shit nigga it's too real.
My [Bbm] alcoholic background, the wealth and [Am] motels.
Abuse that I had to take, struggle [Bbm] that my moms went through.
How the fuck I'm gone bond with you.
In the case since I got up to date, told you that I bussed the 8.
Got niggas I can name, out of state cause they fuck away.
Little brother [Bb] gone but I got a bigger angel.
You fucking with a dirty game, don't let these niggas change.
[Bbm] The present's what you get and the past is what make the man.
The future [Bb] I can't tell you I ain't God or no superman.
No it ain't an S on my chest but a C on my block.
Cause in life the deepest lesson is death.
[Bbm] I'm determined and I'm disciplined and destined to rap.
I'm a gangsta and a gentleman, Pinero the best.
[Bb] When I pass I'm like gas, motherfuckers.
Cause I'ma leave a stink that you'll never forget.
I said [Ab] [Bbm] gangstas ride with me, gentlemen in your flight.
Live it up cause gangstas die, we all gone die.
It's [Ab] only a matter [Bbm] of time, the clock ticking.
I said gangstas ride with me, gentlemen in your flight.
Live it up cause [Ab] [Bbm] gangstas die, we all gone die.
It's only a matter [Bb] of time, the clock ticking.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Gangsta and his gentlemen shit, it's about being humble.
But at the same time, let niggas know it's real.
And when I say be real, I can flip.
But at the same time, I can talk to a nigga at the same time.
If you don't respect that, then you gotta show him you're a gangsta.
[Eb] You respect that, [Em] you show him you're a gentleman.
[F] Cause you respect him as a man.
That's what a gangsta and a gentleman is about. _ _