The Other Cheek Chords by Tanya Stephens

_ _ _ [A] The people them say dem a [G] talk and nobody listen dem all along
[A] So dem want me put it in the [D] form of a song
[A] It's like some no betray with [G] trust
So this is to all of you, [A] from all of us
[D] Providing no jobs [A] and telling us stop the crime
[G] Is like beating a [A] child and telling them not to [A] cry
With all the highways you a belong go through
[G] You never been a [A] little loving you
For the youths [D] dem burn a book
Things a [A] run a muck, tell me what the [G] fuck
You really think a [A] go happen
[D] If dem learn a book, go numb us
And [G] none of us really want [A] that shit to happen
[D] Yeah mister, you know me [G] not try for this yeah
_ [A]
But [D] everything a so crisp yeah
We just a beg a little help [G] from a minister _ [A] yeah
Do you expect me to turn the other [G] cheek
Taste my tears [A] and admit defeat
Do you expect me to listen when you [G] speak
You never ever [A] practice what you preach
Do you expect me to still come out and [G] vote
No matter what happens, [A] we're always broke [D] and ma people
[A] Say dem tired of being [G] poor
That the empress a chant [A] and the lion a [D] roar
_ _ [A] Oh, what's that?
[G] Yeah
_ _ Well, [D] even the richest man a [A] fi go learn to take a stance
[G] When dem realize [A] a dem no safe in a dem mansion
And it's a tough way fi learn so you're not really secure
[G] When the problems of the poor [A] come kick down your door
[D] The youth dem a get two thousand gun for everyone
No no [G] cease, instead a treating the symptoms
Why [A] don't you cure the disease, you [D] know
Things must really [E] get wicked
For when your paycheck is [A] less than your speeding ticket
[D] _ Mister, _ you know me not [G] try for this yeah
[A] But [D] everything a so crisp yeah
We just a look a little help [G] Prime Minister, [A] yeah
Do [D] you expect me to [A] turn the other [G] cheek
Taste my tears [A] and accept defeat
Do you expect me [A] to listen when you [G] speak
You never ever [A] practice what you preach
Do you expect me to still come out and vote
[G] No matter what happens, [A] I'm always [D] broke and ma people
Say [A] dem tired of being poor
[G] That the Empress a [A] chant and the lion a roar
_ _ Oh, and we [G] say, yeah, it goes [A] like this
Well, [D] we say, money fi run and it [A] fi run in a [G] bungle
Let it go, worry, ma [A] let it go down a jungle
[D] Down a garden, need fi water [A] right down to the dirt
[G] When last you touch a marble, [A] when last you go croak
You no [D] better fire up the oven, [A] no no need fi start bake
[G] And the broke volley [A] man dem need a slice of the cake
[D] Well, dem man dem out a east dem [A] ready fi put down de gun
[G] And no war dem love [A] war but dem food a fi run
[D] Well, Whitehall and Reynolds [A] Road
You know dem have a [D] little message fi this [A] clothes
It goes like [D] this
Mister, your ego [A] big, you might a [G] think we a diss yeah
[A] But everything [D] a so crisp yeah
[E] We just a look a little [G] help Prime Minister, [A] yeah
Do you expect me to turn the other [G] cheek
Taste my tears and [A] admit defeat
Do you expect me to listen when you [G] speak
You never ever [A] practice what you preach
[D] Do you expect me [A] to still come out and [G] vote
No matter what happens, [A] we're always [D] broke
And the people say dem [A] tired of being [G] poor
Now the Empress a chant [A] and the lion a roar
_ _ Oh, and we [G] say, yeah, _ [A] well
[D] Do you expect me [E] to turn the other [G] cheek
Taste my tears [A] and admit defeat
[D] Do you expect me to listen when you speak
[G] You [A] never ever practice what you preach
[E] Do you expect