Abm _ _ _ And I'm grinding until
Eb I'm tired,.
Ebm could say you
E ain't grinding until you
B tired.
Gb So
Abm I'm grinding with my
Ebm eyes wide,.
looking
E to find a way through
B the day,.
Gb a life for
Abm the night.
Dear Lord,
Ebm you done took so many of
E my people.
I'm just
B wondering why you
Gb haven't taken
Abm my _ life.
Ebm _ Like what the
E hell am I doing right.
B _ _
Gb _
Abm Take me away from the hood
Ebm like a state penitentiary.
E Take me away from the hood
B and the
Gb casket or Bentley.
Abm Take me away
Ebm like a, _ _ _
E take me away like
B a
Gb Kurt
Abm Cobain.
I'm from a
Eb windy city like do or
E die.
From a block
B close to where
Gb Biggie was
Abm crucified.
That was Brooklyn's
Eb Jesus shot for no
E reason.
And you wonder why
B Kanye
Gb wears Jesus
Abm pieces,.
because that's Jesus people.
Eb And gang needs the
E equal.
Hated on so
B much passion that Christ needs a
Abm sequel.
Yeah,
Eb like Rockefeller needed
E Siegel.
Like I needed my
B father, but
Gb he needed a
Abm needle.
I need some
Ebm meditation so I can lead my
E people.
They asking why,
B why did John
Bbm Lennon lead the
Abm Beatles.
And why every
Ebm hood feed off
E evil.
Answer my question
B for this, leaders.
_
Abm Yeah, I'm grinding until
Eb I'm tired,.
days of you
E ain't mine, then until
B you tired.
Gb So
Abm I'm grinding with my
Ebm eyes wide,.
looking
E to find a way through
B the day,.
Gb a life for
Abm the night.
Dear Lord,
Eb you done took so many of
E my people.
I'm just
B wondering why you
Gb haven't taken
Abm my _ life.
_
Ebm What the
E hell am I doing right.
B _ _
Gb _ _
Abm _ We are not
Ebm the same.
I am a
E Martian.
So approach
B my phantom
Gb doors with caution.
Abm You see them
Ebm 24 spinning, I earned
E them.
And I ain't no preacher, but
B here's my
Gb Eric Sturman.
Abm So eat this black music
Eb and tell me how it tastes
E now.
Jesse Jackson, cause it ain't about race
Abm now.
Sometimes I think
Eb about my life with my face
E down.
Then I see my sons
B and put on that
Gb Kanye
Abm smile.
_ _ .
_
Eb Damn, I know it's mama
E proud.
And since you helped me sell my
B dream,.
we can share my mama
Abm now.
And like
Eb MJB, no more drama
E now.
Living the good life, me
B and Common on common
Abm ground.
I spit crack
Eb and drive it out of
E town.
Got a crisp, all
B my state, I'm
Gb never out of
Abm bounds.
My life used to be
Eb empty like a Glock without a
E round.
Now my life full
B like a chopper
Bbm with a thousand
Abm rounds.
I ain't gonna turn until
Eb I'm tired.
This blue
E ain't crying down until
B you die.
Gb So
Abm I'm grinding with my
Ebm eyes wide,.
looking
E to find a way through
B the day,.
Gb a life for
Abm the night.
Dear Lord,
Eb you took so many of
E my people.
I'm just
B wondering why you
Gb haven't taken
Abm my life.
_ .
_
Ebm _ Why ain't you
E tell me why they don't die.
B _ _
Gb _
Abm Walk through the gates of hell,.
see my Apollo
Ebm Park in
E front with the high beams on.
B Me and the devil
Gb _
Abm shank,.
listening to the chronic
Ebm album,.
playing backwards,
E shooting at pictures,.
the
B Don Amos for
Gb target practice.
Abm My mind, so
Eb I cover it with a radar
E hood.
I'm from the city that made
B you _
Gb afraid of show.
Eb _ _ .
Made my grandmother pray for
E good.
It never made her happy.
B But I bet that
Gb new Mercedes
Abm car,.
ain't no bars, but
Eb can't escape the
E hood.
It took so many of my,
B that I should hate the
Abm hood.
But it's real
Eb like me to make the
E hood.
Riding slow
B in that Phantom
Gb just the way I
Abm should.
With the top
Ebm back and my socks
E hat,.
I'm paid for the
B album,
Bbm couldn't stop
Ab that.
_ .
Even
Eb if they brought the _
E back, I still
B keep this.
_ _
Abm You ain't gonna tell
Eb I'm tired.
This hood
E ain't mine, and I'm pretty
B tired.
Gb So
Abm I'm grinding with my
Ebm eyes wide.
Looking
E to find a way through
B the day,.
Gb a life for
Abm the night.
Dear Lord,
Eb you took so many of
E my people.
I'm just
B wondering why you
Gb haven't taken
Abm my life.
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Ebm _ _ _ _
E _ _ _ .
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B _ _
Gb _
Abm My life, my life,
B _ _
Ebm _
E my life, my life.
B _ _
Gb _ _
Abm _ _ _ _
Ebm _ _ _ _
E _ _ _ .
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