How I Got Over Chords by The Roots

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[Bbm] I'm out [Cm] in the streets [Eb] where I grew up.
[Fm] First [Gm] thing they teach us [Ab] not to give a fuck.
[Bbm] That [Cm] type of thinking can [Eb] get you nowhere. _
[Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] Someone has to care.
I [Bbm] got nobody.
[Cm] Where the people come from, I'm hard.
[Fm] Don't nobody care about you.
Only thing you got is [Bbm] God out here in these streets.
[Cm] If you get down on your luck, [Fm] you can stand out with a hand out.
But nobody give a [Bbm] fuck out here in these streets.
[Cm] Every man is for [Bb] himself.
[Fm] They ain't helping no one else.
It's a hazard to your health living [Bbm] life in these cold [Cm] streets.
_ Hey, who's worrying [Fm] about your [Eb] pain when you're [Ab] wild and out,
running around [Bbm] in these streets?
I'm out in the [Cm] streets [Eb] where I grew up.
[Fm] First [Gm] thing they teach [Ab] us not to give a fuck.
[Bbm] That type of [Cm] thinking can get you [Eb] nowhere. _
[Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] Someone has to care.
You [Bbm] know you want to call this too much [Cm] drama,
living with the police right behind you.
It's always more than a slight reminder.
We [G] living in a war zone [Ab] like Rwanda.
[Bbm] Before I go back to the heavenly [Cm] father,
pray for me if it ain't too much bother.
[Fm] Whatever don't break me or make me stronger,
I feel like I can't take [Ab] too much longer.
It's [Bbm] too much lying and too much [Cm] trying.
I'm all fried out because I grew up crying.
They [Fm] all got a sales pitch I ain't buying.
They trying to convince me [Ab] that I ain't trying.
[Bbm] We uninspired, we [Cm] unadmired, and tired of sick of being sick and tired.
Of [Fm] living in a hood where the [Gm] shots are fired.
[Ab] We dying to live so to live we dying.
You [Bbm] just like I am.
I'm out in the [Cm] _ [Eb] streets where I grew up.
[Fm] _ [Gm] First thing they teach [Ab] us not to give a fuck. _
[Bbm] That [Cm] type of thinking can get you nowhere.
[Fm] Somebody, [Eb] somewhere, _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Bbm] somebody's gotta get out.
[Cm] And I swear it isn't fair.
[Fm] In suspended animation, we ain't trying to go nowhere.
[Bbm] Out here in these streets, [Cm] we're so young and all alone.
[Fm] We ain't even old enough to realize we're [Ab] on our own.
[Bbm] Living life in these hard [Cm] streets.
Where it's like they're lost in mind.
[Fm] Is there any way to find?
Or we're running out of [Cm] time out here. [Bbm] Listen, [Cm] _ _ hey.
Who's [Fm] worrying about your day when [Ab] you're wild and loud?
Running [Bbm] around in these streets.
Out in [Cm] the streets [Eb] where I grew up.
[Fm] _ [Gm] First thing they teach [Ab] us not to give a fuck.
[Bbm] _ [Cm] That type of thinking can get [Eb] you nowhere.
[Fm] Somebody, [Eb] somewhere, _ [Ab] somebody's gotta _
[Bbm] get out.
[C] _ _ [Cm] _ [Eb] Where I grew [Fm] up.
_ First thing they teach [Ab] us not to give a [Bbm] fuck.
That type of [Cm] thinking can get [Eb] you nowhere.
[Fm] _ _ _ [Eb] Someone [Ab] _ has [Bbm] to.
[Fm] Out in the [Cm] streets.
[Eb] Where I grew [Fm] up.
First thing they [Ab] teach us not to give a [Bbm] fuck.
[Cm] That type of thinking can get [Eb] you nowhere.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Someone has [Bbm] to.
Out in the [Cm] streets.
[Eb] Where I grew up.
First thing [Gm] they teach [Ab] us not to give a [Fm] fuck.
[Cm] That type of thinking can get you nowhere.
_ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] Someone has to.
[Bbm] Yeah. _ _ _ _ _
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