Chords for the roots - the seed (lyrics)

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_ [Dm] _ [Am] This is the story of a young girl who was knocked up nine months ago.
And what she finna have she [Dm] don't know.
She [Am] want Neo soul [Dm] cause her rap is old, she don't want no rock and roll.
And she want platinum or ice and gold.
[C] She want a whole lotta sun [Dm] to flow.
If [Am] you a obstacle, she just drop your coat cause one nugget don't stop [Dm] the show.
Little Mary [Am] is bad.
In these streets she done ran, ever since when the heat [Dm] began.
I told her girl, [C] look here, calm down [Dm] I'mma hold [Am] your hand.
To a neighbor you the pink [Dm] the funeral, to a dude you the pink, you the red the bad.
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[Dm] I [Am] don't ask _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ _
[Dm] for much [Am] these days, [Dm] _ [C] _ _
[Dm] and I don't drink [Bb] and wine, and [D] I don't get [Am] far away.
_ [Dm] I [Am] only want [Dm] to put [C] a thousand [G] love behind my [D]
lover's [G] back.
I [C] sit and [G] watch it grow, standing [Dm] where I'm at.
Put [C] a [G] thousand love behind my [Dm]
lover's back, [Am] and I'm keeping my secrets [Dm] fine.
[G] _ I push [Am] my seat in [G] her push for [Dm] life.
_ [G] It's [Am] gonna work [G] because I'm pushing [Dm] it right.
[Gm] Yes, there is [Am] trouble, my baby girl, [G] tonight.
[Bb] I was meant to tell her [Am] I can hold.
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_ [Dm] _ [Am] Cadillac needs [Dm] space to roam.
[Am] Where we at, a phone she [Dm] don't know.
We in the [Am] city where the [Dm] pro's shake while I'm rolling.
[Am] I'm a goddang [Dm] rolling stone.
I don't beg, I can hold my own.
[Am] I don't break, I can [Dm] hold the throne.
[Am] In this way of the turn, I'm a son of a gun.
My code name is the [Dm] only one, and black [Am] gold is bad.
These [Dm] streets eat [Am] on rent, ever since when the [Dm] game began.
I never [Am] played a fool.
Matter of [Dm] fact, I've been [Am] keeping it cool since money been [Dm] changing hands, and I'm about [Am] to shine.
The [Dm] legacy I leave behind, [Am] you see, gotta [Dm] keep the flame.
I don't [Am] ask for much, but a new [Dm] throne will spread these wings.
[Am] And the world feeling on [Dm] my neck.
I [Am] don't dare, [Dm] _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] from no rich [Am] man.
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[Dm] And I don't [Bb] scream and kick [D] when his shit don't fall in [Am] my hand, man.
[Dm] Cause [Am] I know how to [Dm] scale.
[C] But I'm not a [G] lover, cause yes [Dm] my love will.
[G] I lift the opposition cause she [D] don't take no [G] pill.
_ [C] Ooh, [G] ooh, ooh, [Dm] you know, dear, _ [Am] you'll be keeping my legend [D] alive.
[Dm] _ [G] I'll [Am] toss my seat [G] in her bush [Dm] for life.
[G] It's [Am] gonna work [G] because I'm pushing [Dm] her fire.
[Gm] If Mary [C] dropped my baby girl [G] tonight, I'll [Bb] pretend her [E] a rock and roll.
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Ooh, put it down, [Am] put it down, _ [Dm] down, down, down.
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_ _ [Am] toss my seat [D] in her bush for life.
[G] It's [Am] gonna work [G] because I'm pushing [D] her fire.
If [Gm] Mary [F] dropped my baby girl [Em] tonight, I'll [Bb] pretend her a [Am] rock and roll.
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I'll [Dm] pretend her [Am] a rock and [Dm] roll.
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I'll pretend [Dm] her a rock and roll.
Ooh, [Am] yeah, [Dm] I'll pretend it's a rock and roll.
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