Chords for The Roots - How I Got Over (Official Music Video)

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