Tonalidad: G minor
Intro 1
Em
G
F#m
Fm
Em
G
D
F#m
Fm
G
Em
G
F#m
Fm
Em
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F#m
Verse 1
Em
this couple I knew
G
who lived down in L .E .S.
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Who very early in they life
Fm
was laid to rest
Em
So yo, check the story
G
D
placed in a hip hop format
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Names are kept fiction,
Fm
this reality's a fact
Em
Scenario sets in a cool
G
day in September
F#m
They got introduced to a friend,
Fm
as I remember
Em
G
Yo, Jose, this is Marty, Marty, this is Jose
F#m
Kinda shot at first,
Fm
so there was nothin' much to say
Em
But in no time at all,
G
yo, they got mad close
F#m
I mean, if love was a drug,
Fm
they done went and overdosed
G
Em
G
Girls first, unprotected kid,
you know the segment
F#m
About a month later,
Fm
huh, she comes out pregnant
Em
G
So they had to do the dropout
Wasn't just a cop -out
F#m
C#m
Nah, he's 9 to 5
Fm
and just to make ends meet
Em
Cause the baby had to eat,
G
D
F#m
so we hit the city streets as a messenger
Fm
God is always testing you,
Em
subliminally blessing you
But kid, stay aware
G
F#m
before the devil starts stressing you
Fm
And that's exactly what
Em
happened to my man
G
Misguided brother, man,
D
F#m
fallen victim to the plan
Fm
Damn, fucking shame
Em
Life is cycles,
G
D
but we all keep spinning
F#m
C#m
Trying hard to survive
Fm
in the land of the living
Em
Somewhere the face of fear
D
behind the mask of the grinning
F#m
A lover heartless, oh please,
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searching for the next victim
Em
Now here come temptation,
G
they're knocking at the door
F#m
You know a n***a's gonna flip
Fm
when a n***a's livin' bull
Em
No time for no bullshit,
G
no games and no bluffs
F#m
C#m
Gotta make them crazy moves,
Fm
cause yo, shit is rough
Em
G
I'ma start it as a flunk,
dealin' for the next
F#m
Until he learn the ropes
Fm
and make some connects
Em
What's next?
Got his wifey involved,
G
F#m
now they run schemes together
Fm
Through sickness and health
and any kind of weather
Em
G
Partners in crime, husband and wife
C#m
Like any other n***a,
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all they wanted was the good life
G
But you know the flow,
the predictable Omega
F#m
Graffiti of memory
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on the side of the bodega
G
Placed in a position
where there's no turning back
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C#m
Got his wifey running city streets,
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strapped with forget
Em
G
When it's gonna en d, brother,
D
when it's gonna stop
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At the sound of the pistol,
Fm
Em
G
D
when the empty shells drop
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Fm
Em
G
D
F#m
Fm
Em
G
D
Life is cycles but we all keep spinning
F#m
Trying hard to survive
Fm
in the land of the living
Em
Don't wear the face of fear
D
behind the mask of the grinning
F#m
Fm
While other officers be searchin'
Em
Time's runnin' out, yeah,
G
they took it to the limit
F#m
Average life of a dealer,
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huh, about ten minutes
Em
Now they got themselves
G
D
facin' a whack situation
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C#m
Gordill goes down,
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niggas face termination
Em
G
Cornered, with nowhere to run
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As death spits from the barrel
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of a loaded gun
Em
G
Another statistic set up for the file
D
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Young couple slaughtered,
executioner style
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Em
Ain't no witnesses, no suspect,
G
the family devastated
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C#m
Fm
News flash, murder in the ghetto,
drug -related
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D
All that's left behind is a little baby girl
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C#m
Set to grow alone in this
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sick twister world
Em
G
The only memory of mom and dad
is to a picture
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E#m
It's kind of waxy, times the way
the life of Hitcher
Em
The moral of the story
G
seems to come crystal clear
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The negative is temporary,
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nigga persevere
Em
G
Life is cycles but we all keep spinning
F#m
Trying hard to survive
E#m
in the land of the living
Em
Somewhere the face appear
G
behind the mask of the grinning
F#m
While other heartless souls
E#m
be searching
for the next victim
Em
G
D
Life is cycles but we all keep spinning
F#m
Trying hard to survive
E#m
in the land of the living
Em
Somewhere the face appear
G
D
behind the mask of the grinning
F#m
While other heartless souls
E#m
be searching
Em
G
Yeah
D
F#m
E#m
It's like that once in the ghetto
Em
Particularly hard times
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D
F#m
Messing with your mind
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Things like that
Em
To keep your mind in line
G
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You got to press the bid
E#m
Em
For your vision to clear
G
F#m
E#m
Em
It's like that
D
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E#m
You
Em
D
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