Tonart: C minor
Intro 1
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Flash of light, the flash of life
Verse 1
Cm
Gm
I'm con fused in the big room
Cm
Bb
Gm
All by myself, walking around
Cm
Gm
It's been too long since
I've seen anybody
Cm
Gm
what's going on right then a
Cm
beautiful woman walks in
Bb
she says her name's amina
Gm
Gsus4
come with me
C
Gm
she said the council's ready to see you
i complied as if i didn't
have a choice
i couldn't even say nothing
Cm
it's like i didn't have a voice
Gm
Cm
she led the way and we started walking
Gm
down this long bright hallway
Cm
Bb
that kind of sparkled silence
Cm
it was kind of awkward
Bb
Gm
it was n't before a minute
Cm
when she started talking
Bb
Gm
she said the first thing you need
C
Bb
to realize if you are dead
Gm
F
Gm
this is the first I froze up,
Gsus4
cause I thought I had
Cm
Bb
lost Pascal's wager
Gm
I spent my whole life making music
Cm
Bb
after greatness, she said
Gm
C
Bb
When y 'all die where I pass your lives,
Gm
it wouldn't make sense
Cm
Bb
for any other afterlife
Gm
Cm
Bb
You are a rapper, a backpacker, an MC,
Gm
so you should only be judged
Cm
Bb
by other MCs
Gm
Cm
Be sides the shock of being dead,
Bb
Gm
this gave me mixed feelings
What about injustice,
Cm
and people like Hitler?
Gm
Cm
The whole thing was off the Richter,
Gm
And who was on this council,
Cm
Gm
and how many were on it?
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Bb
Amina led me to a big set of double doors
Gm
I didn't know what to expect
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Gm
Was I in trouble or would it be alright?
Cm
Gm
Would I get a pass
C
if they judged me as whack?
Bb
Gm
Then would I get it bad with
one switch motion?
Cm
Bb
She pushes the double doors open
Cm
Bb
I realized that she wasn't joking
Gm
F
It was a smorgasbord,
C
Bb
a buffet of MCs
Gm
F
A courtyard full, some friends,
Gm
Some of them were dope,
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Gm
some of them were tired
A lot of cats were whack
Cm
Bb
while some of them spit fire
Gm
C
We kept on walking till we ran
Gm
where these two cats were battling
Cm
one of them was a biter
Gm
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Cm
amina said this is how we kill
Bb
Gm
time waiting for judgment
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Gm
we be still kicking rhyme
but this kid's a biter
Cm
i've heard him kick it before
Bb
Gm
i've even heard him spit
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Cm
somebody else's lyrics
Gm
before let's move on
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C
we started walking this time
Bb
Gm
towards the building but not before
i heard a bunch of oohs
Bb
Gm
F
i guess that kid got the biz
Cm
Bb
with the quickness
Gm
because we all love rhyming
F
Bb
we all love spitting
Gm
we made it to some steps
C
Bb
of what looked like a courthouse
Gm
F
amina now when we get
C
Then watch what comes out
Gm
show the judges respect,
Cm
speak only when spoken to,
Gm
Cm
an d if they ever ask you to spit
you better be open to.
Gm
Cm
I swallowed hard, I wasn't prepared,
Bb
Gm
I still didn't know what was going on
Cm
Bb
or who would be there.
Gm
Amina looked me over,
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Gm
started straightening my gear,
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got up real close to me
C
Gm
and whispered in my ear.
It's gonna be okay,
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C
you're gonna do just fine,
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Gm
F
I got your back baby boy
Cm
you're gonna be alright.
Bb
Gm
I realize that I've heard this before,
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Bb
this was Candace,
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Cm
Bb
my girlfriend who died when the Compton effect hit the planet.
Gm
F
Do I tell her I know who she is
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Until the council already
Cm
She saw the look on my face,
Gm
the look I was willing to take
Cm
What they put on my plate,
Gm
we up in the courthouse,
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Gm
Almost 20 minutes till
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the bailiff came and got me
Gm
We walked in the courtroom,
The judge seat and the arrangements
was laid out in a 6x4 panel
Gm
Cm
That's 24 seats for 24 heirs,
Gm
Cm
24 hip -hop gods, oh sit there
Gm
Cm
All rise, we all rose,
Gm
C
the judges trickled in in all black long robes
Gm
I kinda froze, these were the gods
Cm
of hip -hop about to judge me
And call in question if I served
hip -hop honorably
your honors, by your leave
Gm
Cm
I request that my client be judged a dope
Gm
MC Pac looked up at me
Cm
from behind his glasses,
Gm
Cm
he started slowly shaking his head
as he read my jacket
Gm
Cm
KRS brought his face in a light,
Gm
Rod Kim to his right,
he asked Ms. Kaplan,
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Bb
am I reading this right?
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Gsus4
This is the institution hip -hop
Gm
And clearly your client
Cm
Gm
hasn't written enough bars
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Gm
I can see the other judges unconvinced
But I sat there quietly
Gsus4
Gm
while Amina made my defense
Your honors, with all due respect,
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Gm
What about his depth
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and lyrical complexity?
Gm
Snoop nodded his head
Cm
and sparked up a blunt
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Gm
Took a couple of tokes
Cm
then passed it to Dr. Dre
Gm
Who was just taking notes
Cm
This wasn't going so well
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Cm
So I decided to stand up
and speak for myself
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C
Your honors, I can see
Cm
that you don't think that I'm great
Gm
But I can also tell you aren't
Cm
fully convinced that I'm fake
Gm
Dm
Cm
If I may offer a solution, send me back
Gm
Let me earn my ascension
C
Prove to the council I ain't whack
Gm
The council members erupt
Gm
Some shaking their heads,
Cm
some of them agreeing with me
Gm
There was a call to order,
Cm
then a cascading silence
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C
One judge said we'll take a short recess
Gm
So we back in the lobby,
Cm
the minutes felt like hours
Gm
But I had Candace back,
Cm
I just wanted to be around her
Cm
Would they judge me as whack
Gm
Or grant me my ascension?
Cm
Or would they just send me back?
Gm
And I don't know if what the
C
council will decide is final
Gm
But this might be the last time
Cm
I'll be in front of this panel
Bb
Gm
I'm ready, here we go,
Bb
Gm
With 24 hip -hop legends
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Bb
about to decide my afterlife
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Cm
Mr. Square, after careful review
Gm
Of the complete body of work
Cm
and your character too
Gm
It's the opinion of the court
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that you're not ready for responsion
But we have no record
Cm
of you being whack or pretending
Gm
So after much deliberation,
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Cm
we're sending you back
Give you a chance
Cm
to solidify your position at RAP
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He said, don't be so quick to thank us,
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cause we'll be watching
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And we'll hold you accountable
Cm
if you get out of pocket
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We'll see you when we see you waiting
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This court is adjourned
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