Tonart: D minor•
Verse 1
Bb
Am
Gm
Bb
Black man born, black man dies
Black man mourns, black man cries
Am
Black man tries to wipe his eyes
Asus4
But black man told
to raise his hands up high
Bb
Black man told he can't take a knee
Just shut up and dribble,
you belong to me
Black man sighs.
Asus4
Black man learns
how to play both sides.
Black man needs.
Does anybody care about what
the black man sees?
Am
Asus4
They tell a black man it's the home of the free but
won't let that black man live on they street.
Black man pain.
Black man weeps because of
black man's shame.
Am
Dm
Black man in chains built this thing.
Am
Dm
America exists because of
Am
the black man's frame.
Bb
black man's kids, black man's wife,
Am
taken from his life, sold off twice, black man
Dm
anger, black man rage, but a black man can't show
Am
Bb
that because of the black man cage.
Growing up, the
Am
OG's used to tell me, as a black man, you gotta be twice as good,
you know, you gotta be twice as smart, twice as strong,
Most importantly, they said,
you gotta be twice as careful,
Am
Cause we don't got the margin
everybody else do.
Check.
You gotta be smart.
Bb
Dm
Bb
Smart.
Am
Dm
Bb
Eb
Am
Eb
Am
Bb
Navigating how I'm living
in this black skin
Am
Back then, had to watch out for the
Ku
Klux
Klan
Dm
In 2022, it's the new
Klux
Am
Klan
Bb
Traded in the hood for a gun and a badge
But you trying to blame me
cause I ain't got no dad
Am
When it was your own people
that sold us off
D
Broke up all our families
Am
so you'd be well off
Bb
It's crazy that like 60 years later
we're still dealing with
Am
symptoms of problems that are so deeply
embedded in the psychology of our nation
Bb
You know, we cry over bad fruit,
Am
but we don't realize it's the byproduct of bad roots.
We gotta get to the root of the issues.
Bb
A
Am
Asus4
Eb
Gm
Gsus4
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