Tonart: A minor•
Verse 1
Am
Peace does not come before salvation
Verse 2
and salvation does not come without truth
Am
Dm
Am
I will only tell the truth
Dm
I will only tell the truth
Am
Incoming!
Truth, truth, truth, truth
Truth, truth, truth, truth, truth
Verse 3
Am
People wonder, "Is he woke or just a new
slave?"
Old religion,
he just covered it with new chains
Dm
Am
Trappin' out the church,
he ain't really fake
He divisive, he don't rep the King,
he just want the fame
Aw man, now they actin' like
I'm suddenly political
Told me shut my mouth and get my
Dm
Am
checks from Evangelicals
Where my momma raised me,
on Angela and Eldris
Chuck Berry made it,
but the credit went to Elvis
Know you never knew that,
Dm
Am
Dm
know you think I'm too black
I just think I'm too real, I grew up on 2Pac
You grew up thinkin' that the
Panthers was some terrorists
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
I grew up hearin' how they fed
Am
my momma eggs and grits
Dm
"'Crae, they say you should follow
Am
in the steps of King"
I say, "You've forgotten how
they shot him in the streets"
I ain't really changed,
it's the same old rebel
Still a radical, I'm passionate,
it's just another level (leggo!)
AT told me I should fight back
They don't like that
(they don't)
Just know if you rock the boat you better
Dm
have a life raft (what?)
Am
BJ told me I should fight back
They don't like that
Dm
Am
Just know if you rock the boat you
Dm
Am
better have a life raft, woo!
Verse 4
Dm
Am
I will only tell the truth (facts)
Dm
Am
People cannot abide by a truth,
Dm
Am
they prefer fantasy over reality (facts)
Dm
Am
I will only tell the truth
I am for truth no matter who tells it
I will only tell the truth
I'm for justice no matter who it is
Dm
for or against (facts)
Verse 5
Dm
Rose up out the dungeon
I was feelin' haunted
Now I'm bein' hunted
And I'm on a hunnid
Hit the gas, gunning
Skip the past running
Am
Dm
Tell 'em they could bring that
Am
If they really want it
I, I'm on the hometeam
You just running with the wrong team
Never take 'em with the heavyweights or,
boy, you'll die and need a little protein
Dm
Southside on the Yellowstone,
Am
had a ham bone and a white tee
Dm
Got a twelve-pack of of that real talk and I'm drunk,
tell 'em, "Come find me"
Am
Draped up, dripped out,
Dm
Am
covered in the blood
Man, I hang where they cripped out,
Dm
Am
sippin' on the mud
Boy, they swingin', got the whips out,
E
Am
watch 'em pop trunk
Dm
Am
Yeah, I know it's hella dark,
Dm
but I'm tryna light it up
Now these people swear they on me,
Dm
Told me keep my mouth shut,
Am
told me be a Stepin Fetchit
I will not oblige to your colon
Am
My Messiah died for the world,
Dm
Am
Dm
not just USA
Am
They say, "Jesus was Conservative"
Dm
Am
Tell 'em, "That's a lie"
Dm
No, He not a Liberal either if you
Am
Dm
think I'll choose a side
E
Am
They say, "'Crae, you so divisive,
Dm
shouldn't be a black church"
I say, "Do the math,
segregation started that first!"
Am
Dm
Hey, you want unity? Then read a eulogy
Am
Dm
Kill the power that exists up
under you and over me
Am
Dm
I said, you want unity? Then read a eulogy
Kill the power that exists up under you and over me,
Am
Em
Dm
Am
woo! (facts)
Dm
So reconciliation, or concili
Verse 6
Am
ation,
Em
Am
Dm
Am
requires defrauded parties to be made whole
Dm
Not just apologizing for the offense
Interlude 1
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Em
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Em
Dm
Am
Dm
Em
Am
Gm
Dm
B
Dm
B
Verse 7
the right time
to tell ya how I feel
And, yeah, I know that
Gm
it hurts, but look, it's gon' heal
Cm
I waited 'til I was on prime time
F
Eb
before I let y'all know
Dm
And you prolly won't wanna
Gm
hear my music no mo'
Cm
But it's all good, man, I love y'all
F
Hope you know that I'm black, black
Dm
Gm
Traded my Smart Car for a Ca dillac,
can you handle that?
Dm
F
Dm
I love Jesus, the one out of Nazareth
Not the European with the ultra perm and them
Gm
soft eyes and them thin lips
F
Been in the 'burbs for quite
Eb
some time
Dm
Gm
But I still might hit the gas station for the
Lemonheads and the pork rinds
F
Eb
Yeah, 116 been real
Dm
Binghamton, Tennessee,
Gm
from Third Ward to Ceiling Hill
Cm
And I live in multiple world,
F
call me a hybrid 'cause I'm so black
Dm
Young theologian who educated,
Gm
F
Bb
Gm
Dm
F
but still be at that Chicken Shack, yeah
Dm
Lemme get a two piece
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