Tonart: C minor
Verse 1
Am
F
Am
A
Give me
G
the fortune,
keep the fame,
said my man Louis
F
I agreed, know what he mean,
because we live the truest lie
F#
I asked him why we follow the
F
He looked at me, he thought about it,
Why?
G#
The question was rhetorical,
G
F
the answer was horrible
Our morals are out of place,
Am
F#
we got our lives full of sorrow
And so tomorrow coming
F
waiting on someone to pity us
Why we find the beauty in
F#
the hideous?
G#
G
They say money's the root of all evil,
F
but I can't tell, you know what I mean
F#
Pesos, francs, gems,
cowrie shells, dollar bills
G
Or is it the mind state that's ill,
Am
A
to fill the new prisons they build
G
Over money and religion,
there's more blood than spills
F
The wounds of slaves in cotton fields
are never healed
What's the deal?
F#
F
G
A lot of cats who buy records
F
But my language universal,
they be reciting my quotes
G
While R &B singers hit bad notes
F
We rocked a boat of thought
Am
that my man Louis statements
Caught up in conversations
F
Brought up through endangered species,
Am
A
status on the planet Earth
G#
G
Survival tactics means bustin'
Am
Your firearms are too short
F#
to box with God without faith
G
All of that is illusionary
F
Raise my son no vindication
Am
F
of manhood necessary
G
Not strong, only aggressive, not free
not compassionate, only polite
Am
F#
Now who denies us, not good
Chasin' after death
F
so we can call ourselves brave
Bbm
Still livin' like mental slaves
G#
Hidin' like thieves in
G
F
the night from life
Illusions of oasis makin'
F#
G
Hidin' like thieves in the night from life
F
Bbm
Illusions of oasis, making you look twice
G
I'm sure that everybody
out listening agree
F
B
That everything you see
F#
ain't really how it be
G
A lot of jokers out running in place,
chasing the style
F
Be a lot going on beneath
G#
G
Most cats in my area
Synthesized surface con
Am
F#
ceals the interior
G
America, land of opportunity
F
Mirages and camouflages,
more than usually
Am
G#
Speaking loudly, saying nothing,
F
You losing me, your game is twisted
Am
Want me enlisted in your usury
F#
G
most men join the ranks cluelessly
F
But foolishly ac cept the deception,
Am
Bbm
believe the perception
G#
G
Reflection rarely seen
F
across the surface of the looking glass
Walking the street,
Am
F#
wondering who they be looking past
Looking gasped with them imported
Am
F#
but the light rarely stays on
G#
G
Same song, just remix,
Put you on a yacht,
Am
F#
but they won't call it a slave ship
Strangeness,
G
you don't control this,
you barely hold this
A
F#
when they just sanitize the ocean
G#
G
Suppose it's just another clever
That they've been running
across stars
F#
through all the time
But I find it's distressing
G
there's never no in -between
F
We either niggas or kings,
Am
F#
we either bitches or queens
G#
The deadly ritual scenes
G
F
of Earth and the perverse
Full of short attention spans,
Am
F#
short tempers and short skirts
Long barrel automatics
G
released in short bursts
F
Then like the black life
Am
is treated with short worth
G
then mother niggas secondary
That type of illin' that be
Bm
fillin' up the cemetery
Gb
This life is temporary but
F
Bbm
Separate the real from the lie,
Gb
Ab
let me learn you're not sure
G
Only aggressive cause the
that's why
We are subjected to the will
Gb
of the oppressive, not free
G
We only licensed, not lied,
F
we just exciting cause the captains
Bbm
Gb
Own the masters to what we writing,
G
F
Only polite, we well trained,
our sincerities for Hurston stage
Am
F#
It's just a game, not good,
but we'll behave
G
cause the camera surveyed
Gb
F
Most of the things that
Ab
Gb
we think do are sane
Ab
G
We chasing after death
F
just to call ourselves brave
Bbm
But everyday next man meet with the grave
Gb
G
I give a damn if any fan recall my legacy
F
Bbm
I'm trying to live life in the sight of
Am
G#
G
God's memory like that, y 'all
F
A lot of people don't understand
Bbm
F#
the true criterion of things
G
You can't just ac cept appearance
F
Bbm
You have to get the true essence
G#
Not strong, only aggressive,
G
F
not free, we only li censed
Not compassionate, only polite,
Bbm
Gb
not who the nicest
Not good, but well behaved,
F
so we can call ourselves brave
Bbm
Gb
Still liv ing like mental slate
G#
Hidin' like thieves in
G
F
the night from life
Am
Illusions of oasis makin' you
F#
G
F
look twice
Bbm
G#
F
Am
F#
Hidin' like thieves in
F
Illusions of oasis makin'
G#
G
Stop hidin', stop hidin',
Am
F#
Stop hidin', stop hidin',
G
F
Bbm
cause ain't no hidin' face
G#
G
F
Stop hidin', stop hidin',
Bbm
stop hidin' your face
F#
Stop hidin', stop hidin',
F
Bbm
cause ain't no hidin' face
G#
G
F
Not strong, not free,
Bbm
F#
G
not casual
F
Bbm
G#
G
F
We well trained, Blackstar
Am
Bbm
F#
G
Black star keep shining,
Bbm
We take that Blackstar line,
ride on home
We take that Blackstar line,
ride on home
We take that Blackstar line,
ride on home
Let take that black star line
right on home, yo
Be real, be true
Bbm
I can't shine without you
I can't without you
I can't shine without can't
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