Key: A minor•
Verse 1
Am
The damage here along the gulf
coast is catastrophic.
There's a frantic effort under
way tonight to find
Survivors. There are an uncounted
number of the dead tonight...
People are being forced to
live like animals...
We are desperate...
G
No one says the federal government
is doing a good job.
Am
And hundred s and hundreds
and hundreds of people...
No water, I fought my country for years.
Dm
We need help,
we really need help.
Bdim
Am
In Baghdad, they they drop, they air drop wa ter,
Dm
food to people.why cant they do that to their own people?
The same idiots that can't get water into a major
Am
Amer ican city in less than three days are trying to
Verse 2
Win a war...
Am
People was poor before
Dm
the hurricane came
Am
But the down pour poured is
Dm
like when Mary J. sang
Am
Dm
Every day it rains, so every day the pain
Am
But ignored them,
Dm
and showed em the risk was to blame
Am
Dm
For life is a chain, cause and effected
Am
Niggas off the chain be
Dm
cause they affected
Am
It's a dirty game so whatever
Dm
is effective
Am
From weed to selling kane,
Dm
gotta put that in effect
Am
Wouldn't you loot,
if you didn't have the loot?
Dm
Baby needed food and you stuck
on the roof
Am
Helicopter swooped down
Dm
just to get a scoop
Am
Through his telescopic lens but
Dm
he didn't scoop you
Am
The next five days,
Dm
no help en sued
Am
They called you a refugee because
Dm
you seek refuge
Am
The commander- in- chief just flew by
Dm
Did he stop? No, he had a couple seats
Am
Just proved jet blue he's not
Dm
Jet flew by the spot
Am
What if he ran out of jet
Dm
fuel and just dropped
Am
Hu, That woulda been
Dm
something to watch
Am
Heli copters doing fly- bys
Dm
to take a couple of shots
Am
Couple of portraits
Dm
then ignored 'em
Am
He'd be just another bush surroun
Dm
ded by a couple orchids
Am
Poor kids just 'cause they were poor kids
Left 'em on they porches same
F
old story in New Orleans
Am
Silly rappers,
Dm
because we got a couple Porches
Am
Dm
MTV stopped by to film our fortresses
Am
Dm
We forget the un fortunate
Am
Sure I ponied up a mill,
Dm
but I didn't give my time
Am
Dm
So in reality I didn't give a dime,
Am
or a damn
Dm
Am
I just put my mon ies in the hand s of the same
Dm
people that left my people stranded
Am
Nothin' but a bandit
Dm
Am
Left them folks aban doned
Damn, that money that we gave
Dm
Am
was just a band- aid
Dm
Can't say we better off than we was before
Am
Dm
In synopsis this is my minority report
Am
Can't say we better off
Dm
than we was be fore
Am
In synopsis this is my
Dm
minority re port
Verse 3
Am
Dm
So many times I'm, covering my eyes
Am
Peeking through my fingers
Dm
Tryin' to hide my,
Am
Dm
Am
frustration at the way that we treat
(Seems like we don't even care)
Dm
Am
Turn on the TV, seein' the pain
Dm
Sayin' such a shame
Am
Then tryin' to go on with my life
Dm
Am
Of that, I too, am guilty
(Seems like we don't
Dm
Am
even care)
So we send a lil' money,
Dm
tell 'em it's alright
Am
Dm
To be able to sleep at night
Am
You will pay that price
Dm
While some of these folks' lost
Am
their whole life
(Seems like we don't even care)
Now it wasn't on the nightly
Dm
news no more
Am
Suddenly it didn't matter
Dm
to you no more
Am
Dm
In the end almost nothing changed
Am
What the hell, what was that for?
Dm
(Seems like we don't even care)
Am
Dm
...Buses are on the way to take those people from
Verse 4
Am
New Orleans to Houston
...They lyin'
...People are dying at the
convention center
...Their government has failed them
F
Am
Dm
...George Bush doesn't care about black people
Outro 1
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Wie hat dir der Song gefallen?
Du musst dich einloggen, um eine Bewertung abzugeben.
TunerE A D G B E
Akkorde & SongtexteAm G Dm Bdim F
Am
G
Dm
Bdim
F
Capo: Kein Capo
Transponieren: 0
0
Autoscroll20%
Beliebte Akkorde weltweit
Meistgespielte Akkorde & Tabs aller Nutzer
Neu hinzugefügt
Kürzlich hinzugefügte Akkorde & Tabs