A Week Ago chords by 
Jay‐z 
N/A
Key: B minor•
Verse 1
Bm
Uh- huh
That's right
Uh- huh- uh,
F#m
G
it was all good just a week ago
Last week I had everything
Uh, uh- huh- uh,
F#m
Bm
had this all good just a week ago
I had the money, had the cars,
the bitches
Uh- huh, yeah,
F#m
it was all good just a week ago
G
And the jewelry
And then my motherfucking niggas
started snitching
F#m
Uh- huh, uh uh, yo
Bitch!
Verse 2
Bm
Grow ing up in the hood just
my dog and me
We used to hustle in the hood for,
F#m
all to see
G
Prob lems, I called on him,
he called on me
We wasn't quite partners,
F#m
I hit him off my P
Bm
Let him unlocked doors, off my keys
F#m
Yeah we spoke, much more than cordially
G
Man he broke bread with me,
my business spreads with me
The Feds came to get me,
F#m
we both fled quickly
Bm
Wasn't quick enough to jump
over the hedges with me
Got caught, and that's when our
F#m
re lationship strained
G
Used to call me from the joint 'til
he ran out of change
And when he called collect
F#m
and I heard his name
Bm
I quickly accepted,
but when I reached the phone
He's talkin' reckless,
F#m
I can sense de ceit in his tone
G
I said, "Damn dog, what,
nine weeks and you're home?"
He said, "Main man,
F#m
you think shit's sweet 'cause you're home"
A
Bm
I just sat, spat no more
speech in the phone
F#m
The crackers up there bleaching your dome,
you're reaching
G
I said, "The world don't stop I've got
to keep keep on"
F#m
From there I sensed the beef was on
Bm
I ran to the spot,
store to add some more features on my phone
F#m
To see if I had bugs an
d leeches on my phone
G
Can't be too safe cause niggas
is two- faced
And they show the other side
F#m
when they catch a new case
Bm
It's on
It was cool when you had hella weed to smoke
Verse 3
Bm
And
you bought a new home
F#m
where you could keep the folks
G
I don't see how this side of you could
be provoked
(Uh- huh, uh- huh,
F#m
Bm
it was all good just a week ago)
Verse 4
Bm
Funny what, seven days can change
A stand up nigga,
F#m
now you sit down to aim
G
Used to have a firm grip now
you dropping names
Uh- huh, uh- huh (It was all
F#m
good just a week ago)
Verse 5
Bm
Like I put the toast to your head
and made you sell
F#m
We both came in this game, blind as hell
G
I did a little better, had more clientele
Told you put away some cheddar
F#m
now you crying for bail
Bm
Sev enteen and I'm holding
on to around a mil'
I could bail out and blow trial
and come around on the pill
F#m
G
Had niggas thinking I was from
Uptown for real
F#m
I had so much hustle plus I was down to ill
Bm
Like a Brooklyn nigga,
straight out of Brownsville
Down and dirty,
F#m
down to fight 'til round thirty
G
Freezing on them corners still
holding my crack
Looking up and down the block,
F#m
the fuck is the dough at?
Bm
Came from flat broke to letting
the dough stack
You tell them feds I said
F#m
I'm never going back
G
I'm from Marcy,
and Marcy don't raise no rats
F#m
You know the consequences of your acts,
you can't be serious
Verse 6
Bm
It was cool when you had
hella weed to smoke
And you bought a new home
F#m
where you could keep the folks
G
I don't see how this side of you
could be provoked
(Uh- huh, uh- huh,
F#m
Bm
it was all good just a week ago)
Verse 7
Bm
Funny what, seven days can change
A stand up nigga,
F#m
now you sit down to aim
G
Used to have a firm grip now
you dropping names
Uh- huh, uh- huh (It was all
F#m
good just a week ago)
Verse 8
Bm
The lawyer I retained you said
you leaking some things
F#m
All this after a week in the bang
G
I'm mad at my self 'cause I didn't
spot the weak and lame
I would of bet the house
F#m
you wouldn't speak a thing
Bm
Nig ga this was the oath,
to the top of broke
Even pricked our finger,
F#m
any thing that got between us
G
We 'sposed to cock the ninas,
what happened to that?
Instead you copped out to
F#m
a misdemeanor
Bm
Fuck it, the same thing make
you laugh make you cry
That's right, the same game that make
F#m
you mad could make you die
G
It's a dice game,
and sometimes you crap
Who would of thought you'd get
F#m
popped one time and rat?
Bm
Now you know that's bad
when your sister is mad
And your son gotta grow up like,
F#m
"This is my dad?"
G
The la beling of a snitch
is a lifetime scar
You'll always be in jail nigga,
F#m
just minus the bars
Verse 9
Bm
It was cool when you had
hella weed to smoke
And you bought a new home
F#m
where you could keep the folks
G
I don't see how this side of you could
be provoked
F#m
(Uh- huh, uh- huh, it was all good
Bm
just a week ago)
Verse 10
Bm
Funny what, seven days can change
A stand up nigga,
F#m
now you sit down to aim
G
Used to have a firm grip now
you dropping names
Uh- huh, uh- huh (It was all good
F#m
Bm
just a week ago)
Verse 11
Shit is crazy man
F#m
All these nig gas out here
G
snitching
We was one step away from
F#m
Bm
taking this crack money
And recycling it through the ghettos
F#m
And building back up our own hoods
G
Now all you niggas start
snitching on each other
F#m
Bm
I got partners doing 15- 20
Wouldn't to been doing SHIT
If you didn't snitch
F#m
G
Bitch!
It's about time y'all check
that shit out man
F#m
Bm
It ain't all good
Shut your mouth
F#m
G
Just watch the game
F#m
And don't snitch
Bm
F#m
It sure will do a lot for you
G
Believe that baby
Jay- z, Short Dawg's in the house main
F#m
Bm
You know I got it
Got it goin on
F#m
G
We got the money
Ain't got nuthin' to
F#m
do with crime baby
Bm
But I'm re cognizing
You rat bastard!
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