Ain't a Nigga Alive chords by Trick Daddy

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Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) Can you picture the life of a
C 
young 14  (C major) -year -old,
Em 
being head of  (E minor) his household?
A 
Bm 
 (A major) And if you look in his eye (B minor) s,
Em 
you see the pain and the  (E minor) struggle inside.
Lord knows he don't wanna die.
And ain't a nigga alive
C 
who done tried all the  (C major) shit I tried.
Em 
Look, I damn near  (E minor) died.
A 
Em 
Bm 
 (A major) And ain't a  (E minor) nigga sur (B minor) 
vive without
Em 
 (E minor) Ain't nothin' givin' to me.
I ain't nothin' like the day.
Coming up on my own,
C 
she an (C major) d daddy wasn't around,
but I was holding my own
Em 
A 
 (E minor) Only  (A major) 14 years old,
Bm 
 (B minor) in school with a chrome
Em 
Young  (E minor) wild ass nigga with
a mind of a dome
Check my background rap,
she see what I've done
C 
Stealing  (C major) cars, slinging rocks,
Em 
man to me that was fun (E minor) 
A 
Em 
Hanging  (A major) out with the  (E minor) G's
Bm 
all  (B minor) night in the slum
Em 
Getting  (E minor) money at the same time,
flipping a poem
And remember people used to ask me,
why you always frowning?
C 
Why  (C major) you never look up
and why it always down?
A 
 (A major) If I was born another color,
Bm 
I  (B minor) would always smile
Em 
But similar  (E minor) to  peanut butter,
I was always brown
Dad never gave a fuck,
he wasn't always found
C 
All  (C major) I had was seven brothers,
Em 
we  (E minor) would always clown
A 
Bm 
Thug  (A major) life, nigga,  (B minor) we was always bound
Em 
Drug  (E minor) life, nigga,
it was always round now
Can you picture the life
C 
of a young 14  (C major) -year -old
Em 
Being head of  (E minor) his household
A 
Bm 
 (A major) And if you look in his eye (B minor) s,
Em 
you see the pain and the  (E minor) struggle inside
Lord knows he don't wanna die
And ain't a nigga alive
C 
who done tried all  (C major) the shit I tried
Em 
Look, I damn near  (E minor) died
A 
Bm 
I  (A major) know the  (B minor) niggas survive,
Em 
but I survive up  (E minor) nothin'
Give you credit, I want you to drop mine
Ayy, I ain't doin' no homework,
cause they're damn hustlin'
C 
 (C major) Half a pound jugglin',
waitin' on the customer
Am 
High (A minor) way flushin' the engine
Bm 
 (B minor) without a governor
Em 
C 
Moved  (E minor) to a  (C major) pound, I need it,
Em 
I had to  (E minor) double up
Left school, used rap as a cover -up
C 
 (C major) Burgs, they fuckin' up just like
Em 
Mama  (E minor) of  the Sun
A 
Bm 
 (A major) Who woulda knew I'd  (B minor) get that big
Em 
But you  (E minor) see Bill Gates,
I wanna get that rich
My regular street thuggin'
is sittin' around doin' nothin'
C 
 (C major) Instead of starving,
A 
I was wearing out  (A major) my opps
Bm 
I couldn't blame my  (B minor) prob
lem on the projects
Em 
When  (E minor) it was obvious
I was stuck between a rock and a hard space
It was either hustling or robbing
C 
It was either  (C major) something or nothing
Em 
And I was thinking about  (E minor) my  mama
A 
 (A major) I  had to help her with my
Bm 
 (B minor) brothers and my sisters
Em 
Four (E minor) teen years old,
and I was head of my household
Can you picture the life
C 
of a young four (C major) teen year old
Being head of his household
A 
Bm 
 (A major) And if you look in his  (B minor) eye s
Em 
You see the pain and the  (E minor) struggle inside
Lord knows he don't wanna die
And ain't a nigga alive
C 
Who done tried all  (C major) the shit I tried
Look, I damn near died
A 
Bm 
 (A major) And they the  (B minor) niggas survived,
but I survived
Em 
Wasn't  (E minor) nothin' given to me,