American dream
American dream

American dream easy guitar chords by August Alsina

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    • Intro 1





    Ever 
    since 
    Verse 1
    day 
    one 

    Somebody 
    probably 
    say you 

    wouldn't 
    be 
    nothin' 

    I bet 
    they 
    told 
    you this 
    over 
    an

    d over 
    again 
    on repeat 
    like 
    a re- 
    run 

    Nobody 
    ever 
    told 
    you you could 
    live 
    up 

    To 
    anything 
    you want, 
    don't 
    give 
    up 

    They rather 
    tell 
    you, you're 

    destined 
    for 
    failure 

    That's 
    what they 
    tell 
    you 

    But 
    you just 
    say 

    What 
    about 
    Martin? 

    What about 
    Garvey? 

    What 
    about 
    Rosa? 

    What 
    about 
    Malcolm? 

    What if 
    somebody 
    told them 

    they would 
    never 
    be 
    nothin' 

    And 
    they believed 
    this, 

    think 
    about the 
    outcome 

    Would we 
    even 
    be the 
    way 
    we are today? 

    Even 
    if 
    it weren't, 

    could 
    have been 
    a harder 
    way 

    Even 
    though 
    we lost 
    a lot 

    of people 
    on 
    the way 

    Had to 
    sacrifice 
    to 
    get 
    us in 
    a better 
    place 

    I 
    hope 
    you 
    Verse 2
    listen 
    to 
    these 
    wizzords 

    All they 
    want 
    us 
    thinking 
    about 
    is sipping 

    on 
    some 
    sizzurp 

    And they 
    got 
    us 
    thinking 
    something 

    better 
    we 
    don't 
    deserve 

    And 
    that 
    you shouldn't 
    try, 
    it's no 
    use 

    But 
    that 
    couldn't 
    be 
    further 

    from 
    the truth 

    Don't 
    believe 
    it, 

    that's 
    what 
    they 
    told 
    me 
    too 

    When 
    I 
    was 
    growing 
    up 

    (They told 
    me) 

    They told 
    me 
    (That I 

    wouldn't 
    make 
    it 
    too 
    far) 

    And 
    when 
    I 
    battle 
    it'll 
    hold 
    up 

    (They told 
    me) They 
    told 
    me, 

    yeah 

    (That I wouldn't 
    be 
    anything) 

    That's 
    what 
    Verse 3
    they 
    tell, 

    what 
    they 
    tell, 
    what 
    they 
    tell 

    When 
    we were 
    little 
    ones 

    That's what 
    they 
    tell, 

    what 
    they 
    tell, 
    what they tell 

    They 
    supposed 
    to be 
    king

    s and 
    queens 

    That's 
    what 
    they 
    tell, 

    what 
    they 
    tell, 
    what 
    they 
    tell 

    When 
    we don't 
    believe 
    them 

    That's 
    what they tell, 

    what they 
    tell, 
    what 
    they tell 

    Try
    ing 
    to 
    live 

    the Americ
    an 
    Dream 

    Verse 4
    They 
    say the 
    ballers is celebrities 

    As 
    a reminder 
    of the 
    people 

    they would 
    never 
    be 

    Jeal
    ousy 
    got 
    'em sick 

    without 
    a remedy 

    Thinking 
    when 
    I die nobody's 

    gonna 
    remember 
    me 

    I was 
    told 
    that nobody 
    care 

    So 
    the 
    dreams 
    that 
    I 
    had 

    turned to 
    night
    mares 

    Is this 
    thing 
    called 
    life 
    really 
    fair 

    Need 
    help 
    but 
    it ain't 
    there 

    So 
    you 
    know 
    it's really 
    hard 

    to stay 
    dedicated 

    When 
    the 
    ballers screaming 

    they was 
    never 
    educated 

    On the 
    corner 
    getting 
    high 
    just 

    to medicate 
    it 

    'Cause the 
    teachers 
    just 
    told 

    him he would 
    never 
    make 
    it 

    Now he 
    feeling 
    like 
    he 
    made 

    it 'cause 
    he 
    stackin' 
    paper 

    But 
    probably 
    won't 
    let him 

    spend the 
    money 
    later 

    Nobody 
    ever 
    told 
    us we could 

    be 
    great
    er 

    To everybody 
    on 
    the grind 

    and 
    the paper 
    chasers 

    I 
    hope 
    you 
    listen 
    Verse 5
    to 
    these 
    wizzords 

    All they 
    want 
    us 
    thinking 
    about 
    is 

    sipping 
    on 
    some 
    sizzurp 

    And 
    they 
    got 
    us 
    thinking 
    something 

    better 
    we 
    don't 
    deserve 

    And 
    that 
    you shouldn't 
    try, 
    it's no 
    use 

    But 
    that 
    couldn't 
    be 
    fur

    ther 
    from 
    the truth 

    Don't 
    believe 
    it, 

    that's 
    what 
    they 
    told 
    me 
    too 

    When 
    I 
    was 
    growing 
    up 
    (They told 
    me) 

    They 
    told 
    me 
    (That I wouldn't 

    make 
    it 
    too 
    far) 

    And 
    when 
    I 
    battle 
    it'll 
    hold 
    up 

    (They told 
    me) They told 
    me, 

    yeah 

    (That I wouldn't 
    be 
    anything) 

    Verse 6
    That's what 
    they 
    tell, 

    what 
    they 
    tell, 
    what 
    they 
    tell 

    When 
    we 
    were 
    little 
    ones 

    That's what 
    they tell, 
    what 
    they 
    tell, 

    what 
    they 
    tell 

    We're supposed 
    to be king

    s and 
    queens 

    That's 
    what 
    they 
    tell, 
    what 
    they 
    tell, 

    what 
    they 
    tell 

    When we 
    don't 
    believe 
    them 

    That's 
    what they tell, 

    what they 
    tell, 
    what 
    they tell 

    Trying 
    to live 
    the 
    Americ
    an 
    Dream 

    (That's what 
    Verse 7
    they 
    told 
    me, 
    they 
    told 
    me, 

    they 
    told 
    me) 

    They'd rather 
    see 
    me dead, 

    never 
    gone make 
    it 

    (That's what they told 
    me, they told 
    me, 

    they told 
    me) 

    They'd rather 
    see 
    me fail, 

    never 
    gonna 
    be anything 

    (That's what 
    they told me, they 

    told me, they 
    told me) 

    They'd rather 
    see me in 
    jail, 

    you're never 
    gonna be 
    shit 

    (That's what 
    they told 
    me, they told 

    me, they told 
    me) 

    Everybody 
    die, 
    you 
    ain't shit 

    (That's what 
    they told me, 

    they told me, 
    they 
    told 
    me) 

    But not 
    everybody 
    lives 
    (I told 
    you) 

    But I 
    know 
    that some
    how 

    We 
    can 
    make 
    it out 
    of this 

    You just 
    gotta 
    tell 
    yourself 

    That somehow, 
    I'mma make 
    it 

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