Around My Way
Around My Way

Around My Way easy guitar chords by Talib Kweli

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  • Verse 1
    Around 
    my 
    way 


    Around 
    my 
    way 


    All the corners 
    filled 

    with sor
    row 

    All the streets 
    are filled 
    with pain 

    Around 
    my 
    way 

    Around 
    my 
    way 
    Verse 2


    Around my 
    way 

    All the corners 
    filled 
    with sor
    row 

    All the 
    streets 
    are filled with pain 

    Around 
    my 
    way 


    Verse 3
    People 
    let 
    me paint 
    a picture, 

    you know 
    I ain't 
    a Christian 

    I ain't 
    Muslim, 
    ain't 
    Jew, 

    I'm losing 
    my 
    religion 

    I speak to 
    God 
    directly, 

    I know my 
    God 
    respect 
    me 

    'Cause 
    he let 
    me breathe 
    his air 

    and 
    he 
    really 
    blessed 
    me 

    I ain't 
    knocking 
    you 
    but I 

    don't fuck 
    with hospitals 

    Spit 
    the gospel, 

    truly 
    knowing 
    Jesus 
    like 
    apostles 
    do 

    Return 
    like 
    the prodigal 
    son 

    to 
    honor 
    Mohamed 
    too 

    Stay 
    away 
    from Him, 
    like Abra
    ham, 

    Lord 
    I'll 
    follow 
    you 

    Verse 4
    Even 
    when 
    you took 
    my man Chaka 

    God 
    and 
    what I'm 
    a do 

    You 
    gave 
    the hood 
    a modern 
    day 

    mar
    tyr 
    in Brother 
    Amadou 

    I'm 
    on 
    the block, 
    I'm tracing 
    your foot
    steps, 

    I keep the 
    faith 
    in you 

    Your 
    love, 
    plus 
    hard work 
    and ambi

    tion, we 
    gonna 
    make 
    it through 

    My 
    songs 
    is psalms 
    I'm spir

    itual 
    when 
    I'm lyrical 

    This 
    is for my 
    soldier 
    niggaz looking 

    in the 
    mirror 
    who 

    Sitting 
    home 
    scratching 

    off seri
    als eating 
    cereal 

    The 
    way 
    we find 
    a way 
    to survive, 

    shit 
    is 
    a miracle 

    Verse 5
    We 
    got mice 
    in the 
    crib 
    and 

    roaches 
    in 
    the toasters 

    Rice 
    in 
    the fridge, 

    bread 
    in the 
    oven 
    by the 
    roaster 

    We be 
    takin' 
    gypsy 
    cabs 
    and 

    chasin' 
    50 bags 

    They be 
    laced 
    with shitty 
    swag 
    and it 

    really 
    get me 
    mad 

    The way we 
    be saluting 
    flags, 

    wrapping 
    them 
    around 
    our heads 

    When 
    niggaz ain't 
    become 

    Americ
    an till 
    9 11 

    Feeling 
    like 
    you gotta 

    sneak 
    in
    to Heaven 

    When 
    the reverend 
    looking 
    like 
    a pimp 

    And 
    the pimp 
    look like the 

    rev
    erend 

    Verse 6
    Around my way 

    Around 
    my 
    way 


    All 
    the corners 
    filled 

    with sor
    row 

    All the streets 
    are filled 
    with pain 

    Around 
    my 
    way 


    Verse 7
    These 
    conditions 
    make 
    us strong 

    And we 
    create 
    our own 
    businesses 

    so later 
    on 

    Our children 
    have 
    things in 
    their 

    name 
    that they can 
    say 
    their own 

    A mix 
    tape, 

    freestyle 
    become 
    your 
    fa
    vorite 
    song 

    No place 
    like home 

    When 
    the 
    cops 
    ask you, 

    "What about 
    your neighbors?" 

    Beat on 
    you, threaten 

    to 
    in
    carcerate 
    you 

    Till 
    you spill 
    your 
    guys 
    like you 
    Garcia 
    Vega 

    Verse 8
    We roll 
    blunts 
    not 
    the papers 

    Cop 
    the greatest 
    take 
    it coast 
    to coast 

    L.A. 
    to Chica
    go 
    like smooth 
    operators 

    Cop 
    the dro 
    and cop 
    the 
    blacks 

    Cop 
    the four, 
    cock 
    it 
    back 

    Drop 
    the flow, 

    rock 
    a hat 
    on top 
    a stocking 
    cap 

    Verse 9
    Be a doctor 
    or a lawyer 
    or 
    make your 

    Momma 
    a promise 
    that 

    You'll finish 
    school 
    but when 
    you got 

    dream 
    you gotta 
    follow 
    that 

    And make 
    sure 
    when you make 
    it out 

    the hood 
    you always 
    holler 
    back 

    Think about 
    what 
    you got 
    from that 
    and 

    always put 
    your 
    dollars 
    back 

    On top 
    of that, 
    this is 
    a leg
    acy 

    and we 
    a part 
    of that 

    The hood 
    is where 
    my heart 
    is at, 

    catch 
    me around 
    my way 

    Verse 10

    Around my way 

    Around 
    my 
    way 


    All 
    the corners 
    filled 
    with sor
    row 

    All the street
    s are filled 
    with 
    hate 

    Around 
    my 

    way 

    Around my 
    way 
    Verse 11

    Around 
    my 
    way 


    All 
    the corners 
    filled 

    with sor
    row 

    All the streets 
    are filled 
    with pain 

    Around 
    my 





    way 

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