Key: C minor
Intro 1
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G#m
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Flash of light, the flash of life
Verse 1
C#m
C#m
B
G#m
All by myself, walk ing around
C#m
G#m
It's been too long since
I've seen anybody
C#m
G#m
what's going on right then a
G#m
G#sus4
come with me
C#
G#m
she said the council's ready to see you
i complied as if i didn't
have a choice
i couldn't even say nothing
G#m
C#m
she led the way and we started walking
C#m
B
that kind of sparkled silence
B
G#m
it was n't before a minute
B
G#m
she said the first thing you need
C#
B
to realize if you are dead
G#m
F#
G#m
this is the first I froze up,
C#m
B
lost Pascal's wager
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B
after greatness, she said
G#m
C#
B
When y 'all die where I pass your lives,
C#m
B
for any other afterlife
G#m
C#m
B
You are a rapper, a backpacker, an MC,
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B
by other MCs
G#m
C#m
Be sides the shock of being dead,
B
G#m
this gave me mixed feelings
What about injustice,
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C#m
The whole thing was off the Richter,
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G#m
and how many were on it?
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B
Amina led me to a big set of double doors
C#
B
G#m
Was I in trouble or would it be alright?
C#m
G#m
Would I get a pass
B
G#m
Then would I get it bad with
one switch motion?
C#m
B
She pushes the double doors open
C#m
B
I real ized that she wasn't joking
G#m
F#
It was a smorgasbord,
C#
B
a buffet of MCs
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F#
A courtyard full, some friends,
F#
G#m
some of them were tired
A lot of cats were whack
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B
while some of them spit fire
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C#
We kept on walking till we ran
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G#sus4
C#m
amina said this is how we kill
B
G#m
time waiting for judgment
C#m
G#m
we be still kicking rhyme
but this kid's a biter
B
G#m
i've even heard him spit
F#
C#m
somebody else's lyrics
F#
C#
we started walking this time
B
G#m
towards the building but not before
i heard a bunch of oohs
B
G#m
F#
i guess that kid got the biz
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B
with the quickness
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B
we all love spitting
C#
B
of what looked like a courthouse
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F#
amina now when we get
G#m
C#m
an d if they ever ask you to spit
you better be open to.
G#m
C#m
I swallowed hard, I wasn't prepared,
B
G#m
I still didn't know what was going on
C#m
B
or who would be there.
C#m
G#m
started straightening my gear,
C#
G#m
and whispered in my ear.
It's gonna be okay,
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C#
you're gonna do just fine,
B
G#m
F#
I got your back baby boy
B
G#m
I realize that I've heard this before,
C#m
B
this was Candace,
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C#m
B
my girlfriend who died when the Compton effect hit the planet.
G#m
F#
Do I tell her I know who she is
B
G#m
Almost 20 minutes till
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the bailiff came and got me
The judge seat and the arrangements
was laid out in a 6x4 panel
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C#m
That's 24 seats for 24 heirs,
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C#m
24 hip -hop gods, oh sit there
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C#m
All rise, we all rose,
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C#
the judges trickled in in all black long robes
And call in question if I served
hip -hop honorably
your honors, by your leave
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C#m
I request that my client be judged a dope
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C#m
he started slowly shaking his head
as he read my jacket
G#m
C#m
KRS brought his face in a light,
he asked Ms. Kaplan,
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am I reading this right?
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G#sus4
This is the institution hip -hop
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G#m
hasn't writ ten enough bars
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G#m
I can see the other judges unconvinced
But I sat there quietly
G#sus4
G#m
while Amina made my defense
Your honors, with all due respect,
B
G#m
What about his depth
B
G#m
Took a couple of tokes
G#m
C#m
So I decided to stand up
and speak for myself
G#m
C#
Your honors, I can see
G#m
D#m
C#m
If I may offer a solu tion, send me back
G#m
C#
One judge said we'll take a short recess
B
G#m
I'm ready, here we go,
B
G#m
With 24 hip -hop legends
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B
about to decide my afterlife
G#m
C#m
Mr. Square, after careful review
But we have no record
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C#m
we're sending you back
Give you a chance
G#m
He said, don't be so quick to thank us,
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G#m
And we'll hold you accountable
G#m
F#
We'll see you when we see you waiting
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B
G#m
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G#m
This court is adjourned
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