Black Denton chords by AV The Great

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Verse 1
Am 
three two one
i'm from my college city
where it's the wrong misconceptions
it's my majority white
but it's far from the riches
Dm 
Am 
they just raised the prices on us
G 
Dm 
for the homes that we renting gentrification
Am 
part two for the parts i was risen
Dm 
hope you ain't know
i'm from across the tracks
Am 
by the mlk surrounded by jail cells
F 
Eb 
a juvenile in a gray but still intelligent
F 
Eb 
so what i so weak
Cm 
Eb 
I'm still elo quent,
and I'm just trying to make
G 
it out the city
C 
before my time ends
Am 
Dm 
G 
Am 
Shit
F 
Am 
I'm
going out this bitch
the same way I came
By myself, full of fortune,
and a little of fame
G 
Damn, I  don't want to spend my life in jail
I'll be another ordinary,
they graduated from here
E 
You know, sittin' at the park
like you remember back in high school
Fuck that lookin' back shit,
F 
look at what I'm bout to do
Told them that you was gon' make it,
all they did was laugh at you
They tell us to be different,
just to say that they don't get you
Am 
Uh, the day I left the police,
another motherfucker
It's the day my soul raised
G 
to meet the makers, motherfucker
You mad cause I'm havin' fun,
but you smile when I suffer
Can I live?
E 
I'm just a young brother
trying to make it out of the city
Before they run my DNA
and the feds come to get me
F 
These bitches be gossiping
but god damn they be pretty
These niggas be acting friendly
but they spiking when empty
Am 
Hate me, they had breakfast
with Charlamagne and Nippy
Phone don't record
A 
Am 
every time the police  try to frisk it
G 
Shit, black on black, cop on black,
yeah I'm tired of that
Shit, keep the car running
Em 
cause I'mma ride for that
E 
Can I live?
I'm just a young brother
trying to make it out the city
F 
Take the ones that love me with me,
got a rich soul but
my pockets on empty
Make a dime and check some money,
scream and get me
Come on, come on, come on
So let me be, yeah,
Am 
they lock us up so we can't leave
Em 
F 
Yeah, for just a little bit of weed
Am 
Nah, that sound like bullshit to me
G 
F 
Yeah, so is it hatred or is it greed?
Yeah, cause getting out
Am 
of jail ain't cheap
Yeah, I shouldn't never
Em 
F 
have to choose
Am 
Between paying rent or food to eat
B 
G 
So let me be, let me be
F 
Yeah, just a young brother
trying to make it out the city
Am 
If  I help you sell that vat
then you gon' split it with me
F 
They rapping Gucci, Louis,
Prada, Polo, Fendi
Am 
Fuck that shit and whatever trinity,
G 
F 
we too busy for the finish
Soaking in everything that I was taught
Am 
People follow leaders
Em 
but they hate they bosses
F 
No pain, no gain,
so I'm hurtin' while you take the slobs
Am 
Bitch, hold his ass
G 
C 
while I brag about how good I'm flossin'
F 
I swear this skirt wearin'
rapper's a student
Am 
If I ain't A .V. the Greatin',
they call me A .V. the Truth
F 
Yeah, I know you hate to hear
me in this hype track
Am 
So right after she do the countdown,
C 
F 
I'll be right back 3, 2, 1
So let me be
Yeah, they lock us up so
Am 
we can't leave
Em 
Am 
Yeah, for just a little bit of weed
F 
Am 
Nah, it sound like bullshit to me
G 
Yeah, so when's the hatred
F 
always free?
Yeah, cause getting out
Am 
of jail ain't cheap
Yeah, I should've never
Em 
had to choose
F 
Am 
Between paying rent or fucking E
B 
Bm 
So let me be, let me be,
G 
F 
yeah