Key: G# minor•
Verse 1
G#m
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C#
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Young man went out
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G#m
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and made a name for himself
G#m
Dr.
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Seuss, drop it on
G#m
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Young man went out and made
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G#m
a name for himself
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D#m
G#m
DMX the great
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G#m
The brother got the rap
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Dr.
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G#m
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The brahmin got
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G#m
the rap
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G#m
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The born loser,
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not because I choose to be
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B
But because all the bad
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B
I got kid s, but them mothers
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B
My sisters used to like me,
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B
but now they call me homie
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B
Had to scrap with a pit,
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B
because I tried to take his bones
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B
They call me kill pretty,
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B
because I'm mad ugly
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B
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I used to get pussy, but I busted off quick
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B
so I gotta beat my dick
G#m
B
Times are hard in the ghetto,
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B
I steal for a living
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Nylators for
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If that ain't enough, life is rough, I swear
B
G#m
I don't have an address,
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B
They kicked me off the shelter,
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B
G#m
B
because they said I smelled a little like the living dead
Helter
B
Skelter
B
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B
Sometimes at night my pants go to
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B
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Even when I was little, nothing went my way
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B
I got beat up and chased
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B
home from school every day
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B
And despite the fact I won
G's
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B
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But for those who choose to snooze
I ain't got nothing to lose
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G#m
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G#m
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Young man went out and made a name for himself
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G#m
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G#m
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G#m
B
The born loser, a title I was branded with
Went to
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Liberty
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Island and got stranded with
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B
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a statue of liberty but they really didn't have
G#m
B
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B
to leave my black ass there until the day af ter
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B
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B
G#m
no time for laughter this shit's for real ribs are showing
B
C#
through my back cause I haven't had a meal
G#m
B
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B
in about a week you can see bones in my hands the
G#m
B
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B
raccoons beat me to the garbage cans i'm starving
G#m
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G#m
marvin and it shouldn't be like that the only thing
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G#m
that i'm calling is an alley cat but sometimes in
the daytime i daydream of a man which when all i'm really
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G#m
eating is an octopus sandwich for those
B
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that don't know that's two pieces of bread slapped together
G#m
C#
or i'll have a rain sandwich depending on
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on the weather, born loser, caught up in the game, and I ain't even got nobody to blame.
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G#m
Yeah, that used to be my
M .O. when I couldn't get a soul to
G#m
in my face, until I started jammin' em,
I'm behind the doors now, but I'm the one slammin'
em.
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B
G#m
Did what I had to to get where I got, so I'll ad mit,
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what I had to do was a lot, I still
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B
gave it a shot, and sometimes I had to shoot,
G#m
B
C#
catchin' fish just to get a little loot, I
B
G#m
B
Mess around, get in my way,
and I'd bag you too
Cause I was born to lose,
out the first inning
Winning was everything,
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G#m
and he said I'd be glad to
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Now, who needs a major la bel,
we got our own
Ain't nothing changed,
I'm the same as before
When opportunity knocks,
A criminal at heart,
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G#m
but I just didn't know it
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Young man
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well
G#m
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C#
G#m
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I done made
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G#m
a name for myself
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG#m F# C# D#m B
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