Breakdown chords by
J. Cole

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Key: Ab major•

Verse 1

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Yeah

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Look, I just shed

Verse 2
Fm Fm 
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tears homie and no I
ain't too proud to admit it
Ab Ab 4
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Just seen my father for
the first time in a minute
Db Db 4
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When I say a minute I mean years man
Damn, a whale could have
Ab Ab 4
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swam in them tears fam
Fm Fm 
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'Cause as I left 'em I reflected
on my younger days
Ab Ab 4
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When it was just me and my brother
and my mother played
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Father, 'cause no other man bothered
Not even my biological,
Ab Ab 4
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it never seemed logical
Fm Fm 
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But I accepted it 'cause I
ain't know no better
Thought I was brighter than
a Polo sweater
Ab Ab 4
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No pops was like Martin
with no Coretta
Db Db 4
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So many things you could
have told me
And saved me the trouble
Ab Ab 4
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of letting my mistakes show me
I feel like you barely know me
Fm Fm 
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And that's a shame 'cause our last
name is the same
Ab Ab 4
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That blood type flowing through
our veins is the same
Db Db 4
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My mama left you and it may be
that anger's to blame
Ab Ab 4
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But that's no excuse,
Fm Fm 
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only you and God know the truth
On why you only called monthly,
barely ever saw me
Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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Spend some summers with you and
played with my cousin Maury
Db Db 4
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Maybe I should be telling you "fuck
Ab Ab 4
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you" 'cause you selfish
Db Db 4
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Fm Fm 
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But I want a father so bad,
Cm Cm 3
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I can't help but

Verse 3
Fm Fm 
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Db Db 4
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Break down
Ab Ab 4
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I break down
Db Db 4
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Can't help but break down
I break down
C C 
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Yeah, I never thought I'd see my

Verse 4
Fm Fm 
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mama on that shit,
man
It's fucking with her body,
Ab Ab 4
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now she sick, damn
Db Db 4
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I wanted a big house with a white
picket fence and a pool
Ab Ab 4
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Who would have ever thought that it
would come to this, man?
Fm Fm 
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Quicksand is what this life feel like
Ab Ab 4
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That shit these rappers kick
is nothing like real life
Db Db 4
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You made a   milli off of serving
hard white? Yeah right
Ab Ab 4
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My mama tell you what addicted
Fm Fm 
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to that pipe feel like
Stupid niggas,
I heard the cops be shooting niggas
Ab Ab 4
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I swear to God,
wish I could bulletproof my niggas
Db Db 4
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Can't get no jobs,
but they still recruiting niggas
Fm Fm 
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We trying to stand tall when
Cm Cm 3
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it get too crucial niggas

Verse 5

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Break down, we break down

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We break down, we break down

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Break the break down

Interlude 1

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Verse 6
Db Db 4
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C C 
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Yeah, he's serving time,
Fm Fm 
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locked down
Db Db 4
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And she don't want nobody to know
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Ab Ab 4
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Db Db 4
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His daughter 25 pounds
By the time he get out,
Ab Ab 4
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she gon' be 4
Fm Fm 
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Now will his girl stay down?
Ab Ab 4
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Ain't no doubt she love him, yeah
that's for sure
Db Db 4
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But temptation stays 'round
And if she strayed,
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how could he  ever know? Never know
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And so, she goes to the club
on the weekend
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A little freaking, but them niggas holler,
Db Db 4
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but she never speakin'
But tonight I see the devil
creeping
Ab Ab 4
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'Cause she been lonely,
Fm Fm 
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she ain't felt a man in seven seasons
Damn! She doin' the best
that she can
Ab Ab 4
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Her mama tellin' her to find another man
Db Db 4
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She college educated with a felon
boyfriend
Ab Ab 4
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That's what she thinkin' tonight
Fm Fm 
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Maybe she's right, but please

Verse 7
Ab Ab 4
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Stay down mama Gotta
be strong,
don't break down mama
Db Db 4
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Please
Stay down mama
Ab Ab 4
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Fm Fm 
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Gotta be strong,
don't break down mama
Cm Cm 3
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Fm Fm 
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Don't break down
Db Db 4
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Ab Ab 4
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Yeah, don't break down
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Don't break down
Don't break down
C C 
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Fm Fm 
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Ab Ab 4
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Db Db 4
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Fm Fm 
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Uh, break the
C C 
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Fm Fm 
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Ab Ab 4
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Db Db 4
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C C 
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Fm Fm 
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Ab Ab 4
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Db Db 4
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Fm Fm 
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C C 
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Fm Fm 
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Ab Ab 4
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Db Db 4
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C C 
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Fm Fm 
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Eb Eb 6
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Fm Fm 
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Db Db 4
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C C 
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Csus4 Csus4 
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C C 
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Fm Fm 
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Db Db 4
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Eb Eb 6
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Fm Fm 
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Db Db 4
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C C 
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Fm Fm 
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break down
Break, break down Steady break me down
Break, break down

Verse 8
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Steady break me
down
Break, break down
Db Db 4
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Steady break me down
Break, break down