Key: G majorā¢
Verse 1
D
G
It's dedicated to
Bed -Stuy.
It's representing of
G
C
It's representing of
Bushwick.
Fort
Greene.
D
G
A matter of fact the whole
Brooklyn.
A better yet the whole
New
D
York.
G
C
A better yet the whole
America.
Cm
G
It's going out to all worldwide.
D
G
Yeah, yeah, y welcome to
Brooklyn
Public
One of the hardest places to work,
so please don't apply
It's 9 -to -5 or rather 8 -to -3,
Ain't a
G
C
D
P if it's your job, place nothing above it
while higher property tax on less faces
D
C
But if that's what you're coming for,
you oughta ask yourself
32 chairs, 25 desks
I guess they gotta share
C
Cm
Nineteen textbooks and
Cm
C
Junior high,
G
D
three grades for six different ages
The bad odors from the back
D
Gm
stairs are made up
Gosha
Vegas
Use condoms in puddles of piss
might reach the paper
G
D
there's thirty in the category
display in the hallways
C
Cm
Lessons cut short to prep
for tests that only
Bm
G
Knuckleheads beggin' for
unprepared and dirty
on pills to be still
Priorities political, pedagogical,
Bm
G
Low on tolerance, high on ridicule
Seeming unjust,
G
D
Aging out, if you ask me,
But I suppose that's a cause and effect
Brooklyn
Public
One of the hardest places to work
G
C
you really are real
C
D
P if it's your job, place nothing above
while higher property tax and less faces
D
C
But if that's what you're going for,
Cm
you ought to ask yourself if this is where you really want to be
D
Bm
try to paint a picture, you know
Roll the walls with me, so many characters,
G
D
some sweet, some shippy
some trust and some don't buy it, don't try it
G
Bm
Some will try to squash people,
D
Bm
some start riots
Some are motivated, some are lazy,
D
Bm
The line between is hazy,
some will love you, some will hate you, some will need you, some will spite you
Some are thankful, some are ungrateful
D
G
Some are there and really care about
They fought through it when
they got stuck
C
Cm
Some are there till the bell rings,
C
D
run through the day without thinking
some will tell
Some might change the world,
D
G
some are early to the grave or jail
Brooklyn
Public, one of the hardest places to work
So please don't apply unless
it's really 5 to 9
A to
P if it's your job,
D
G
place nothing above for real
You make more in other places while
higher property tax and less faces
D
G
D
G
to help you ride or try to paint a picture of it
Come upstairs,
keep roaming the halls with me
So many characters,
G
D
Some are students, some are teachers,
some are principals
like they are invincible
D
C
Uh, comical, just look at little
D
Dexter
Napoleon complex to
Skip in front of
G
But
Devin's a gentle giant
Thirteen, five foot eleven
Every now and then he gets a reverend
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