Brooklyn Public Part 1 chords by J-LIVE
Verse 1
D
G
It's dedicated to
Bed -Stuy.
It's representing of
D
Brownsville.
G
C
It's representing of
Bushwick.
Cm
It's dedicated to
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
C
Unless you're really talking real
It's 9 -to -5 or rather 8 -to -3,
Cm
it's really 5 -to -9
Ain't a
G
C
D
P if it's your job, place nothing above it
G
You make more in other places
while higher property tax on less faces
D
C
But if that's what you're coming for,
you oughta ask yourself
G
If this is where you really wanna be
D
To help you ride or try to paint a picture
G
Y 'all, one class, 31 students,
32 chairs, 25 desks
I guess they gotta share
C
Cm
Nineteen textbooks and
C
most of it's in pages
Cm
C
Junior high,
G
D
three grades for six different ages
G
Teachers and janitors double as deans
D
Deans double as security guards
C
Crime scene investigators
Cm
Older teachers need respir
G
ators at elevators
The bad odors from the back
D
Gm
stairs are made up
G
Go to
Gosha
Vegas
Use condoms in puddles of piss
D
Try not to slip during the fire drill
Cm
Every now and then a scandal
might reach the paper
C
For every story,
G
D
there's thirty in the category
G
Hard work and progress on
display in the hallways
D
de moralized and vandalized
G
every day
C
Cm
Lessons cut short to prep
for tests that only
G
test how well you prep,
D
man I wonder why the score's a mess
Bm
G
Knuckleheads beggin' for
Bm
detention on suspension
G
Truth be told,
D
they really only crave attention
Bm
Some kids showin' up
unprepared and dirty
G
Cause they parents gotta
D
punch in by 7 .30
Bm
Shit, some of the parents 7 .30
G
They put the wrong kids
on pills to be still
D
fiendin' for refills
Bm
Principles with no principles
Priorities political, pedagogical,
D
plannin' is pitiful
Bm
G
Low on tolerance, high on ridicule
D
Even the infirmary's inhospitable
Bm
Assembly required,
G
metal detectors
Seeming unjust,
D
but inspired by shots fired
Bm
Terms lack zero tolerance in lockdown
G
D
Aging out, if you ask me,
Bm
does not sound like education
But I suppose that's a cause and effect
G
When the city spends more
D
on in carceration
G
Welcome to
Brooklyn
Public
One of the hardest places to work
D
So please don't ap ply unless
G
C
you really are real
Cm
It's not a 5 or rather 8 to 3,
D
it's really 5 to 9, 8 to
C
D
P if it's your job, place nothing above
G
Just make more in other places,
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
C
Set up your body,
D
Bm
try to paint a picture, you know
Roll the walls with me, so many characters,
G
D
some sweet, some shippy
Bm
Some laugh, some quiet,
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,
G
some are genius and some are crazy
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
D
what's being learned and taught
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
Gm
Cause they really don't give a fuck
G
Some will run, some will fight,
some will tell
Some might change the world,
D
G
some are early to the grave or jail
C
Some are so complicated,
Cm
some are so simple
G
Some a student, some a teacher,
D
some a principal
G
Welcome to
Brooklyn
Public, one of the hardest places to work
So please don't apply unless
C
you're giving up your earn
Cm
It's not a 5 or rather 8 to 3,
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
C
But if that's what you're pumping,
Cm
you oughta ask yourself
C
If this is where you really wanna be,
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,
D
some sweet, some shifty
C
Like I said, are complicated,
Cm
some are simple
G
D
Some are students, some are teachers,
some are principals
G
The littlest thugs walk
like they are invincible
D
C
Uh, comical, just look at little
D
Dexter
C
Yo, he got the type of
Napoleon complex to
Skip in front of
D
Devin twice his size just to get him vexed
G
But
Devin's a gentle giant
Thirteen, five foot eleven
D
His mom's a nurse and
C
his dad's a reverend
Every now and then he gets a reverend
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