Carry On Tradition chords by Nas
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Verse 1
(A minor) Yeah, niggas want to
talk about this rap shit
Niggas want to talk about
(G major) this money (A minor)
About these cars, these homes
(G major) These (A minor) la bels, (G major) (F major) (E minor) clothes,
(F major) sneakers, (A minor) big money (E minor) shit
(F major) Now (E minor) everybody tryin' to (F major) get rich
(A minor) Now (G major) get rich niggas, fuck it
Verse 2
Some rap pion (A minor) eers,
be them crackheads
When they speak, you see missin' teeth,
silver chain with a (G major) silver piece
(A minor) Niggas your grandfather's age,
they pants still hangin' down they legs
Talkin' about they ain't (G major) paid
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Verse 3
And (F major) they hate you, 'cause (G major) they
say, you (F major) ain't pay (G major) dues
(F major) And (G major) (A minor) was stealin' an (E minor) d robbin' them
(F major) I feel it's a (E minor) problem we (F major) gotta resolve
(G major) Hip- hop been (A minor) dead,
we the reason it (G major) died
Verse 4
Was (A minor) n't Sylvia's fault or because
MC's skills are lost
It's 'cause we can't see
ourselves as the (G major) boss
Deep (A minor) - rooted through slavery,
self- hatred
The Jewish stick together,
friends in high (G major) places
Verse 5
(A minor) We on some low (G major) level shit
(F major) We don't (A minor) want niggas (F major) to ever win, (A minor)
see, everybody got (E minor) a label
(F major) Everybody's (G major) a rapper (F major) but few flow (A minor) fatal
It's (G major) fucked up,
Verse 6
it all started from two turntables
(A minor) When they crown you and
you rise up to your position
Carry on (G major) tradition
(A minor) When they Knight you then you go to fight,
go to war, don't petition
Carry on (G major) tradition, (F major) (G major) carry on tradition
Carry on, (F major) ca- carry on,
(A minor) carry on (E minor) tra dition (F major)
Carry on (E minor) tradition
(G major) When you rep what we rep
then carry on tradition
Verse 7
Now (A minor) some of these new rappers got
their caps flipped backwards
Wit their fingers intertwined
in some gang- sign (G major) madness
(A minor) I got an exam, let's see if y'all pass it
Let's see who can quote a Daddy
Kane line the fast (G major) est
Verse 8
Some (F major) of you new (G major) rappers,
I don't (F major) understand your code
You have your man shoot you, like in that
(A minor) Sop ranos epis (E minor) ode
Do anythin' to get in the game, (F major)
(G major) mixtapes, you spit hate
Against bosses,
(A minor) hungry fucks (G major) are (A minor) moraless
Verse 9
You should be tossed in a pit full of unfortunate (A minor)
vocalists
Niggas, I coulda wrote your shit
(G major) I had (A minor) off- time, was bored wit this,
I coulda made my double- LP
Just by samplin' different
parts (G major) of Nautilus
Verse 10
(F major) Still came (G major) five on the (F major) charts
with zero audience
The lane (A minor) was open and y'all was
droppin' that (E minor) garbage shit
(F major) Y'all got (E minor) awards for your (F major) bricks,
it got good to (G major) ya
You started tellin' them bigger dogs
to call it quit (A minor) s? What?
Verse 11
When they crown you and you rise up (A minor)
to your position
Carry on (G major) tradition
(A minor) When they Knight you then you go to fight,
go to war, don't petition
Carry on (G major) tradition, (F major) (G major) carry on tradition
Carry on, (F major) ca- carry on,
(A minor) carry on (E minor) tra dition (F major)
Carry on (E minor) tradition
(A minor) When (G major) you rep what we rep
then carry on tradition
Verse 12
Now (A minor) niggas got the studio poppin',
it's mad clearer
Engineers got his earplugs and still (G major) hear us
(A minor) The live- in- the- park sound,
versus the studio state of art sound
We on the (G major) charts now
Verse 13
(F major) From Brit (G major) ish Walkers and Argyles
Look at (F major) us rap stars (G major) now,
wit our (A minor) black cars (E minor) now
(F major) Fortune (E minor) 500 lis (F major) ted, (G major) brunches,
Cipriani's
Sippin', blunted,
with (A minor) rich white (G major) guys around (A minor) me
Verse 14
Thick white girls around me, Chinese (A minor)
lined up
Because I'm what, every dime (G major) lust
(A minor) We used to be a ghetto secret,
can't make my mind up
If I want that or the whole world (G major) to peep (F major) it
Now (G major) carry on (F major) tradition (E minor) Fuck a bum
Verse 15
(F major)
wack rapper (A minor) makin' his
career out of (E minor) (A minor) dissin'
Peace to the (E minor) strugglin' (F major) artists and dead (A minor) one's gone,
we (G major) miss 'em
Verse 16
I promise I carry on tradition
(A minor) When they crown you and
you rise up to your position
Carry on (G major) tradition
(A minor) When they Knight you then you go to fight,
go to war, don't petition
Carry on (G major) tradition, (F major) (G major) carry on tradition
Carry on, (F major) ca- carry on,
(A minor) carry on (E minor) tra dition (F major)
Carry on (E minor) tradition
(G major) When you rep what we rep then carry on
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Carry On Tradition
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