Key: G minor
Verse 1
Em
Am
C
I'd be lying if I said
everyone else is second
Am
Em
I hate to say it but
y 'all I got a confession
I got the tendency to be selfish
C
Em
If I got myself then Y .O .U.
This type of thinking has caused some pain
To be a better man
I gotta change my ways
Sister stayed out of town,
Mama diagnosed with MS,
led to my worst ways
from the hurt of her disability
I didn't talk about it,
being bad, rebellious
side hustle just to provide
i can't complain no saw his example
running the streets
smoking and selling weed
C
Am
living the life that wasn't me
i had family to help
but with their hands full
i only could rely on myself
Am
Em
but i'd be lying if i said
putting me first while
Everyone else is second.
D
Em
I hate to say it, but y 'all I
gotta confess
Yeah, I got the tendency to be selfish.
I gotta change my way
Am
C
Teenagers, I'm wildin with
what I want
Then I'm finished
But I had mistreated women
Em
Am
Got my heart broke early
Puppy love wasn't real,
being vulnerable when I care
Feel I handle things better
So yeah, I made decisions
Focused on self -preservation
I can't believe it
just seems convenient
Em
Am
So why you wanna be
here with me?
Em
C
Be friends with benefits is my thing
I can't get you a ring
with me here by myself
We got history,
wanna start over with somebody else?
Am
C
I'd be lying if I said
I couldn't help you
Putting me first while
everyone else is second
Am
Em
I hate to say it but y 'all
I got a confession
I got the tendency to be selfish
C
D
If I got myself in, why owe you?
Am
Em
To be a better man,
I gotta change my ways
Em
dealing
with selfishness at my core
might get the short end of the stick
If I don't stop to put them first
Sacrificial decisions
C
Em
to put someone else over you
Em
D
delivering hard truths
Bm
Em
showing empathy, being patient
Emotions come and go,
Am
Em
Now I'm a father with a daughter,
gotta show I'm different
Somebody play, I'm trippin',
I was a player, I get it
I'm giving the old game,
Never told or broke the street code
it out and found a better way
learning from the days of my youth
I ain't proud of it,
but I gotta tell you the truth
Am
C
That I'd be lyin' if I said
I couldn't help you
Puttin' me first
while everyone else is second
D
Em
I hate to say it, but y 'all, I
gotta confess, yeah
I got the tendency to be selfish
C
D
If I got myself, then Y .O .U.
Em
This type of thinkin' has caused some pain
To be a better man,
Am
Am
D
I gotta change my ways
Em
Em
You
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEm Am C D Bm
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