Key: A minor•
Verse 1
Am
Em
D
C
G
D
C
Em
Ooh, yeah
D
Am
I see no changes,
and I ask myself
D
C
Is life worth living,
should I blast myself?
G
D
I'm tired of being poor
My stomach hurts
so I'm looking for a purse to snatch
Am
Em
Cops give a damn about a negro
D
C
Pull a trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero
G
D
Give a crack to the kid, who the hell cares?
D
C
Give him gun, step back,
that's what Huey said
Am
Em
I got love for my brothers,
G
D
We gotta start making changes
instead of two distant strangers
Am
Em
And that's how it's sup posed to be
G
D
I let it go back to when we played as kids
G
F
C
That's the way it is
G
F
C
That's just the way it is
G
F
C
Things will never be the same
G
F
That's just the way it is
C
G
F
Oh yeah
C
That's just the way it is
F
C
G
F
C
will never be the same
G
F
C
That's just the way it is, oh yeah
Am
Em
I see no changes, all I see is racist faces
Am
Em
Take the evil out the people,
they'll be acting right
G
D
And the only time we chill
It takes skill to be real,
and it's filled with blacks
Am
Em
But some things will never change
G
D
Now tell me what's a mother to do
to the brother in you
Am
Em
You gotta operate the easy way
G
D
Selling crack to the kids
G
F
C
But that's the way it is
That's just the way it is,
G
F
C
things will never be
G
F
C
the same
That's just the way it is,
G
F
C
oh yeah
G
F
C
G
F
That's just the way it is,
C
G
F
C
things will never be the same
G
F
C
That's just the way it is, oh yeah
Am
Em
We gotta make a change
D
C
It's time for us as a people
D
C
Let's change the way we eat,
let's change the way we live
D
C
You see the old way wasn't working
D
C
what we gotta do to survive
And still I see no changes
Am
Em
Can a brother get a little peace?
G
D
Instead of war on poverty
so the police can bother me
Am
Em
And I ain't never did a crime,
I ain't have to do
D
C
But now I'm back with the facts,
givin' it back to you
G
D
Don't let them jack you up,
see you
G
D
But tell the cops I can't touch this
when they try to rush I bust this
Am
Em
That's the sound of my tool,
G
D
And as long as I stay black,
G
F
C
That's the way it is
G
F
C
That's just the way it is
G
F
C
Things will never be the same
That's just the way it is
F
C
Oh yeah
G
F
Oh my, you're my brother,
G
F
C
That's just the way it is
D
G
F
C
Things will never be the same
F
C
Oh yeah
Some things will never change
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