Key: Bb major•
Verse 1
Dbm
The word is bond, shit is real, shit is real
Nigga need to go over here
Verse 2
You know what I'm sayin', son?
talked this way
Verse 3
We fresh, we chill, we def, we ill
It's just some things I was taught to say
Verse 4
Started cuttin' in just class,
Dbm
C
I was comin' all fast, I was new to game
Used to playin' on TV courtesy
comin' back with the new Hip Hop
Verse 5
Eb
D
N.W.A. in L.A.
OutKast from the A- Town,
Dbm
C
way down in Houston, they play the UGK
I walk and talk kinda fast and thought
Gm
Eb
But must New Yorkers got family in South
Verse 6
walk and they talk with
a country grammar
D
New York think everybody else sound country,
Dbm
C
so they started, started callin 'em 'Bamas
Down south where we buy them hammers,
Down south where life is cheap,
Bb
where they quick to fill you with them slugs
Verse 7
Eb
I'm from New York but I got country cousins
Dbm
you stay connected by the slang you bustin'
I'ma underground king,
Verse 8
Eb
I'm from New York but I got country cousins
Dbm
you stay connected by the slang you bustin'
C
The things you bustin', the game you hustlin',
Bb
The flame you cuffin' and the lames you snuffin',
Verse 9
your name is nothin'
Eb
D
I knew nobody out there talked like us
Late night you see us guzzlin' 40's,
Sittin' on the back porch,
Verse 10
gettin' zooted, feelin' fine indeed
F
Eb
D
Listenin' to Eric B, and Rakim or EPMD
Cool C and Steady B,
Dbm
C
plus that Public Enemy
Not to mention N.W.A., DJ
Down south we listen to it all,
Verse 11
D
Dbm
Rap- A- Lot Records based out in Houston,
OG style, they cars,
Verse 12
D
Dbm
Put together UGK and shit,
We make hits by the dozen,
Trust me it's nothin',
Bb
F
just another day in the life for country cousins
Verse 13
It's nothin',
Dbm
you stay connected by the slang you bustin'
I'ma underground king,
Verse 14
Word up to my man Bun be, what?
Eb
I'm from New York but I got country cousins
Dbm
C
you stay connected by the slang you bustin'
The things you bustin', the game you hustlin',
Bb
The flame you cuffin' and the lames you snuffin',
your name is nothin'
Verse 15
D
Dbm
Back in P.A.T., man, we be sippin' the barre
and I think it should be
Verse 16
by far back in the day
Verse 17
that their kids straight
Verse 18
only a crazy man would
Verse 19
D
Dbm
cousins (country cousins)
C
Eb
Like blood that's thicker than water
Gm
(it's nothin'), down dirty 'cross the border
Eb
F
Eb
D
I got cousins (I got cousins), country
C
Eb
Like blood that's thicker than water
Bb
(it's nothin'), down dirty 'cross the border
Outro 1
Eb
D
Dbm
C
Eb
Gm
Eb
F
Eb
D
Dbm
C
Eb
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF D Dbm C Eb...
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