Dream Team chords by Michael Franti & Spearhead
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Intro 1
(A minor) (G major) (C major) (D minor)
(A minor) (G major) (C major) (D minor)
Verse 1
(A minor) Red Black (C major) Green,
(D minor) Red (A minor) (C major) Gold Green
Dat's how we know (D minor) (A minor) (B major)
(C major)
(D minor) (A minor) (C major) we
a fe we dream (D minor) team
(A minor) (repeat)
The other day A friend (G major) gave me a call
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Verse 2
(C major)
He said that the dream (D minor) team was
playin basketball
(A minor) Was so excited
That I
(C major) hadda get a (G major) Witness
(C major) The first time the NBA was in
the 'lympics
players from the east players from
the (D minor) west
And you can bet that (A minor) they took the very
best
("Except they left Tim
Hardaway at (G major) home"
"Yeah that was hella
fucked up!")
But Anyway
I tuned in because I (C major) was hella
psyched
To see Magic Johnson on the
(D minor) same team as Mike
Verse 3
(A minor) Gettin crazy (C major) Havin
lots of (G major) fun
(C major) makin sure that they got the job done
(A minor) Fans were wavin the (G major) red
white end blue
It seemed (C major) strange to me
was it (D minor) strange to you?
(A minor) Brotha's on the street
And (G major) everyone is scared a ya
So (C major) how could ten Africans
represent America? (A minor)
Bullshit
It (G major) didn't mean a thing
'Cause in the (C major) same year
we saw (D minor) Rodney (A minor) King
So I thought
That I would
(G major) put a team together
A (C major) team that I have been
waitin (D minor) for forever
(A minor) Some a you May
know what (B minor) I (G major) mean
But if you (C major) don't then (D minor) Lemme
introduce you to...
MY (A minor) DREAM (C major) TEAM!
"SPEARHEAD (A minor) (G major) IN
THE (C major) AREA!"
(chorus) THIS IS MY DREAM (D minor) TEAM,
Verse 4
(A minor)
MY DREAM (C major) TEAM
MY (D minor) DREAM TEAM, MY DREAM TEAM
Verse 5
Well (A minor) Chuck (G major) D'sannouncin'
Flava's doin' color (C major)
halftime enterntainment by
(D minor) Dre and Ed Lover
Malcolm (A minor) X is the coach he's
(C major) drawin' up the (G major) strategy
he's choppin (D minor) up Amer
(F major) ica's (D minor) ana tomy
'cause (A minor) they're the ones we're
up (G major) against of course (B minor)
(C major) are general manager is (D minor) Chief
Crazy Horse (A minor)
Huey Newton 'cause
(G major) he was extra hard
(C major) he's the one who
would be
(D minor) playin at the shootin' guard
I (A minor) dreamed Charles Barkley would be
(G major) played by Marcus Garvey
he'd be (C major) throwin people off
his back and (D minor) makin
sure they never got a
(A minor) rebound rebound
and he'd (C major) throw it to the outlet
Nat Turner 'cause
(D major) he can turn
the (C major) corner when
(A minor) he's out there
he be (G major) flyin through the
(C major) air throwin
passes like
he (D minor) really doesn't (A minor) care behind the
back (C major) and in
between the legs
he's handlin the rock
(D major) as gently
as an egg
he's (A minor) throwin it in to
Angela
(C major) Davis's neighborhood
she's postin up down in
the extra hard (D minor) wood
(A minor) she grabs the pill and
(C major) then she
puts her shoulder down
get out the way 'cause she's
gonna throw (A minor) down now
boom
oh my god! (B major) I just can't believe it
(C major) get anotha backboard or (D minor) bettah yet leave it.
we (A minor) always play for fun
but we (G major) always play for keeps
the (C major) game is over and the
(D minor) loser's gotta sweep.
up the (A minor) glass that we
busted in the (C major) ass
Set the record straight
about America's (D minor) pas t
THIS IS (A minor) MY DREAM (C major) TEAM
Verse 6
"SPEARHEAD IN THE AREA!"
(A minor) (chorus)
DREAM TEAM'S (C major) IN THE
HOUSE (D minor)
(A minor) DREAM TEAM'S (G major) IN THE HOUSE
(C major) (D minor) (A minor) (G major)
(C major) (D minor) (A minor) (C major)
Verse 7
(C major) Well (A minor) after
doin that
we be (C major) headin for the ceremony
hand on the heart
is a bunch of balo (D minor) ney
(A minor) the spirit of the
(G major) (B major) '68 olympics
(C major) Black power people can
I get a witness
(A minor) fist in the air this
(G major) is proper manners
(C major) while Jimi Hendrix is
fuckin'
up the (D minor) spangled banner
(A minor) up into the sky Miles
(G major) Davis blows a (C major) horn
Look into the bleachers It's Bill
Clinton sellin popcorn
(A minor) so now we jump! and we (G major) have a celebration!
(C major)
Shaquille 0'neal would provide
the entertainment
to (A minor) some of you this is a (C major) far fetched scheme
(G major) but to (C major) me... I'll tell you what (D minor) it is...
This is my (A minor) Dream Team... (G major)
"spearhead (C major) (D minor) (A minor)
(C major) in the area"
(chorus)
Yeah (A minor)
Verse 8
(G major) (C major)
Sista Rosa (A minor) (C major) Perks
she gets (A minor)
(G major) (C major) the (A minor) first
(C major) seat
on the bench!
and Dr. King,
(A minor) webring him in in a (G major) pinch. (C major)
Verse 9
Because I (A minor) like to shoot hoops (C major)
not brothas!
Beceuse I like to shoot hoops (D minor)
not brothas!
(A minor) Because I like to shoot hoops (G major)
not brothas!
(C major) Because I like to shoot hoops (D minor) not brothas!
Outro 1
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