For the Babies chords by Damian Marley and Stephen Marley
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Intro 1
(E minor) (B minor) (E minor)
(B minor) (E minor)
(B minor) (E minor)
(D major) (B minor) (E minor) (B minor)
(E minor) (D major) (B minor) (E minor) (B minor)
Verse 1
This (E minor) is real,
(B minor) (E minor) this is real (B minor)
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Verse 2
Now I see them (E minor) giving the woman
abortion to (B minor) kill another baby
(G major) Mis (E minor) carriage and misfortun (A minor) e and
(B minor) premature crack baby
(E minor) Strength of Ras (D major) Tafari I'm
(B minor) hoping someday may (G major) be
They (E minor) don't obey parents,
maybe they (B minor) will obey me
(E minor) Future for the babies
Hopes for the (B minor) babies
(G major) (E minor) Tommorrow for the babies
No (B minor) sorrow for the babies
(E minor) Babies having babies
(B minor) Raising our babies (E minor)
All of these young ladies
Give them (B minor) thanks and praises (E minor)
How long can she take it?
(B minor) Dreams are full of (E minor) 'maybes'
Will she ever make (A minor) it?
(B minor) Hustles on a daily
Verse 3
(B minor) In the club she shake (E minor) it,
strip (B minor) down 'till she (E minor) naked
Don't ever mistake it,
(B minor) Much too real to fake it
(E minor) Need it then she'll take (D major) it
She'll (B minor) do it for the babies
(G major) A (E minor) mother's love is sac (A minor) red
Now (B minor) you don't you ever fail me
Verse 4
A woman needs caring, (E minor) sharing,
love (D major) all (B minor) the time (no don't you ever fail me)
A child need (E minor) s loving, (B minor) (E minor) caring (B minor)
Verse 5
(B minor) (G major)
Is (E minor) there no other option than
(B minor) adoption for you babies
(G major) You're (E minor) raffling and jacket (A minor) ing
and (B minor) auctioning your babies
(E minor) Strength of Ras (D major) Tafari I'm
(B minor) hoping someday may (G major) be
They (E minor) don't obey their parents,
maybe they (B minor) will obey me
(E minor) Cowards play the game (D major) thing
(B minor) Fathers do the brave thing
(G major) And (E minor) that's participating
(A minor) He (B minor) keeps on concentrating
(E minor) There is no debating (D major)
(B minor) No running away (G major) thing
A (E minor) new life is awakening,
from (B minor) his ejaculating
It's (E minor) in the oven baking
(B minor) Takes two for the making
(E minor) He's right there through the cravings
An (B minor) d early morning waking
Verse 6
(E minor) School (B minor) and educating (E minor)
(B minor) Sports and recreating, (E minor)
Karate and ballet thing
Teenager (B minor) of today thing
(E minor) Fathers still relating,
(B minor) still commu (E minor) (B minor) nicat (E minor) ing
And they'll always embrace (A minor) him
Cause (B minor) they cannot replace him
Verse 7
A woman (B minor) needs caring, (E minor) sharing,
love (D major) all (B minor) the time (no don't you ever fail me)
A (E minor) (B minor) child needs (E minor) loving, caring (D major)
(B minor)
Verse 8
(G major) And always (E minor) do your very best
to keep a promise to your babies
And if you can't be good,
at least (C major) be hon (E minor) est to your babies
The strength of Ras Tafari I'm
hoping someday maybe
They don't obey their parents
may (B minor) be they will o (E minor)
History of the babies
(D major) Be (B minor) ginning (E minor) of the (B minor) ages
(G major) You're (E minor) flipping thru the pages
(B minor) And up and thru the (E minor) 80's
Some are gang related,
(D major) (B minor) Drug affiliated (E minor)
Some intoxicated,
(B minor) Headed for the snake pit
An (E minor) d Papa's locked in cages
(D major) An (B minor) d Mama's lacking wages (E minor)
And this what they're faced (A minor) with, upon
(B minor) a daily basis (E minor)
Bleaching out dem faces (D major)
Verse 9
(B minor)
Running from dem races (G major)
(E minor) Shooting up them places
(B minor) Killing other babies
As (E minor) bitter as the taste (D major) is,
An (B minor) d words can not explain (E minor) it
Just walk the narrow pavement
(A minor) And (B minor) speak of love not hatred
Outro 1
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(E minor) (D major) (B minor) (A minor) (E minor) (A minor) (B minor)
(E minor) (D major) (B minor) (E minor) (B minor)
(E minor) (D major) (E minor) (A minor) (E minor)
(G major) (A minor) (B minor) (E minor) (D major) (E minor) (B minor) (E minor)
(D major) (E minor) (A minor)
(E minor) (A minor) (B minor) (E minor) (D major) (E minor)
(B minor) (E minor) (D major) (E minor) (A minor)
(E minor) (A minor) (B minor) (E minor) (D major) (B minor) (E minor)
(B minor)
For the Babies
Damian Marley and Stephen Marley
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