Hiiipower chords by
Kendrick Lamar (Official Version)

2011Hip-hop292 views

Key: C# minorDifficulty: Easy

Intro 1
Everybody put three three fingers in the air
The sky is falling, the wind is calling
Stand for something or die in the morning
Section.80, HiiiPoWeR
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A

Verse 1
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
Visions of Martin Luther staring at me
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
Malcolm X put a hex on my future,
A A 
 
someone catch me
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
I'm falling victim to a revolutionary song
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
The Serengeti's clone
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Back to put you backstabbers back
B B 
 
on your spinal bone
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
You slipped your disc when I slid  you my disc
B B 
 
A A 
 
You wanted to diss but jumped on my dick
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
Grown men never should bite they tongue
C#m C#m 
 
Unless you eating pussy
B B 
 
A A 
 
that smell like it's a stale plum
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
I got my finger on the motherfucking pistol
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Aiming it at a pig,
B B 
 
Charlotte's Web is gonna miss you
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
My issue isn't televised
B B 
 
and you ain't gotta tell the wise
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
How to stay on beat
B B 
 
because our life's an instrumental
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
This is physical and mental
B B 
 
I won't sugar coat it
A A 
 
You'll die from diabetes
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
if    these other niggas wrote it
A A 
 
And everything on TV
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
just  a figment of imagination
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
I don't want a plastic nation,
B B 
 
dread that like a Haitian
A A 
 
While you motherfuckers

Pre-chorus 1

C#m

(waiting) I be off the slave ship,

C#m

building pyramids,

G#m

writing my own hieroglyphs

Chorus 1
A A 
 
B B 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Just call the shit HiiiPower
A A 
 
B B 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Nigga, nothing less than HiiiPower
A A 
 
Five star dishes, food for thought, bitches
C#m C#m 
 
G#m G#m 
 
I mean this shit is Huey Newton going   stupid
A A 
 
B B 
 
C#m C#m 
 
You can't resist his HiiiPower
A A 
 
B B 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Throw your hands up for HiiiPower

Verse 2
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
Visions of Martin Luther staring at me
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
If    I see it how he seen it,
A A 
 
that would make my parents happy
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
Sorry, mama, I  can't turn the other cheek
C#m C#m 
 
They wanna knock me off the edge
B B 
 
A A 
 
like a fucking widow's peak, uh
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
And she always told me pray
A A 
 
for the weak, uh
C#m C#m 
 
Them demons got me,
B B 
 
A A 
 
I ain't prayed in some weeks, uh
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
Dear, Lord, come save me,
A A 
 
the devil's working hard
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
He probably clocking double shifts
on all of his jobs
Frightening, so fucking frightening
Enough to drive a man insane
C#m C#m 
 
I need a license to kill
B B 
 
A A 
 
I'm standing on a field full of landmines
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
Doing the moonwalk hoping I blow up in time
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
'Cause 2012
A A 
 
might not be a fucking legend
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
Tryna be a fucking legend
A A 
 
The man of mankind
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
Who said a black man in the Illuminati
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
Last  time I checked,
A A 
 
that was the biggest racist party

Pre-chorus 2

C#m

So get up off that slave ship

C#m

Build your own pyramids,

G#m

writing your own hieroglyphs

Chorus 2
A A 
 
B B 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Just call the shit HiiiPower
A A 
 
B B 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Nigga, nothing less than HiiiPower
A A 
 
Five star dishes, food for thought, bitches
C#m C#m 
 
G#m G#m 
 
I mean this shit is, Bobby Seale    making meals
A A 
 
B B 
 
C#m C#m 
 
You can't resist his HiiiPower
A A 
 
B B 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Throw your hands up for HiiiPower

Interlude 1
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Every day we fight the system
B B 
 
A A 
 
just to make our way
C#m C#m 
 
We've been down  for too long,
B B 
 
A A 
 
but that's all right
C#m C#m 
 
We was built to be strong
B B 
 
A A 
 
'cause it's our life, na-na-na
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Every day we fight the system
B B 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
(we fight the system, we fight the system)
B B 
 
A A 
 
(Never liked the system)
C#m C#m 
 
We've been down  for too long,
B B 
 
A A 
 
but that's all right, na-na-na

Verse 3
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
Who said a black man in Illuminati
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
Last  time I checked,
that was the biggest racist party
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
Last  time I checked,
A A 
 
we was racin' with Marcus Garvey
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
On    the freeway to Africa
A A 
 
'til I wrecked my Audi
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
And I want everybody to view my autopsy
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
So you can see exactly where
A A 
 
the government had shot me
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
No conspiracy, my fate is inevitable
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
They played musical chairs,
A A 
 
once I'm on that pedestal
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
A A 
 
Frightening, so fucking frightening
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
Enough to drive a man insane,
A A 
 
a woman insane
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
The reason Lauryn Hill don't sing
A A 
 
or Kurt Co bain
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
Loaded that clip and then said bang
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
The drama it bring is crazy
B B 
 
Product of the late eighties
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Tryna stay above water,
B B 
 
that's why we shun the Navy
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Pull your guns and play  me
B B 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Let's set it off, cause a riot, throw a Molotov
B B 
 
A A 
 
Somebody told me them pirates had got lost

Pre-chorus 3

C#m

'Cause we've been off them slave ships

C#m

Got our own pyramids,

G#m

write our own hieroglyphs

Chorus 3
A A 
 
B B 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Just call the shit HiiiPower
A A 
 
B B 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Yeah, none less than HiiiPower
A A 
 
Five star dishes, food for thought, bitches
C#m C#m 
 
I mean this shit is,
G#m G#m 
 
Fred Hampton on your campus
A A 
 
B B 
 
C#m C#m 
 
You can't resist his HiiiPower
A A 
 
B B 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Throw your hands up for HiiiPower

Outro 1

C#m

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsC#m B A G#m

Chords

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

C#m: x-4-6-6-5-x
B: x-2-4-4-4-x
A: x-0-2-2-2-0
G#m: 4-6-6-4-4-4

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

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This is the definitive original version of Hiiipower by Kendrick Lamar, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of C# minor. It suits players who want to learn Hiiipower the way Kendrick Lamar intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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