Hip Hop chords by Mos Def
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Verse 1
(A minor) (F major) (D minor) You say (A minor) one for the (F major) treble,
(D minor) two for the time
Come on, (F major) y'all, let's (D minor) rock this
You say (A minor) one for the (F major) treble,
two (D minor) for the time
Come on
Speech is my (F major) hammer,
bang the world into shape
Now let it (D minor) fall (huh)
My rest (F major) lessness is my (D minor) nemesis It's hard to really
Verse 2
(A minor)
chill and sit (F major) still
(D minor) Com mitted to page, I write a rhyme
Some (F major) times won't (D minor) finish for days
Scrutin (A minor) ize my liter (F major) ature,
from the (D minor) large to the miniature
I (A minor) mathematic (F major) ally (D minor) administer
Subtract the (A minor) wack
Select (F major) or, wheel it (D minor) back,
I'm feeling that
(F major) (Ha ha ha) from the core to
the peri (D minor) meter black
You know the (A minor) motto
(F major) "Stay fluid (D minor) even in staccato"
(Mos Def) full (F major) blooded, full (D minor) throttle
Breathe deep inside (A minor) the drum hol (F major) low
(D minor) There's the hum,
young man where you (F major) from?
Brook (D minor) lyn number one
(A minor) Native son, (F major)
speaking (D minor) in the native tongue
I got my (A minor) eyes on to (F major) morrow
(there it is)
While you (D minor) still tryna find where (F major) it is
I'm on the (D minor) Ave where it lives and dies
(A minor) Viol (F major) ently but silently
(D minor) (A minor) Shine so (D minor) vibrantly (F major) that
eyes squint (D minor) to catch a glimpse
Em (F major) brace the bass with
my dark (D minor) ink fingertips
Used to (A minor) speak the king's English
(D minor) But caught a rash on (F major) my lips
So now my chat (D minor) just like dis
Long (A minor) range from the (F major) base-line (swish)
(D minor) Move like an apparition
(F major) Low to the ground (D minor) with ammunition
(F major) (chi-chi-chi-baow)
Move from the (D minor) gate,
voice cued on your (A minor) tape
Putting (F major) food on your (D minor) plate
Many crews can re (A minor) late
Who (F major) choosing your (D minor) fate? Yo
We went from (A minor) picking cotton
(F major) To chain (D minor) gang line chopping
To B-Bopping
(F major) To Hip-Hopping
Blues Blues (D minor) people got the
(A minor) blue chip stock option
(D minor) Invisible man,
(A minor) got the whole (F major) world watch (D minor) ing
(Where ya at?) I'm high, (A minor) low, East,
(F major) West, all (D minor) over your map
I'm getting (A minor) big props,
(F major) with this thing (D minor) called Hip Hop
Where you (F major) can either get paid
or get (D minor) shot
When your product in stock
The fair-weather (F major) friends
friends (D minor) flock
When your chart position (A minor) drop
Then the (F major) phone calls
(D minor) Chill for a minute
Let's (A minor) see who else (D minor) tops
Snatch your shelf spot
Don't gas (F major) yourself (D minor) akh'
The industry just a better built (F major) cell block
(D minor) A long way from the shell tops
(F major) And the bell (D minor) s that L rocked
Rock (A minor) (rock), rock (F major) (rock), rock (D minor) (rock),
rock (rock)
Rock, rock (ha), rock, rock
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Verse 3
(Over here (A minor) just (F major) sayin')
(D minor) (Hip Hop)
(Class is in (A minor) session)
(Hip Hop, one, (F major) on-on-one, one, two,
(D minor) (A minor) (F major) (D minor) (A minor)
(F major) (A minor) (F major) (D minor) one, two) (A minor)
(F major) (Sweat inside (D minor) my hand)
(Hip Hop)
(The more (F major) (D minor) (A minor) emotion (F major) I put
into (D minor) it, the harder I (F major) rock)
(Hip Hop)
Hip Hop is (D minor) prosecution evidence An
Verse 4
(A minor)
out of court (F major) settlement,
(D minor) ad space for liquor
Sick (A minor) without (F major) benefits (huh)
Luxury (D minor) tenements choking
the sky (F major) line
It's low (D minor) life getting
tree-top high (top high)
(F major) It is a (D minor) back water remedy
Bit (A minor) ter intent to (F major) memory,
a (D minor) class E felony
Fa (A minor) cing the death (F major) penalty (huh)
Stimulant (D minor) and sedat (A minor) ive,
origin (F major) al repetit (D minor) ive
Violently competit (A minor) ive,
a school (F major) unaccred (D minor) ited (there it is)
The break (A minor) beats you get broken with
On (D minor) time and inappropriate
Hip (A minor) Hop went from (F major) selling
crack to smoking it
Medicine for (F major) loneliness
Remind me of (D minor) Thelonius and Dizzy
(A minor) Boppers to (F major) B-Boys getting
(D minor) busy
The war-time snap (A minor) snap shot (F major)
(D minor) The working man's jack-pot
A A (F major) two dollar snack box
(D minor) Sold beneath the crack spot
(F major) Olympic sponsor of the black
(D minor) Glock
Gold medalist in the back shot
From the sovereign (D minor) state
of the have-nots
Where Where (F major) farmers have (D minor) trouble
with cash crops (huh)
It's all (F major) city like (D minor) Phase 2
Hip Hop will simply (A minor) amaze (F major) you
Praise (D minor) you, pay you
Do (A minor) whatever you say (F major) do
But, (D minor) black, it can't save you
Hip Hop
Mos Def
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