Hip‐Hop chords by Dead Prez

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Verse 1
Am 
C 
E 
 (A minor) It's  (C major)  (E major) still
Am 
C 
E 
 (A minor)  (C major)  (E major) 
Am 
bigger than  (A minor) hip- hop
C 
E 
 (C major) Hip- hop,  (E major) hip- hop, hip
Am 
It's bigger than  (A minor) hip- hop
C 
E 
 (C major) Hip- hop,  (E major) hip- hop, hip- hop

Verse 2
Am 
 (A minor) One thing 'bout music when
C 
it's  (C major) real they get scared
E 
Got us slavin'  (E major) for the welfare
Ain't no food, clothes,
or healthcare
I'm down for guerilla warfare
All my niggas put your guns in the air
Am 
if you  (A minor) really don't care
Skunk in the air
C 
E 
 (C major) Make a nigga  (E major) wanna buck in the air
For my brother locked up in
the jump for a year
Am 
Shit is real out  (A minor) here,
don't believe these videos
This fake ass industry gotta pay
C 
E 
 (C major) to get a song  (E major) on the radio
Really though,
DP's gon' let you know
It's just a game of pimps and hoes
Am 
And it's  (A minor) all 'bout who you know
Not who we are, or how we grow
C 
I rap  (C major) 'bout what I know,
what I go through
E 
What I been  (E major) through, not just for no dough
Even though the rent due,
what I'm into ain't for no dough
Or just no fame, everything must change,
nothin' remains the same
C 
 (C major) Sick of the same ol' thang,
E 
it's bigger than  (E major) bling bling

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Verse 3
If I, feel it I feel it, if I don't, I don't
If it ain't really real then
Am 
I probably  (A minor) won't
C 
Rollin' with my soldier (C major) s,
live soldiers, ready to ride
E 
For  (E major) this real hip hop
y'all I'm ready to die
Uh, hip (what) hop (what), hip (what) hop
(what)
Hip (what) hop (what), hip
(what) hop
C'mon, c'mon, my soldiers,
Am 
 (A minor) live soldiers, ready to ride
C 
For this real hip-  (C major) hop y'all
E 
I'm ready  (E major) to die

Verse 4
E 
Hip- hop means sayin'  (E major) what I want,
Am 
never  (A minor) bite my tongue
C 
Hip- hop means teachin'  (C major) the young
E 
If you feelin'  (E major) what I'm feelin' then
you hearin' what I'm sayin'
'Cause these fake fake records
Am 
just keep  (A minor) on playin'
What you sayin huh DP bringin' the funk
C 
E 
 (C major) Let the bass- line rattle  (E major) your trunk, uh
Am 
Punk pig wit a badge wanna  (A minor) handcuff me
C 
E 
'cause my  (C major) pants that's  (E major) tend to sag
Am 
Hip- hop  (A minor) means throw up your rag,
soldier flag
C 
Whether rid (C major) in' on the
E 
bus  (E major) or you stole a jag
M- 1 mean freedom,
burn the cash
Revolutionary love 'til
Am 
the day  (A minor) we pass
C 
Will they play it on  (C major) the radio
E 
 (E major) Maybe not, maybe so we gon'
keep it pumpin' though
Am 
Everybody  (A minor) know we headed
for the whoa, fo sho

Verse 5
C 
Ay dogg, that label  (C major) is that slave ship
E 
Owners got  (E major) them whips and rappers is slaves
If you really wanna eat you
gotta hear the same thing
Am 
C 
With  (A minor) the football, B-  (C major) ball,
E 
 (E major) or if you slangin' that dope
Ain't never seen no hope,
Am 
C 
brainwash video shows be  (A minor) foolin' my  (C major) folk
What the hell a brother gon' do
though, huh?
E 
 (E major) When the rent due,
when the lights and the gas gonna get cut off
Drop them raps or cock them gats
Am 
Ain't never had shit ever  (A minor) since
we came to this bitch
C 
Why I gotta feel pain to get  (C major) rich?
E 
'Stead of stack (E major) in' chips, finna
pack them clips

Verse 6
E 
If I, feel  (E major) it I feel it, if I don't, I don't
If it ain't really real
then I probably won't
Am 
Rollin'  (A minor) with my soldiers,
live soldiers, ready to ride
C 
For this  (C major) real hip- hop y'all
E 
 (E major) I'm ready to die, uh
Ride to this if you miss 2Pac
Bounce to this if you love
Big Poppa
Am 
My soldiers, live soldiers, ready to  (A minor) ride
For this real hip- hop y'all
C 
I'm ready  (C major) to die
E 
Uh, hip (what) hop  (E major) (what), hip
(what) hop (what)
Hip (what) hop (what), hip
(what)
Am 
It's bigger than  (A minor) hip (what) hop
C 
E 
 (C major) (what), hip (yeah) hop  (E major) (what)
Hip (what) hop (what), hip
(what)
Am 
It's bigger than  (A minor) hip (c'mon, c'mon,
C 
E 
what) hop  (C major) (ride), hip (ride) hop  (E major) (ride)
Hip (yeah) hop (yeah), hip
(yeah, c'mon)
Am 
C 
It's bigger than  (A minor) hip (what) hop  (C major) (what), hip
(what, 1- 2, 1- 2) hop (ride)
E 
Hip (ride, 1- 2, 1- 2) hop  (E major) 
(blah), hip (baow) hop (1- 2)

Verse 7
Am 
C 
If  (A minor) I, feel it I feel it, if I don't, I  (C major) don't
E 
If it ain't really  (E major) real then
I probably won't
Rollin' with my soldiers,
Am 
C 
live  (A minor) soldiers, ready to  (C major) ride
E 
For this real  (E major) hip- hop y'all
Am 
I'm ready to  (A minor) die, uh
C 
E 
Ride to  (C major) this if you  (E major) miss 2Pac
Am 
C 
Bounce  (A minor)  (C major) to this if you
E 
 (E major) love Big Poppa
Am 
My soldiers, live soldiers,  (A minor) ready to ride
C 
E 
Am 
C 
 (C major) For this real  (E major) hip- hop y'all  (A minor)  (C major) 
E 
Am 
C 
E 
 (E major) I'm ready  (A minor) to die, uh  (C major)  (E major) 