Hold you down chords by Childish Gambino
Verse 1
Am
Em
Dm
Oh, I want it, yeah
Am
Whenever you need my hand
Em
Dm
Am
I'll hold you down, oh
Em
Dm
Oh, you want it, yeah
Am
Why in the fuck these niggas
Em
Dm
Am
Try and hold me down, oh?
G
You such a fuckin' lame
Verse 2
Em
That's what they used to yell
Dm
back in seventh grade
Am
My mama said she'd get me that
Em
new jacket when the cost go down
Hit the office,
Dm
Am
stole some Tommy Hill from lost and found
Em
Not bad for a family of foster child
Dm
Lookin' fly man, I'm flossin' now
Am
But them niggas saw through
me
G
Are you serious? What is this?
Em
Took the jacket off third period,
D
ellipses
Am
Listening to "Sky is the Limit"
Em
on my Walkman
Dm
Thinking if Biggie can make it through it, man,
then I can
Am
Dope boy swag
I always wanted that
Em
But my persona was always
Am
more of that Arthur Ashe
But no love for the son
Em
of a commuter
Dm
Who was a radio head and okay
at them computers
Am
At the post office
Em
It's funny how you smoke niggas,
then you start coffins
Dm
Am
All my people need throat lozenge
My fear is dead
Em
Ambition drove the hearse
G
Dm
But niggas got my feelin' I ain't black
enough to go to church
Am
Culture shock at barber shops
G
'cause I ain't hood enough
Em
We all look the same to the cops,
D
ain't that good enough?
Am
The black experience is blackened
serious
G
'Cause being black, my experience,
Dm
is no one hearin' us
Am
White kids get to wear
G
whatever hat they want
Em
When it comes to black kids,
Am
one size fits all
Em
Oh, I want
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Verse 3
Dm
it, yeah
Am
Whenever you need my hand
G
Em
Am
I'll hold you down, oh
Em
Dm
Oh, you want it, yeah
Am
Why in the fuck these niggas
Em
Am
Try and hold me down, oh?
Verse 4
Am
We the baddest, nigga,
F
Em
we the baddest, nig ga
Yeah
We the baddest,
Dm
Am
G
nigga, we the baddest, nigga
Am
Uh
G
We the baddest,
Em
nigga, we the baddest, nigga
Am
We the baddest, nigga
Uh
Em
G
Em
We the baddest, nigga
Verse 5
Am
The reason that they say I'm nothin'
Em
what they seen or heard's
Dm
The same reason Will Smith
always opposite Latino girls
Am
They only see you how they
wanna see you
G
Em
'Til you make them see you in some
other way
Am
I'm trippin' off the other day
'Cause God knows what
Em
these white kids sayin'
Dm
Dude, you're not not racist cause
D
Am
The Wire's in your Netflix queue
Subtle racism
Em
It's hard to pin it 'cause
Am
you'd only understand
If you were me for just a minute
G
This one kid said somethin'
Em
that was really bad
He said I wasn't really black
Dm
Am
because I had a dad
Em
I think that's kinda sad
Mostly 'cause a lot of black kids
D
think they should agree with that
Am
If you're a father,
Em
you should stick around if you could
'Cause even if you're bad at
Dm
Am
it, you get Tiger Woods
Or MJ
Em
Dm
We warriors, we all need senseis
Am
Change everything that we've done so far
Em
G
Dm
I don't mean makin' B.E.T. T.E.R
Am
I mean just the way that
we see each other
Em
I won't stop until they say,
Am
"James Franco is the white Donald Glover"
Yeah, these niggas wanted Cookie but
Em
instead I gave 'em Loch Ness
Sick Boi for life,
Dm
my swag is in the hospice
Am
Aimin' for the throne,
Em
Jay and Ye said to watch that
Am
They ask me what I'm doin',
and I said I'm stealin' rock back
Nigga
Em
Oh, I
Verse 6
Dm
want it, yeah
Am
Whenever you need my hand
G
Em
Am
I'll hold you down, oh
Em
Dm
Oh, you want it, yeah
Am
Why in the fuck these niggas
G
Em
Am
Try and hold me down, oh?
Verse 7
Am
Em
Dm
Oh, I want it, yeah
Am
Whenever you need my hand
Em
Am
I'll hold you down, oh
G
Am
Em
Dm
Oh, you want it, yeah
Am
Why in the fuck these niggas
Em
Try and hold me down,
Am
oh?
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Hold you down
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