In da East Coast chords by Black Dave

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Intro 1

I'm stressing

Verse 1
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about the  (B minor) things I didn't  (E minor) do
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I'm  (D major) missing all  (E minor) the places
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I could go  (B minor) 
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That's  (E minor) why it's only
one place I call home
And you know that it be the East Coast
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 (B minor) I'm  (C major)  (E minor)  (B minor) thinkin' bout the
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things I should've  (E minor) said
And all the stories that I should've read
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Em 
 (B minor) An (E minor) d all the lyrics
that I should've wrote
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Em 
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So  (C major)  (E minor) I'ma live it in the East Coast  (B minor) 
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 (E minor) Black day, Bronx  (B minor) born,
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I was raised  (E minor) off of B .D .P.  (D major) Block  (E minor) tough,
so I'm stompin' in my A .C .G.
Gotta keep my mouth closed,
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 (C major) cause nig (E minor) gas is  (B minor) bout chose
Em 
 (E minor) That be how the plot goes in the N .Y .C.
I can't talk to a fuck with police
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The under (D major) covers  (E minor) and the deputies
was coming for me
Because I got the recipe
and cook it all up for free
So leave it all up to me
You know it's scorching
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cause they  (C major) bought it  (E minor) in  the East Coast
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 (B minor) Beast Coast,  (E minor) smell it by the weed smoke
A lot of niggas fakes
and they all sound the same
They similar to slaves
C 
who's bound in  (C major) those chains
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 (E minor) Re  member my name,
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New York it don't  (C major) change
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 (E minor) And  (B minor) all the things I  (E minor) could've did
I should've had another crib,
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another life I  (B minor) couldn't  (E minor) live
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They  (C major) tell  (E minor) me that I'm niggerish
Because I'm black in privacy,
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that shit is deeper than  (C major) my  (E minor) skin
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I'm stressing about  (B minor) the
Em 
things I didn't  (E minor) do
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Em 
I'm  (D major) missing all  (E minor) the places
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I could go  (B minor) 
C 
Em 
That's  (C major) why it's  (E minor) only
one place I call home
Bm 
And you know that it be the East Coast  (B minor) 
C 
Em 
Bm 
 (C major) I'm  (E minor)  (B minor) thinking about the
Em 
things I should've  (E minor) said
D 
Em 
And  (D major) all the stories  (E minor) that I
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should've read  (B minor) 
Em 
 (E minor) And all the lyrics that I should've wrote
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So  (C major) I'ma  (E minor) live it in the East Coast
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 (B minor) It's  (E minor) my philosophy,
I'm bringing it to Socrates
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I get it poppin',  (D major) so poppin'
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 (E minor) The label steady watchin' me
The bitches on me, they flockin'
I got so many options, ain't no problem
See, I kick it with them,
then I pass them off
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Just  (B minor) like the  (E minor) Socrates
We're tri -state area,
what's goin' through hysteria?
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We  (D major) carry (E minor) in' the carriers and
breakin' all the barriers
Already told you that I'll beat
your ass like Tekken
But now I'm startin' to think
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that these niggas ain't learnin'  (C major) less
Em 
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New  (E minor) York City the  (B minor) realest,
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 (E minor) I'm livin' my life through lyrics
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I'm profit (D major) in'  (E minor) off of gimmicks
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the critics have to admit  (B minor) that  (E minor) I   am
An intelligent man,
whether New York or Japan
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My life is short so I got multiple  (B minor) plans
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 (C major) And  (E minor) if  y 'all don't under (B minor) stand,
Em 
I'm fittin' to  (E minor) go  Taliban I'll
never make what you make,
they want me dead anyway
My niggas die everyday,
seems like it's never gon' change
I'm dreamin' of better days,
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feel  (C major) like a young MLK
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 (E minor) I'm stressing about  (B minor) the
Em 
things I didn't  (E minor) do
D 
Em 
I'm  (D major) missing all  (E minor) the places
Bm 
I could go  (B minor) 
Em 
C 
That's  (E minor) why it's  (C major) only one
Em 
place  (E minor) I   call home
And you know that it'd be
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the East Coast  (B minor) 
Em 
Bm 
 (E minor) I'm  (B minor) thinking about the
Em 
things I should've  (E minor) said
D 
Em 
And  (D major) all the stories  (E minor) that I should've read
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor) An (E minor) d all the lyrics that
C 
I should've wrote  (C major) 
Em 
Bm 
So  (E minor) I'mma live it in the East Coast  (B minor) 
Em 
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 (E minor)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
Em 
 (E minor) 
She's still sick, we still here,
still alive, still smoking, still drinking,
still staying alive,
still taking care of children
C 
 (C major) or whatever, still screwing out,
we just still, we just still.
Yeah, yeah, you all right,
see you at 8 o 'clock, man, 8 o 'clock, man.