Key: C minor
Verse 1
Am
F
Am
A
Give me
G
the fortune,
keep the fame,
said my man Louis
because we live the truest lie
Why?
G
F
the answer was horrible
Our morals are out of place,
Am
F#
we got our lives full of sorrow
And so tomorrow coming
Why we find the beauty in
F#
the hideous?
G#
G
They say money's the root of all evil,
cowrie shells, dollar bills
Am
A
to fill the new prisons they build
there's more blood than spills
are never healed
What's the deal?
F#
F
G
A lot of cats who buy records
they be reciting my quotes
Caught up in conversations
Am
A
status on the planet Earth
G#
G
Survival tactics means bustin'
Am
F
of manhood necessary
not compassionate, only polite
Am
F#
Now who denies us, not good
Chasin' after death
G
F
the night from life
Illusions of oasis makin'
F#
G
Hidin' like thieves in the night from life
F
Bbm
Illusions of oasis, making you look twice
out listening agree
F
B
That everything you see
chasing the style
G#
G
Most cats in my area
Synthesized surface con
Am
F#
ceals the interior
more than usually
Am
G#
Speaking loudly, saying nothing,
F#
G
most men join the ranks cluelessly
Am
Bbm
believe the perception
G#
G
Reflection rarely seen
Walking the street,
Am
F#
wondering who they be looking past
Looking gasped with them imported
Am
F#
but the light rarely stays on
G#
G
Same song, just remix,
Put you on a yacht,
Am
F#
but they won't call it a slave ship
Strangeness,
you barely hold this
A
F#
when they just sanitize the ocean
G#
G
Suppose it's just another clever
That they've been running
across stars
But I find it's distressing
Am
F#
we either bitches or queens
G
F
of Earth and the perverse
Full of short attention spans,
Am
F#
short tempers and short skirts
Long barrel automatics
That type of illin' that be
F
Bbm
Separate the real from the lie,
Gb
Ab
let me learn you're not sure
that's why
We are subjected to the will
Bbm
Gb
Own the masters to what we writing,
G
F
Only polite, we well trained,
our sincerities for Hurston stage
Am
F#
It's just a game, not good,
but we'll behave
Gb
F
Most of the things that
Ab
Gb
we think do are sane
Ab
G
We chasing after death
Bbm
But everyday next man meet with the grave
Gb
G
I give a damn if any fan recall my legacy
F
Bbm
I'm trying to live life in the sight of
Am
G#
G
God's memory like that, y 'all
Bbm
F#
the true criterion of things
F
Bbm
You have to get the true essence
G
F
not free, we only li censed
Not compassionate, only polite,
Bbm
Gb
not who the nicest
Not good, but well behaved,
Bbm
Gb
Still liv ing like mental slate
G
F
the night from life
F#
G
F
look twice
Bbm
G#
F
Am
G#
G
Stop hidin', stop hidin',
Am
F#
Stop hidin', stop hidin',
G
F
Bbm
cause ain't no hidin' face
G#
G
F
Stop hidin', stop hidin',
F
Bbm
cause ain't no hidin' face
G#
G
F
Not strong, not free,
Bbm
F#
G
not casual
F
Bbm
G#
G
F
We well trained, Blackstar
Am
Bbm
F#
G
Black star keep shining,
ride on home
We take that Blackstar line,
ride on home
We take that Blackstar line,
ride on home
Let take that black star line
right on home, yo
Be real, be true
I can't without you
I can't shine without can't
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