Key: F major
Verse 1
I think it's very vital
To rock (a rhyme), that's
right (on time)
Verse 2
to rock a rhyme that's right on time
Dm
C
tricky, tricky, tricky
F
Eb
C
It's tricky, t- t- tricky, tricky, tricky
Verse 3
I met this little girlie,
Went to her house and bust her out,
F
C
I had to leave real early
These girls are really sleazy,
all they just say is please me
Verse 4
I said "It's not that easy"
Cm
C
Cm
It's tricky to rock a rhyme,
Cm
C
F
It's tricky (how is it D?) It's tricky,
It's tricky, tricky, tricky, tricky
Verse 5
and try to make us rhyme
They really (hawk) but we just
(walk) because we have no time
And in the city it's a pity 'cause
we just can't hide
Tinted windows don't mean nothin',
Verse 6
they know who's inside
to rock a rhyme that's right on time
C
Cm
tricky, tricky, tricky
B
Cm
C
It's tricky to rock a rhyme,
C
Eb
It's tricky, tricky, tricky, tricky,
C
Cm
tricky huh
Interlude 1
Cm
C
Cm
C
Em
Verse 7
up,
people take up mostly all of my time
Cm
C
I'm not singin',
Em
Eb
phone keep ringin' 'cause I make up a rhyme
people naggin' 'cause they think I'm a star
Always tearin' what I'm wearin',
Cm
C
Cm
I think they're goin' too far
D
Cm
A girl named Carol follows
Then D dissed her and dismissed her,
I ain't lyin',
girls be cryin' 'cause I'm on TV
They even bother my poor father
F
C
'cause he's down with me
Verse 8
Db
Cm
to rock a rhyme that's right on time
C
Eb
It's tricky (how is it?) tricky,
tricky, tricky, tricky
to rock a rhyme that's right on time
Cm
C
Em
It's tricky, t- t- t- t- tricky,
C
Cm
t- t- tricky, tr
Verse 9
We are not thugs (we don't use drugs) but
you assume (on your own)
They offer coke (and lots of
dope) but we just leave it alone
It's like that y'all (y'all), but
we don't quit
You keep on, rock,
Outro 1
shock 'cause this is it
Cm
C
Cm
C
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