Je dois partir chords by Talib Kweli

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Intro 1
E 
Em 
 (E major)  (E minor) 
E 
Am 
Em 
 (E major)  (A minor)  (E minor) 
E 
Em 
Am 
 (E major)  (E minor)  (A minor) 
G 
Em 
Am 
 (G major)  (E minor)  (A minor) 
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 1

(That's

the universal language right there)

(The have nots, vs the have)

Ay, grow

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Verse 2
Em 
 (E minor) ing up,
sure was tough
When the money,
getting to slowing up
A promise is hard as trying
to do to knowledge
Am 
When you  (A minor) don't know enough
Em 
E 
 (E minor) Poor enough  (E major) to notice
D 
But you pour it up,  (D major) and you throw it up
Em 
 (E minor) They say that when they comin'
E 
But  (E major) we ain't runnin', nobody

Verse 3
as cold as us
Em 
 (E minor) My life is like a play
E 
Em 
But I don't grace stages  (E major)  (E minor) (nah)
Try to feed my family,
but it's hard on these slave wages
E 
Lucifer behind me, cru (E major) cify
D 
me like  (D major) a God, son
Em 
 (E minor) They never want to pay us, but
E 
 (E major) immigrants get the job done
Em 
 (E minor) Job  one is self- preservation
Am 
I gotta  (A minor) stay healthy
Em 
 (E minor) The system always favoured the riches,
Am 
make sure  (A minor) they stay wealthy
Em 
 (E minor) How  they gon' stop it, if
Am 
education  (A minor) for profit
Em 
The  (E minor) prophets make revelations
The gangsters go in
your pockets

Verse 4
Em 
I'm stocking  (E minor) up on these favours,
D 
cause vagrancy never  (D major) fly
Em 
E 
They value  (E minor) people for  (E major) they paper
Am 
Em 
Like animals for  (A minor) they hides  (E minor) (why)
The battle cry,
Am 
is that there's value in  (A minor) our lives
Em 
 (E minor) Spirituality over money
Am 
is where our  (A minor) power lies

Verse 5
C 
Mon cœur je dois partir  (C major) 
G 
Je sais c'est diffi (G major) cile
Plus tard tu comprendras
D 
Mais ne t'en fais  (D major) pas pour
Am 
moi  (A minor) 
C 
J'allumerai chaque  (C major) soir
G 
Des étoiles dans  (G major) le ciel
Bm 
Papa  (B minor) sera bientôt là
Reste ici, attends- moi
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 6
The attitude they employ say it all
D 
It's just aristocrat (D major) ic
Fascist police'll murder people
who give 'em static
C 
 (C major) They'll make a cheap
Am 
version  (A minor) of smack
D 
And sell  (D major) that shit to addicts
Systematic or incidental that shit

Verse 7
is just as tragic
Em 
 (E minor) I'm just emphatically and dra
E 
 (E major) matically overwhelmed, fam
D 
 (D major) No job, no money, no safety net,
no health plan
C 
 (C major) No car, no home, no food on the table
D 
No way to  (D major) provide for my people
Though I'm willing and able to
Am 
To  (A minor) pry off government assistance
'Cause a feeling'll enable you
C 
 (C major) Where pride ain't practical
when you lacking that capital
G 
 (G major) Holes in my clothes,
this was never a fashion show
D 
 (D major) Too broke for the sour roll
Am 
But that don't matter though  (A minor) 
(come on)

Verse 8
Talk is cheap, I had enough of the back and forth
C 
 (C major) 
I'm on the verge, snapping out
Trying to laugh it off
G 
I  (G major) love to work for myself
'Cause is sucks when you
B 
have a boss  (B major) (yeah)
But at least I have a job,
no one is promised to have it all (nah)
Em 
I'm  (E minor) in   the rat race; pick up the phone
when the cattle call
Spitting these tree songs,
Am 
keep calm like  (A minor) Adderall

Verse 9
C 
Mon cœur je dois partir  (C major) 
G 
Je sais c'est diffi (G major) cile
Plus tard tu comprendras
D 
Mais  (D major) ne t'en fais pas pour
Am 
moi  (A minor) 
C 
J'allumerai chaque  (C major) soir
G 
Des étoiles dans le  (G major) ciel
D 
Papa  (D major) sera bientôt là
Am 
Reste ici, attends- moi  (A minor) 

Verse 10
C 
Mon cœur je dois partir  (C major) 
G 
Je sais c'est diffi (G major) cile
D 
Plus tard tu  (D major) comprendras
Mais ne t'en fais pas pour
Am 
moi  (A minor) 
C 
J'allumerai chaque  (C major) soir
G 
Des étoiles dans le  (G major) ciel
D 
Papa  (D major) sera bientôt là

Verse 11
Reste ici, attends- moi
Am 
C 
 (A minor) Yeah, ay  (C major) 
G 
D 
Am 
 (G major) No, no, no,  (D major)  (A minor) no,  no...
C 
G 
 (C major)  (G major) 