let there be light chords by Nas
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Verse 1
(A minor) Yeah, (G major) (C major) check check,
testing (F major)
It's clear out there? (E minor)
(A minor)
(G major) Yeah
(F major) It's like I'm hang gliding over the hood,
(E minor) ha (A minor)
(G major)
Never (F major) worry (ohhh, no, no, no) (E minor)
Verse 2
Check, (A minor) let there be light
(G major) No gang banging in new york tonight
Just (F major) murals of Biggie Smalls,
bigger then life
Turn (E minor) up the kid mic 'cause ya'll
ain't listening right
(A minor) What's all this talk that nas
got bought?
(G major) I'd rather outline my body
in white chalk
(F major) Ain't nobody been where I been,
they at a stand still (E minor)
This is all overseen by my man will
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Verse 3
As (A minor) I walk through the valley
shadow of death
I know (G major) that I (E minor) ain't got much time (G major) left
And (F major) they don't really wanna
see the good in me
Ain't sat (E minor) isfied until they
see the fool in me
(A minor) (And I) I know my business,
so my sins great
(G major) (And I) I thank the hood for all
the love they (E minor) gave
(F major) (And I) forgive 'em all,
they did they best to hate (E minor)
Verse 4
Oh, let there be light
(A minor) This ain't the glorified,
just painting the street picture
(G major) There's no god in sir bibles,
just blunt and switches
(F major) Gillettes cut pain in kitchen
Now every rapper (E minor) wanna claim he hang
with kenneth "supreme" (A minor) griffith
It's like the same difference cept
when niggaz get ar (B flat#aug) raigned
They (G major) don't want the same sentence,
niggaz get to (F major) snitchin'
If I could reverse the monsters and turn
forward the (E minor) razas
And bring back the niggaz who was livest
(G major) Old (A minor) hustlers, reminscing on better days
They (G major) home, doing nothing,
might as well be in a cage
Hat (F major) ing on young brothers,
one foot in the grave
They used to (E minor) love us till we found
our own way through the maze
New (A minor) york, set trippin' and flaggin'
Got the west coast (G major) laughing,
now esco's asking
What happened? (F major) My homegirl
from upper manhattan
She remembers the quar (E minor) ters that's latin,
alotta rat- a- tat- tatting
Verse 5
As I walk (A minor) through the valley
shadow of death
I know (G major) that I (E minor) ain't got much time left
And (F major) they don't really wanna
see the good in me
Ain't sat (E minor) isfied until they
see the fool in me
(A minor) (And I) I know my business,
so my sins great
(G major) (And I) I thank the hood for all
the love they (A minor) gave
(F major) (And I) forgive 'em all,
they did they best to hate (E minor)
Oh, let there be light
Verse 6
The son (C major) of the au (A minor) dio cassette (C major) era,
tech wearer
(G major) Bullets and baguettes, binzbo's speaker
terror
(F major) Till man I get mine till I'm dead,
so I can drive sumpthin (E minor) red
Like that horse standing
on it's hind (G major) legs
Since (C major) arnold and willis in
they bunk (A minor) beds
I wanted (C major) bread like (G major) wonder,
not manned- a- wanno like the parent of lionel
(F major) Nas is the ghetto american idol
No (E minor) matter what you do you're never
getting my (G major) title
(C major) I can't sound smart
'cause ya'll run away
They say (G major) I ain't hungry no more
and I don't (C major) talk about (G major) 'ye
Like (F major) there's no other way
for a ex- hustler
Cake ya, (E minor) the x- ray splitter to touch ya,
I beg to (G major) differ
When (A minor) you're four years into the game,
we (F major) can have a conversation
Eight (G major) years in the game,
I invite ya on vacation
Ten (F major) years in the game,
after I've enjoyed my fame
(E minor) Only then I let ya pick my brain, (A minor)
niggaz
Verse 7
(And I) right about now (G major) (and I) (they don't
(A minor) really know)
(And I) (they don't (F major) really see) I don't
even deal with all that garbage
(E minor) (No, no, no) we getting real right,
ya know?
(A minor) (And I) (though I walk through the valley) that is tre
williams ladies and (G major) gentlemen
(And I) (they should fear (E minor) (F major)
no) (and I) (no, no- oh)
Focus on good things (E minor) man, good times,
heh- heh, alright
Verse 8
As I (A minor) walk through the valley
shadow of death
I know (E minor) that I ain't got much time left
And (F major) they don't really wanna
see the good in me
Ain't sat (E minor) isfied until they
see the fool in me
(A minor) (And I) I know my business,
so my sins great
(And I) I (G major) thank the hood for all
the love they (E minor) gave
(F major) (And I) forgive 'em all,
they did they best to hate (E minor)
Verse 9
Oh, let there be light
(A minor) As I walk through the valley
shadow of death
(G major) I know that I (E minor) ain't got much (C major) time left
And (F major) they don't really wanna
see the good in me
Ain't sat (E minor) isfied until they
see the fool in me
(A minor) (And I) I know my business,
so my sins great
(G major) (And I) I thank the hood for all
the love they (A minor) gave
(F major) (And I) forgive 'em all,
they did they best to hate (E minor)
Oh, let there be light
(A minor)
Verse 10
(E minor)
(C major) Oh let it be, (F major) let it be,
Outro 1
yeah
(E minor) (A minor)
(C major) (F major)
(E minor) (A minor)
(G major) (F major)
let there be light
Nas
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