Monologue: Ike's Rap 1 chords by Isaac Hayes

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Hi. I'm sorry I'm late.
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Em 
It was my night to take inventory.
What's wrong?
Am 
You crying?
Em 
Oh, you folks be on your back again,
Am 
huh?
Man,
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this stuff is getting ridiculous.
Em 
Am 
What was it this time?
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Em 
Oh, they heard that you
Am 
were with me again, huh?
Dm 
And why don't they leave us
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Em 
Am 
alone?
Em 
Am 
Well, they've cut off your lines too.
Em 
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Well, I can't tell you to stop
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crying because I know you're hurt.
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Em 
I know it's hard for them to understand that two
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Em 
people like us can love each other.
Am 
They seem to forget that once upon a time
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they were young and they had to fall in love too.
Well, come on,
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Am 
stop crying now.
Something else I got to tell you,
Em 
Am 
I got my greetings the other day, but I got my papers
from
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Uncle
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Sam, and I went down, you know,
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and I got to go about another two weeks, but
Em 
Like wherever I go, I'll always remember that I love
Am 
Em 
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you and there'll be no one else but you.
Em 
And I'll be back.
Am 
Some way I'll be back.
Em 
And I don't have any doubt about
you being true to me.
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Em 
Cause like right now it seems like the whole world is against us,
Am 
so like try to study,
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Am 
you know, keep your grades, you know, together,
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Am 
and like, come on now, don't cry.
Em 
You know, people like us always seem to have it hard,
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you know, I'm not good enough for
Em 
you, or they don't understand,
Am 
but we're not the only ones going through changes like this,
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people all over the world being denied and discriminated,
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you know, it's always messed
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up situations, socially, racially, you know,
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but whenever things get extremely bad, always
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remember that I love you, and I will be back,
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Am 
and please, for all people like us, that go
Em 
through changes like this.
Am 
These words in this song is
for you and it's like this.