Key: D# minor
Intro 1
Cm
Eb
Cm
Eb
Cm
Eb
Cm
Eb
Cm
Eb
Cm
Eb
Cm
Eb
Cm
Eb
Verse 1
Cm
Eb
5:30 in the morning and I haven't been to sleep
Cm
A pair of raggedly ass
Eb
ProWings on my feet
Cm
Ten dollars in my pocket and
Eb
now I'm on the creep
Cm
to the double-up spot spot 'cause
Eb
the shit is comin cheap
Cm
Eb
It's 1984 and the rocks is all fat
Southern California, LA is where it's at
Cm
Eb
I'm smokin like a mother
fuckin choo-choo train
Cm
Eb
Big cocaine inside my brain, aah
Cm
But nobody knows that
Eb
I'm on the hype
Cm
Use to be in CREAM, well
Eb
now I hit the pipe
Cm
Eb
Face sucked in, yellow tooth grin
Cm
Eb
No bitches, no friends, no ends to spend
Cm
Eb
I'm stuck like a rat in a sticky ass trap
Cm
Eb
and I sold everything but my
motherfuckin gat
Cm
I got a habit like a rabbit
Eb
and I want to stop it
Cm
but I can't 'cause I'm locked
Eb
'n da closet
Bridge:
Verse 2
Cm
Oh make me want to holler,
Gm
Eb
right into my life
Oh make me want to holler,
right into my life
Cm
Oh make me want to holler,
Eb
right into my life
Listen homey
Verse 3
Cm
No re habilitation,
Eb
no wantin to talk to...
Cm
Doin crimes on every fuckin
Eb
place I can walk to
Cm
I still get props in the hood
Eb
when I stroll by
Cm
'cause niggas don't know that
Eb
Cm
I'm smokin like Popeye
Eb
Mama's in the kitchen cookin rice
Cm
Eb
Daddy's in the pen doin life
Cm
Eb
Sis ter gotta husband, she's a wife
Cm
And I'm in the backyard
Eb
hittin the pipe
Cm
It's been three or four months
Eb
since I started usin
Cm
Eb
It's a uphill battle and now I know I'm losin
Cm
I go to the spots where my
Eb
face ain't familiar
Cm
and I cook here jack 'cause
Eb
I don't know these niggas
Cm
I'm livin like a peasant
Eb
and it ain't pleasant
Cm
Eb
I think I need to change my direction
Cm
I got the five dollar piece now
Eb
I'm all in the carpet
Cm
in the dark 'cause
Eb
I'm locked 'n da closet
Verse 4
Cm
Chorus:
Gm
Someone's knockin at the door,
Eb
Cm
somebody's ringin a bell
Gm
Somebody's locked n da closet,
Eb
Cm
somebody's goin to hell
Do me a favour,
Eb
Cm
Gm
open the door and let em have it
Eb
Ooh yeah yeah yeah yeah
Verse 5
Cm
One year done passed and
Eb
now I'm lookin dusty
Cm
Disgusted because my own
Eb
mama don't trust me
Cm
My sister's on the trip 'cause she
Eb
knows I'm on the hit
Cm
Eb
And I can't take this shit
There's a rumour goin round
that I'm puffin heavily
Cm
Eb
and my neighbours is lookin at me crazy, G
Cm
I guess they figured out that I
Eb
broke in they house
Cm
Eb
and stole all they shit while they was out
Cm
My sis ter told my aunt
Eb
and my aunt told Pam
Cm
and Pam let it slip to that
Eb
bitch Roxanne
Cm
Roxanne told Bill
Eb
and Bill told Duke
Cm
Gm
Now the whole hood knows
Eb
that I play the flute
Cm
Eb
But before I lost my respect
Cm
Eb
I didda lick your dumb ass on a jet,
SHIT!
Cm
Now I'm back to life,
Eb
yeah I'm back to reality
Cm
Ain't no side effects
Eb
or technicalities
Cm
There's one thing about
Eb
it when your life is fucked
Cm
Eb
At the bottom the only way to
go is up, aah
No more cocaine bitches
Cm
I kick the door off the
Eb
motherfuckin hinges
Db#m
Cm
I'm out the closet
*screaming*
Chorus:
Gm
Someone's knockin at the door,
Verse 6
Eb
Bb
Cm
somebody's ringin a bell
Gm
Somebody's locked n da closet,
Eb
Cm
somebody's goin to hell
Do me a favour,
Eb
Cm
Gm
open the door and let em have it
Eb
Cm
let em have it
Gm
Someone's knockin at the door,
Verse 7
Eb
Cm
somebody's ringin a bell
Gm
Somebody's locked n da closet,
Eb
Bb
Cm
somebody's goin to hell
Gm
Do me a favour,
Eb
Cm
open the door and let em have it
Gm
Bb
Ooh yeah yeah yeah yeah
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