Key: C minor
Verse 1
Am
C
Am
Em
I ain't tryin' to survive,
I'm tryin' to live
Am
C
Am
Em
I ain't tryin' to survive,
I'm tryin' to live
born with a special style
Rep proud, Singapore to the Suez Canal
Vets throwin' in the towel
That was then and this is now
Envisionin' brighter days
Sinners in the microwave
Listenin' to Isaac Hayes
like the island caves
Can't measure on the record
when the silence fades
Am
C
Yeah, just that raw spit, forfeit
Talk slick, sharp wit,
craft I'm designin'
Em
Guard split, torch laid, walk with the squad
Call darts like facets of a diamond
I'm immaculate with time
We act like a trap, lying, fragments flying
C
Am
Em
I take necessary steps
Where precious treasures are kept
We treasure loyalty and respect
Where precious treasures are kept
We treasure loyalty and respect
blow smoke circles,
notes and verbals
poet herbals,
foreign treasures of all sorts
My style was born on park
benches and ball courts
tend to fall short
But they pen the dorse off,
Marks, ten alliance with the elite
Tragedy to triumph, rising up on my feet
We analyse the signs to the street
refining me a beat
Siding between the thighs
She speaks five languages,
behaves civilized
Never liked a woman who
Am
C
Am
Em
We take necessary steps
Where precious treasures are kept
C
Am
Em
So is life over death
Four hours of public service
to all America.
Am
Em
Am
Well, this is what it looks like if it should.
Em
Am
Em
F#
Em
Em
Em
Fortunately,
The time is not yet.
Let us pray that it never happens
in our country.
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ChordsAm C Em F# G#aug
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