Key: C major
Verse 1
G
Fm
Boy,
G
Fm
everyday things getting well stiff,
no money in our pocket man
G
Fm
Oh boy, I tell you man,
things getting harder and harder
everyday but we gotta survive
And that is why homeboy
Charlie Chapman
come with a little something that go like this
Hit it! Say everyday things stiff
and a we wanna feel it,
a we work nine to five a no
get no profit
Everyday things stiff
and a we wanna feel it,
we work nine to five a no get no profit
Fm
G
that we work 9 to 5 and
can't get no profit
Car a drive but we can't drive it,
Fm
G
Fm
that we work 9 to 5 and
Fm
G
Man a fire go a foreign but
we can't make it,
C
G
that we work 9 to 5 and
Fm
G
can't get no profit
Fm
G
Listen man,
that's foolishness man,
Fm
G
we got to be le gitimate
Fm
G
What type of world are we living in?
Fm
G
Fm
What type of world are we living in?
The people in the ghetto get nothing to eat
No socks, no shoes, it's on their feet
Because of the heat they turn
robbers and thieves
Now pull over and give a black man a seat
G
F#
Fm
What type of world are we living in?
wanna feel it
Cause we work 9 to 5 and
can't get no profit
Everyday things stiff and
we wanna feel it
C
G
We work 9 to 5 and can't get no profit
Fm
G
Food in a shop,
Fm
G
but we can't buy it
C
G
Cause we work 9 to 5 and
can't get no profit
Fm
G
Car a drive, but we can't drive it
Cause we work 9 to 5 and
can't get no profit
Man a go a foreign,
G
Fm
Cause we work 9 to 5 and
C
G
Fm
What kind of world are we living in?
C
G
Fm
What kind of world are we living in?
Well hello ladies and gentlemen,
hello adults,
hello children
everyday we get up,
we got problem a nobody to help us solve it
G
Fm
What kind of world are we living in?
Everyday things different
a we wanna feel it
I can't get no profit
Everyday things different
a we wanna feel it
Fm
G
Cause we work 9 -5,
I can't get no profit
Fm
G
Money I make,
Fm
G
Fm
but we nah make it
C
G
Cause we work 9 -5,
I can't get no profit
Pretty close away, but we carry it
Fm
C
G
Cause we work 9 -5,
I can't make no profit
Fm
G
What kind of world are we living in?
Fm
G
Fm
What kind of world are we living in?
Fm
G
Fm
Blacker am I and blacker will be
Fm
G
I feel to chuck off in the sea
But when I remember about his majesty
F#
G
Fm
I just say what is to be, it have to be
G
C
G
What type of world are we living in?
Fm
G
What type of world are we living in?
Tell him man
Fm
G
What type of world are we living in?
Fm
G
What type of world are we living in?
C
G
Get ready everybody, get ready
Fm
C
G
C
G
Get ready everybody, get ready
C
Fm
Ready fi plant and reap
C
Fm
C
Fm
Ready fi sow and sweep
C
Fm
G
Fm
We a go plant banana, cocoa and yam
G
Fm
Dashina, pumpkin and scallion
A whole heap a go come from where dem dey
come from Mount Zion a we descend on
Me dig and me proud,
Fm
Fm
G
What kind of world are we living in?
Because of the heat they turn
rubber on teeth
Fm
C
G
Everyday things different
Fm
C
G
Cause we work 9 to 5 and
can't get no profit
Everyday things different
and we wanna feel it
Food upon shelf but we can't buy it
G
Cause we work 9 to 5 and can't get no profit
Car a drive but we can't drive it
Cause we work 9 to 5 and
can't get no profit
Man a go a foreign but we
can't make it
Cause we work 9 to 5 and
can't get no profit
What kind of world are we living in?
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG Fm C F#
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