Key: E minor•
Intro 1
Am
C
B
Am
C
Am
C
Am
Em
It's a new day, ya
Verse 1
Am
C
Am
know what I'm sayin'?
Verse 2
problem to a brother
Bm
Em
god for my mother
Either locked up playin' dead and
The lord he had a plan for me
C
B
And with his help my mother
Am
Em
Taught me how to save my little di vidends
a little school money
C
B
But in the sixth grade I wanted
And left my mother dear at
Am
Em
home with a sad soul
fingers to the bone
B
Em
and me I bought a death home
out with the style
Am
Em
for raisin' another nig ga's child
Am
C
So now we livin' comft
able
Taught me the game and
B
Em
how to be responsible
Am
Em
teen so the kid's leavin'
My grandma's strong,
Am
Em
she's got nine kids of her own
B
Em
see just how the shit feels
Em
Am
just had a stroke
And now the money's low
C
B
And pretty soon a brother's
I'm in the ghetto,
Am
Em
I gots ta get myself out
Em
Am
better place to stay
I'm losin' all hope,
I can't cope,
Am
Em
so now I'm slangin' dope
I'm doin' wrong
B
Em
Am
Take care of her grandson
And the lord must of heard her prayer
Am
Em
And got me on up outta there
You couldn't have told
Em
Am
B
C
Am
But now I feel
C
Interlude 1
ya
C
B
Em
Am
C
Am
Verse 3
Em
Am
I'm eighteen,
Em
Am
had my first son
May eleven,
B
C
I never will forget the day
A star's born,
Am
Em
let's name him little Scarface
Am
C
My first born and yo I'm a proud father
B
Em
I gotta son, I gots ta be my son's father
But what the hell,
Am
Em
I gots ta keep my baby fed
B
C
and pampers trying ta do my part
And he's my son,
B
Em
I gots ta try to make him hard
Because the Tonka toys
Am
Em
will only punk my boy
to look at life
B
Em
in' to make it life- like
Am
B
But yet and still I let my son be a kid
Am
Em
exactly like my momma did
The game I gave him way back
B
Em
when he used to roller skate
Bm
C
I really gots ta give the real and
Am
Em
try to play the father's role
he'll remember most
C
B
So it's all about little Marcus
Em
Am
and me becomin' close
C
If it ain't my line of work it's the girlies
Am
Em
Am
on my popsicle
Em
Am
tryin to drive me crazy
"It's your daughter,
don't she look like you?"
Am
Em
why don't you take it to ma momma do
B
Em
tryin' to get a free meal
Am
Em
braggin' om the child support
she's breakin' me
B
E
Am
that she was just fakin' G
B
Em
go after the other dude
Am
Em
Am
I know that I'm the baby's father
I heard my daddy say them
hoes will try ta kill ya
Em
Am
C
Am
Em
But now I feel ya
Interlude 2
Am
C
B
E
Am
C
Verse 4
twenty- two and
finally got a grip on life
B
Em
Am
I put away my pocket knife
B
C
And got a bigger stick to fight with
Em
Am
ain't a nightstick
B
Em
And everyday, we face to face with death
Am
B
I seen my homies go and come
C
Am
And judgment day is just something
B
C
So I gotta protect myself from
B
Em
suckers who be runnin' up
killin' off my own kind
Am
Em
Am
man I'm a defend mine
My brother corners trying to keep
Don't fight each other,
B
Em
E
we got's ta stand and fight the beast
Em
Am
another brother's shit
And the cops is in the same vote
C
B
Just because we comin' up quick they
E
Am
think we slang dope
They shootin' ta kill,
B
Em
I really wouldn't give a fuck
B
C
family with memories
Am
Em
til you dead and gone
B
Em
You straight up shot him from behind
Em
Am
don't know how to act
But you gotta tell your story to the judge
B
E
the judge that everybody loves
grants you forgiveness
C
Am
Then in reality you took
care of your business
B
E
But I ain't going' out like that
Am
C
Am
Ya feel me?
Outro 1
Yeah
Am
C
B
E
Am
C
Am
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