N.Y. State Of Mind Pt. II chords by Nas

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Verse 1
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 (E minor)  (F major) Uh, yo
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What  (E minor) up? What up?
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Em 
It's time man  (F major) (word, it's  (E minor) time?)
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Straight up (it's time,  (F major) man)
Em 
Aight, set  (E minor) that shit off (set it off then,
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 (F major) nigga)

Verse 2
Set it off (set it off)
Em 
 (E minor) Broken glass in the hallway,
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bloodstained  (F major) floors
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Neigh (E minor) bors, look at every bag
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you bring through your  (F major) doors
Em 
Lock  (E minor) the top lock,
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momma shoulda cuffed me to  (F major) the radiator
Em 
 (E minor) Why  not? It might've saved
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me later from  (F major) my block
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 (E minor) N.Y. cops, hookers crawlin' off the stroll,
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 (F major) coughin'
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Stitches  (E minor) in   they head,
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Em 
stinkin' and I dread thinkin'  (F major) they be  (E minor) snitchin'
But who else, could it be,
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shook at these,  (F major) unmarked vans
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 (E minor) Parked in the dark,
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 (F major) NARC's, where's your heart?
Em 
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Hust (E minor) lers starve, they bust a U- ey, I  (F major) jog
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To  (E minor) my building,
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come out later wearin' camou (F major) flage
Em 
See  (E minor) the sergeant and the captain,
strangle men
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Em 
 (F major) Niggas gaspin'  (E minor) for air,
'til they move no more and just stare
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Em 
 (F major) With dead  (E minor) eyes, tired of riots,
shit is quiet
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Em 
 (F major) Simple- minded  (E minor) fools infiltrate
grimy crews
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Em 
 (F major) Overcrowded  (E minor) cribs, uncles home from bids,
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sister's preg (F major) nant
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Father's on  (E minor) drugs, moms is smokin',
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 (F major) beds is piss- infested
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Had  (E minor) eight partners growin' up,
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eight turned to  (F major) seven
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Seven  (E minor) turned to six niggas,
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got two  (F major) in heaven
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Six  (E minor) of us, holdin' it,
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now it's five rollin'  (F major) thick
Em 
The sixth  (E minor) one's parole flipped,
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Em 
five  (F major) niggas, went to four quick (E minor) 
When he went O.T., college life,
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Em 
 (F major) converted in (E minor) to   gangbangin'
Four niggas still hangin',
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Em 
 (F major) years passin' an (E minor) d slang changin'
Three of us now, fourth
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Em 
 (F major) nigga ain't  (E minor) around
We all thought he was real,
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he did the  (F major) snake shit
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 (E minor) Fake shit, beat his ass down
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Em 
Yo,  (F major) his mouth could've  (E minor) got  us all wasted,
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what a fuckin'  (F major) clown
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All  (E minor) I got left in the end is
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two of my best  (F major) friends
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And  (E minor) we all goin' out,
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to the  (F major) death for these ends, what?

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Verse 3

New York,

New York (New York state of mind)

New York, New York (New York

state of mind)

You heard about it, you

Verse 4
Em 
 (E minor) see  about it
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You read about it, it's  (F major) in your papers
Em 
 (E minor) It's in your daily news
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Em 
 (F major) (get (E minor) money)
New York chronicles, every day
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Em 
 (F major) The crime rate,  (E minor) the murder rate
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Em 
The money  (F major) rate, the  (E minor) pa   per chase,
you know what I mean?
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Em 
 (F major) New York state  (E minor) of mind baby,
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 (F major) check it out

Verse 5
Em 
I'm at  (E minor) the, gamblin' spot,
my hands on a knot
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Em 
 (F major) New York  (E minor) Yankee cap cover my eyes,
stand in one spot
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Em 
 (F major) I take  (E minor) a nigga dough,
send him home to a shoebox
You lost that nigga I put
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your dollar  (F major) in the jukebox
Em 
Hear  (E minor) my favorite song,
all these niggas sing along
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Em 
 (F major) All the cigar (E minor) ette smoke's cloggin' my lungs,
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 (F major) hoodrats flashin' they tongue
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 (E minor) Young thugs blastin' they gun,
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we got repu (F major) tations
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 (E minor) Bitches and niggas both
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on parole or pro (F major) bation
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Shit  (E minor) is sick, niggas got gats,
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army fa (F major) tigues
Em 
I got my  (E minor) eyes glued on,
whoever walk in or leave
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Em 
 (F major) 'Cause I  (E minor) ain't playin',
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niggas'll run up in here and shoot up this  (F major) shit
Em 
Stick  (E minor) yo'  ass up,
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niggas'll find the loot in your kick (F major) s
Em 
Bunch  (E minor) of triple- cross niggas,
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just New  (F major) York niggas
Em 
 (E minor) Lift you off your feet when they
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was just talkin'  (F major) with you
Em 
Some of  (E minor) these dudes the feds be on 'em,
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you knew 'em for  (F major) years
Em 
Be  (E minor) the type when you walk in a pub,
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they offer you  (F major) beers
Em 
That  (E minor) ain't gangsta,
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niggas is up North with tatted  (F major) tears
Em 
 (E minor) Your name's on the affidavit,
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you rat (F major) ted kid
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 (E minor) Faggot ass niggas that
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be scared to do  (F major) they bids
Em 
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 (E minor) Fuck you, we run you out of  (F major) N.Y,
you can't live
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Got  (E minor) your quiet niggas,
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that relocated down  (F major) South
Em 
Com (E minor) in' back to floss,
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then you got the jealous  (F major) loudmouths
Em 
All  (E minor) of a sudden we got Crips and Bloods,
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 (F major) D.T.'s
Em 
 (E minor) Runnin' 'round quick to split your mug,
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it's  (F major) easy to score
Em 
 (E minor) But it's hard to get the shit off
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Em 
 (F major) Niggas fightin'  (E minor) over hundred sales,
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jump in the car and drive  (F major) off
Em 
When  (E minor) the fiend come around the block,
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happy  (F major) as hell
Em 
 (E minor) Nig  gas,
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mad 'cause they ain't get a piece of that  (F major) sale
Em 
Cut (E minor) throat connivers, universal,
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Em 
 (F major) ghetto survivor (E minor) s
Go to any hood that's live
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and make  (F major) it liver
Em 
 (E minor) A lot of niggas schemin', some real,
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some niggas  (F major) frontin'
Em 
 (E minor) But I'm a big dreamer,
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so  (F major) watch me come up with somethin'