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(G major)
I came (D major) to New
Verse 1
York
by way of my old earth.
(G major) My father came over here (D major) from Haiti
about 40 years ago. (G major)
My father did (D major) not teach me (G major) his language. (D major)
(G major) I barely knew him as my father.
(D major) He is like the devil
in that he (G major) gave me nothing.
Why is he like the devil? (D major)
Because he avoided me
(G major) since I was a little boy.
Why do you not seek him out now,
(D major) but to a grown man?
Be (G major) cause my mother gave me
(D major) food for thought and belly. (G major)
(D major) Does this have anything to do
with (G major) the above question?
I didn't need him to acquire
the know (D major) ledge of myself.
(G major) (D major) What is (G major) the knowledge of yourself?
My own (D major) self is a righteous God
Are there any gods (G major) other than righteous?
I beg your pardon,
I've never heard (D major) of one
Now (G major) drawing up that (D major) de gree ain't hard
(G major) Cause if you ain't righteous,
how (D major) you supposed to be God?
Another question you might have,
no (G major) doubt
How does God on his album cover
lookin' knocked out?
(D major) For me it's simple and plain,
let me (G major) ex plain
It's symbolic to the fact
that (D major) I've been through some things
I wasn't trippin' or takin'
no ass (G major) whippin' literally
I'm just tryin' to show you my pain
Cause (D major) life imitates art
like be (G major) fore I even had kids
Naming my (D major) first album (G major) the best part
(D major) The life of this artist is drawn (G major) kinda dark
The dark (D major) ness accentuates the light spark
To reveal this room full (G major) of powder cans
That explodes into all of these (D major) sands
So visually, that was me
knocked (G major) out
Musically,
this is me getting (D major) up off the ground
I used this assaultin' battery to (G major) energize
And set sail on (D major) a whole
nother enterprise
Boldly go where MCs are (G major) scared to
Man up in ways (D major) boys ain't pre (G major) pared to
(D major) Take life's hardest hits on (G major) the chin
Wipe the blood off (D major) my cheek
and begin again
So why these rappers
fantasize and (G major) pretend
This is show you art
imitates (D major) life now and then
How many records (G major) have
you released as JY? (D major)
A little over 5
How many records have you sold
com (G major) bined since your first
album?
Approximately 100 (D major) ,000
Do you mean to say (G major) that the millions
of people who love hip (D major) -hop
aren't aware of your music?
(G major) Yes, sir.
(D major) I can hardly believe that unless they were blind,
deaf, and dumb.
Well, they were made blind, deaf, and dumb
by popular culture
since they were babies.
And a label fooled Jay Live?
No, not nowadays.
(G major) Do you mean (D major) to say the labels were
fooling Jay Live for 10 years?
Yes. (G major) (D major) The labels made an
interpretation
(G major) that I received gold for my labor,
more than I (D major) could earn
in my own company. (G major)
(D major) Then, did (G major) you receive gold?
No, no, no, (D major) no, (G major) no. (D major)
(G major) The labels disappeared.
And there (D major) was no one there
to speak my language. (G major)
Then, then, then, then what happened?
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(D major) (G major)
You
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