Paper, Paper chords by
Dead Prez

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Key: E minor•

Verse 1

Em

Em

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Houghton

G

G

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Street,

Em

Em

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Dean

Street,

Click

Clack,

C

C

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President,

Nostrand

Em

Em

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Al,

GPs,

Orange

Al,

G

G

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RBGs,

Em

Em

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T -Town, who wanna ride?

C

C

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G

G

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Brooklyn, come on, come on

Em

Em

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Sitting in the living room on the floor,

G

G

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hunger pain got me on some migraine, but I'm a maintainer

Em

Em

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Got two or three dollars to my name and my homies in

C

C

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G

G

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the same boat going through the same thing

Em

Em

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Ready for a caper, daily plotting for the paper,

G

G

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we been living in the dark since

April

Bm

Bm

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B

B

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On the candle, gotta get a handle

C

C

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My homie got a .25 automatic,

G

G

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add it to the

gamble

Em

Em

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Get the phone book,

look up in the yellow page

G

G

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Let me tell you how we finna get paid

Bm

Bm

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We gon' order pink out

B

B

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Bm

Bm

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when they see the driver

C

C

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G

G

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We gon' stick the .25 up in his face

Em

Em

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Let's ride, steppin' outside like warriors

G

G

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Into the notorious

Southside

B

B

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One weapon to the four of us

Hidin' in the corridor till we see the

C

C

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deed from the car

G

G

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Headlights,

Em

Em

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white boy in the wrong place at the right time

G

G

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Soon as the car door open, I'll be mine

Bm

Bm

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We roll up quick and put the pistol to his

nose

By the look on his face,

C

C

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he probably shittin'

G

G

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his clothes

Em

Em

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You know what this is, it's a stick up

G

G

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Give me the dough from your pick -ups,

you ran into the wrong

Bm

Bm

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You running down the block hot

B

B

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with these stacks of boxes

C

C

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So we split up and met

G

G

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back at the apartment

Em

Em

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Hell yeah

G

G

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Yo, ain't you hungry, mutt?

Bm

Bm

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Hell yeah

B

B

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Bm

Bm

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C

C

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G

G

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You wanna get paid, mutt?

Em

Em

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Hell yeah

G

G

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Ain't you tired of starving, mutt?

Bm

Bm

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Hell yeah

B

B

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Well, let's ride in

C

C

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Hell yeah

G

G

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Hell yeah

Em

Em

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I know a way we can get paid

B

B

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You can get down,

G

G

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but you can't be afraid

Let's go to the

Bm

Bm

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DMV and get a

ID

B

B

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C

C

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G

G

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The name says you, but the face is me

Em

Em

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Now it's your turn, take my paperwork

G

G

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Like one, two, three, let's make it work

Bm

Bm

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B

B

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Then, fill out the credit card application

Bm

Bm

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C

C

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And it's gon' be about three

G

G

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weeks of waitin'

For

Em

Em

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American

Express,

Discovery

Car

G

G

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Platinum

Visa,

MasterCard

B

B

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Cause when we was booted,

then we was targets

C

C

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G

G

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Now we just walk right up and say,

charge it

Em

Em

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To the game, we rockin' brand names

G

G

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Well known at department store chains

Bm

Bm

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B

B

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Even got the boys in the crew

for a few things

C

C

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G

G

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Popo never know who's the true blame

Em

Em

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Store after store,

you know we kept rollin'

G

G

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Wait two weeks, report the car stolen

Bm

Bm

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B

B

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Repeat the cycle like a laundromat

C

C

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Like a glitch in the system,

G

G

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it's hard to catch

Em

Em

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Coming out the mall with

the shopping bags

G

G

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We can take it right back,

then get the cash, yeah

Bm

Bm

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B

B

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Get a friend, then do it again

C

C

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G

G

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Damn right, that's how we pay the rent

Em

Em

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G

G

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Yeah, got to get this paper I'm

Bm

Bm

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down for the cake, but

C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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We stay on the ground

G

G

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It's a damn big struggle

Bm

Bm

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We all gotta hustle

C

C

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G

G

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This is the way we survive

Em

Em

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G

G

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Bm

Bm

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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G

G

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Bm

Bm

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C

C

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G

G

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I know a

Em

Em

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G

G

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K -12, we can get some government paper,

you know food stamps, can we really

do that?

Bm

Bm

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C

C

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Hell yeah, right there, voter taken, f*** welfare,

G

G

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Em

Em

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we say reparations and uh, you know

G

G

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the grind, get up early, get on the line and just wait,

B

B

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everybody on break, that's part

And when they call your name,

Miss

C

C

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Case

G

G

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Worker, let me state my claim

Em

Em

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I'm homeless, jobless,

G

G

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times is hard, I'm bout hopeless

But I gotta eat regardless,

B

B

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no family to run to, I'm 22

C

C

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Now tell me what the f***

G

G

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am I supposed to do?

Em

Em

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My sad story made her feel close to me,

G

G

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I made her feel like it was an emergency

Em

Em

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And when I came to the crib, couldn't believe,

C

C

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G

G

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I came back with a big bag of grocery

Em

Em

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Every job I ever had, I had to get em'

G

G

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The first day,

I find how to pimp the system

Bm

Bm

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B

B

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Two steps ahead of the manager,

C

C

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getting over on the regular

G

G

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Tax free money out the register

Em

Em

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And when I'm working late nights,

locking boxes

G

G

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I'm creepin' they merchandise and

Bm

Bm

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don't put me on dishes

C

C

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I'm droppin' the p***s and takin'

G

G

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all day long to mop the kitchen

Em

Em

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We ain't gettin' paid commission,

G

G

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minimum wage, modern day slave conditions

Bm

Bm

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Got me flippin' burgers with no power and can't

C

C

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G

G

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even buy one off what I make in an hour

Em

Em

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I'm not the one to kiss

s*** for the top position

G

G

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I take mine off the top like a politician

Bm

Bm

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Where I'm from,

B

B

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doin' dirt is a part of livin'

C

C

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G

G

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I got miles to feed, dawg, I got to get it

Em

Em

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

G

G

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You down to roll my d***?

Bm

Bm

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Yeah, yeah, yeah,

B

B

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C

C

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You better get your hands dirty,

my d***

G

G

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Em

Em

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

G

G

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Your momma need money and thangs,

my d -

Bm

Bm

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Yeah, yeah,

B

B

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Well, that's where I did

C

C

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Yeah, yeah, yeah,

G

G

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Come on, come on

Em

Em

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G

G

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If you claimin' gangsta

Bm

Bm

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B

B

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Then bang on the system

Em

Em

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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And show that you ready to ride

Take it off

G

G

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Bm

Bm

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B

B

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Freedom, we got to get over

C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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Em

Em

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We steady on the grind

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Paper, Paper by Dead Prez is E minor.

The primary chords used in Paper, Paper are Em, G, C, Bm, B.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Em, G, C, Bm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Paper, Paper is approximately 125 beats per minute.

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