Penitentiary chords by
Ice Cube
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Key: F minor
Verse 1
G#m
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"Attention all nigga rows and
nigga hoes
We've decided to rob this
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motherfucker the leg al way
Nobs injecting ourselves to
become property on the stock
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In the penal system.
In the justice system"
Verse 2
G#m
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D#m
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Penitentiary I hear you calling me
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B
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Penitentiary I hear you calling me
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Penitentiary I hear you calling me
Penitentiary I hear you calling me
Verse 3
G#m
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D#m
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As the world turns it burns
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while it's spinning
Coming to a fucked up ending
I can't wait till the day everything
in the hood is straight
And I can hit the purty gates
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G#m
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Until then, the pen is unfair
Slave ships in the middle
of nowhere (ma)
I lets my goddamn hair grow (ma)
E
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G#m
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Bellin' in court, lookin' like a scarecrow
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On Capital Hill,
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they them passed a bill
E
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Coming at me with a fucked-
up deal (nah)
The judge gave me a 'L'
But y'all can't tell
I wait and cry in my cell
Convicted negro, superhero
E
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Speaker at our house
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Takin' lyrics in my mouth
Bitches in the south
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G#m
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showin' ass (mm)
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G#m
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Mix a lot, got hoes puttin'
titties on the glass
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We blast in the west for example
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E
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G#m
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And rap about this shit over
funkadelic samples
Yo' babies see me kill a fool
on TV (Wilson!)
E
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G#m
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And straight call me a G
Verse 4
[Chorus] Penitentiary,
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D#m
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I hear you calling me
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Penitentiary, I hear you calling me
Thinkin' of illegal ways to get paid
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G#m
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But it ain't shit, got to be legit
Verse 5
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[Bridge] South-
central L.A.
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You can buy your game from the C.I.A.,
hey- hey
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And South- central L.A.
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E
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B
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You can buy your game from the C.I.A. baby
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D#m
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G#m
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E
E

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D#m
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G#m
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D#m
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G#m
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Verse 6
E
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B
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G#m
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When the evil outweighs the good
And you only give a fuck about rucks
The Earth will self- destruct (Bitch)
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Fuck the ozone layer,
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E
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bitch I'm a player (Bitch)
Plus we got a black mayor
I get sex when I shows flex
(Boom!)
Porbey Rolex (Boom!)
Which hoe is next? (Boom!)
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Would you like a piece
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of me? Not a mate
Calling you a hoe 'cause I'm fucking
on the first day (uh)
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G#m
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My world is a one- mile radius
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B
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I swear every other hood is the
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shadiest (uh)
Could the crips and blood
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G#m
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s be all rotten
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When the trilateral com
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G#m
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mission is plottin'?
What you gonna do when
the Earth erupts?
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G#m
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Some niggas gettin' nuts outa
carafel cups (punk)
Fool you on master's woe
E
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But won't even think about,
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suck ing Bob Doe (punk)
Asshole from the Senate
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How can you relate to a
G#m
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project tennant?
Motherfuck you and not the court
man, no corrections
Interlude 1
Tryina' get a section of this west- side connection
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D#m
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G#m
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E
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G#m
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D#m
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G#m
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D#m
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G#m
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D#m
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G#m
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E
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G#m
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D#m
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G#m
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E
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G#m
G#m

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D#m
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G#m
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B
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G#m
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G#m
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Verse 7
[Chorus: x2]
[Bridge]
[Repeat: x3]
Just because you gotta stay
You ain't gotta rot away
Outro 1
We goin' come and get you one day
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