Poppa Was A Playa chords by Nas
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Verse 1
(A minor) (D minor) (F major) To my nigga (D minor)
Who (A minor) brought me in this world (D minor)
(F major) Ha, that's right nigga
My ol' (A minor) dad
Verse 2
important to the family (D minor) structure,
provider, a God
(F major) My moms a queen,
that universal team civil (A minor) ized us
My pops maybe was late (D minor)
but always came home
My (F major) moms would put us to bed
and she would wait (A minor) on
Soon as he walk in the door she (D minor) barking
I turned down the (F major) Johnny Carson
Jumped out the bed,
we grabbed both his (A minor) legs
Me and my brother,
not (D minor) knowing the pain he gave my mother
(F major) Night after night, fighting,
yelling (D minor) at each (A minor) other
My poppa played the street (D minor) all day,
mama was either (F major) home
Or at work, while we played
inside the hallway
(A minor) She sacrifices all
she got to (D minor) feed us
When she was alone (F major) she cried by the
phone peeping out the window (A minor) heated
But still I didn't see it, (D minor)
mama hid it from us (F major)
We was kids younger,
'til (D minor) we got bigger, (A minor) on to
Bigger things that we (D minor) knew
what the time was
(F major) That daddy was leaving his crib
and my mom's (A minor) love
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Verse 3
Poppa (A minor) was a playa, (D minor) playa was in poppa
(F major) Poppa loved the ladies,
never (D minor) got enough (A minor) of
The pretty brown round,
(D minor) running round town
(F major) "(Sh!) Don't tell your mother
what's going (A minor) (D minor) (A minor) down"
Poppa (D minor) was (A minor) a playa, (D minor) playa was in poppa
(F major) Poppa loved the ladies,
never got (D minor) enough (A minor) of
The pretty brown round,
(D minor) running round town
(F major) "(Sh!) Don't tell your mother
what's going (D minor) down"
So (A minor) many kids
Verse 4
(A minor) I knew,
never knew who (D minor) pop was
That's why I show my (F major) pop love
He was still around when I popped (A minor) up
He could have left my moms pregnant,
(D minor) shook to death
But stayed, watched me (F major) crawl
'til I took my first step
To the first grade, (A minor) to my first fistfight
Right be (D minor) hind me he would stand
No mat (F major) ter how big or tall,
he made me fight you like a man
(A minor) Throw dirt in ya eye, swing my right,
scoop (D minor) your ass and slam
He watched (F major) me so I wouldn't get
jumped by shorty's fam
(A minor) Roaches of weed all over my crib, (D minor)
him and moms relaxing
(F major) Next thing you know he packing,
so (D minor) then I asked him
(A minor) "What's this white shit on
that plate and your (D minor) face?
And, Poppa,
why you (F major) butt- ass from the waist
And, who's this lady I'm facing?
(A minor) Dark skin, you're not my mommy!"
He (D minor) grabbed me up to run some
smooth (F major) words by me
Promise me things that he would buy me
If I (A minor) kept my mouth closed
and don't tell (D minor) mommy
He said one day I'll (F major) understand,
"Little me
What's in you is inside me"
(A minor) Poppa
Verse 5
was a playa, (D minor) playa was in poppa
(F major) Poppa loved the ladies,
never got (D minor) enough (A minor) of
The pretty brown round,
(D minor) running round town
(F major) "(Sh!) Don't tell your mother
what's going (D minor) (A minor) down" (D minor)
Poppa was (A minor) a playa, (D minor) playa was in poppa
(F major) Poppa loved the ladies,
never got (D minor) enough (A minor) of
The pretty brown round,
(D minor) running round town
(F major) "(Sh!) Don't tell your mother
what's going down" (D minor)
(A minor) Pops told me
Verse 6
hold my own
Pops (D minor) told me value home
Could (F major) I help it poppa was a rolling stone?
Who loved the pretty (A minor) brown round,
outta town bound
(D minor) Trumpet in his jazz band, he (F major) touring
At home I play his latest recordings
(A minor) And it's strange now how I do my thing now, (D minor)
I'm in the game now
In (F major) herited his brainpower, to pull
strings and gain power (A minor)
From weed habits are the same now
No (D minor) white lines, no trumpets,
just tight rhymes
(F major) And beats that be pumpin, 'fore he left,
he taught me something
(A minor) A child's young years the most
im (D minor) portant time to be there
That's (F major) why he stayed 'til we grew up,
respect is (D minor) still here
(A minor) I'm older now,
see what having a (D minor) father's about
One day (F major) they can be in your life,
next day, they be out
It's not be (A minor) cause of you,
you know the deal
(D minor) Him and your moms feel
(F major) If they stay together then
someone will get killed
I love you (A minor) still, always will,
'cause (D minor) that's my nigga
Although you (F major) felt you was wrong,
I still feel you kid
(D minor) Life (A minor) goes on
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Poppa Was A Playa
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