Poppa Was A Playa chords by
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Verse 1

To my nigga

Who brought me in this world

Ha, that's right nigga

My ol' dad

Verse 2
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important to the family structure,
provider, a God
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My moms a queen,
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that universal team civilized us
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My pops maybe was late
but always came home
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My moms would put us to bed
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and she would wait on
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Soon as he walk in the door she barking
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I turned down the Johnny Carson
Jumped out the bed,
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we grabbed both his legs
Me and my brother,
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not knowing the pain he gave my mother
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Night after night, fighting,
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Am Am 
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yelling at  each other
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My poppa played the street all day,
F F 
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mama was either home
Or at work, while we played
inside the hallway
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She sacrifices all
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she got to feed us
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When she was alone she cried by the
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phone peeping out the window heated
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But still I didn't see it,
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mama hid it from us
We was kids younger,
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'til we  got bigger, on to
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Bigger things that we knew
what the time was
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That daddy was leaving his crib
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and my mom's love

Verse 3
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Poppa was a playa, playa was in poppa
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Poppa loved the ladies,
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Am Am 
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never got enough of
The pretty brown round,
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running round town
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"(Sh!) Don't tell your mother
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Am Am 
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what's going down"
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Poppa was a playa, playa was in poppa
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Poppa loved the ladies,
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Am Am 
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never got enough of
The pretty brown round,
Dm Dm 
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running round town
F F 
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"(Sh!) Don't tell your mother
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what's going down"
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So many kids

Verse 4
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I knew,
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never knew who pop was
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That's why I show my pop love
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He was still around when I popped up
He could have left my moms pregnant,
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shook to death
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But stayed, watched me crawl
'til I took my first step
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To the first grade, to  my first fistfight
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Right behind me he would stand
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No matter how big or tall,
he made me fight you like a man
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Throw dirt in ya eye, swing my right,
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scoop your ass and slam
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He watched me so I wouldn't get
jumped by shorty's fam
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Roaches of weed all over my crib,
him and moms relaxing
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Next thing you know he packing,
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so then I asked him
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"What's this white shit on
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that plate and your face?
And, Poppa,
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why you butt- ass from the waist
And, who's this lady I'm facing?
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Dark skin, you're not my mommy!"
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He grabbed me up to run some
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smooth words by me
Promise me things that he would buy me
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If I kept my mouth closed
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and don't tell mommy
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He said one day I'll understand,
"Little me
What's in you is inside me"
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Poppa

Verse 5
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was a playa, playa was in poppa
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Poppa loved the ladies,
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Am Am 
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never got enough of
The pretty brown round,
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running round town
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"(Sh!) Don't tell your mother
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Am Am 
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Dm Dm 
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what's going down"
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Poppa was a playa, playa was in poppa
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Poppa loved the ladies,
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Am Am 
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never got enough of
The pretty brown round,
Dm Dm 
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running round town
F F 
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"(Sh!) Don't tell your mother
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what's going down"
Am Am 
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Pops told me

Verse 6
hold my own
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Pops told me value home
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Could I help it poppa was a rolling stone?
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Who loved the pretty brown round,
outta town bound
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F F 
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Trumpet in his jazz band, he touring
At home I play his latest recordings
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Dm Dm 
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And it's strange now how I do my thing now,
I'm in the game now
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Inherited his brainpower, to pull
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strings and gain power
From weed habits are the same now
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No white lines, no trumpets,
just tight rhymes
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And beats that be pumpin, 'fore he left,
he taught me something
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A child's young years the most
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important time to be there
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That's why he stayed 'til we grew up,
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respect is still here
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I'm older now,
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see what having a father's about
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One day they can be in your life,
next day, they be out
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It's not because of you,
you know the deal
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Him and your moms feel
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If they stay together then
someone will get killed
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I love you still, always will,
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'cause that's my nigga
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Although you felt you was wrong,
I still feel you kid
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Life goes on

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