Poppa Was A Playa chords by
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Key: Bb minor•

Verse 1

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To my nigga

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Who brought me in this world

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Ha, that's right nigga

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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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yelling at each other

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My poppa played the street all day,

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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what's going down"

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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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Trumpet in his jazz band, he touring

At home I play his latest recordings

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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

Outro 1

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