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