Proceed 3 chords by The Roots
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Intro 1
(A minor)
Verse 1
I shall (A minor) proceed, (D minor) (A minor) (D minor) (E minor) (D minor) (C minor) (D minor)
(F major)
(D minor) and con (E minor) tinue to rock (D minor) the (F major) (C major) mic
(E minor)
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Verse 2
(D minor)
(A minor) Just think, what if you could (D minor) (C minor) just,
(C major) (D minor) just blink yourself away?
Jeff (A minor) X can rock the mic with tooth decay
I be the 5 foot 7, residing at the Mecca,
rest (C minor) address in south section
Used to cut class (D minor) in the
(C sharp major) infinite pursuit of (D minor) ass
(A minor) Back in eighty- six
Easy with the chicks,
I was a chocolate boy (D minor)
(A minor) Raised in the cellar with the
rhythm like El (D minor) la
(C minor) Walking mega- (C major) (C minor) trife streets
to the sub (C major) way where I lay
(D minor) Til the train stop, then a nigga hop
(A minor) Used to do the pop dance
to the Planet Rock
(D minor) At the (A minor) block party everybody (B flat major)
(C minor) jocked (who me?)
It's the MC (B flat major) (C minor) sucka niggas envy
I (D minor) got my (C minor) con tract (D minor) in 1993 and
I shall (E minor) (D minor) proceed (F major)
(E minor) (B minor) (E minor) (D minor) (F major)
Verse 3
(F major)
I shall (E minor) proceed, and (D minor) (E minor) (D minor) (F major)
con (E minor) tinue to rock (D minor) the (F major) mic
(E minor)
Verse 4
(D minor)
I wake up (A minor) early (D minor) in the morning,
I mean early afternoon (D minor)
Break a lyrical hymn of the (E minor) stem like boom
(A minor) I'm (B flat major) flyer when I'm (D minor) (B flat major) higher put
my (G minor) shit up on a tomb
(D minor) That nigga represented
on the 28th of June
I'm repres (G major) enting (A minor) Philly on the 28th of June
I can make you feel that (C minor) I'm
a surreal cartoon (B flat major)
With my (Daug) pistol in the (B flat major) face of hip hop,
stick it for (E flat major) papes
Because (D minor) I'm on a paper chase,
yes I'm (C sharp major) on a (D minor) paper chase
My Timber (A minor) lands are fully laced I be
the Mr. Boogeyman
With records from 125th to Japan
I (C minor) let them play like Donny Hathaway and shake a hand,
shake (F major) a hand
Your (D minor) lady tried to kick it, but
I couldn't play my (A minor) man
My niggas is my niggas ya see
she didn't understand
I shake your hand and shit'll hit the fan,
(B flat major) just think
Just think, what? What if you (C major) could, just (F major) blink,
what?
(D minor) Just blink yourself away?
As I (F major) (E minor) proceed (D minor)
Verse 5
I (A minor) shall (F major) proceed, and (E minor) con tinue (D minor) to rock the
(G major) (B flat major) (C major) mic
(E minor) (D minor) (F major) (B flat major)
Verse 6
(D minor)
Malik (C major) B get on the (A minor) mic yo there's too
much on my mind (say what?)
Malik get on the mic,
Verse 7
there's too much on my mind
(B flat major) Johnny on the (C minor) spot,
got the rhythm and the rhyme
Fucking with The (D minor) Roots,
you know them niggas is the dime
I can make a hundred (A minor) yard line start to dash
I can make a whole lake of fish start to splash
I (C minor) can make Conan and the Titans clash
And I could (C major) Metal (D minor) lica and Guns
'N Roses (D minor) crash
Used to (A minor) smash crash parties
like I was disturbed
Used to make plots against
the herringbone (G major) herb
(C major) But now, all I do disperse the ver (F major) b
And like a (C major) nerd I can (D minor) make you say,
"He's super (E minor) b"
Worded (A minor) perfect,
never ever shall you misinterpret
I move styles like bowels so now
you know I'm worth it
(C major) Direct from Philly,
the lands where niggas scheme
So you (F major) know I got the (D minor) sheen in my gleam
Verse 8
I (D minor) shall (B flat major) (E minor) proceed, (D minor) (F major) and con (E minor) tinue to rock (D minor) the mic
Outro 1
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(E minor) (D minor) (F major) (E minor) (D minor)
(F major) (E minor) (F major) (E minor)
(F major) (E minor) (D minor) (F major)
(F major)
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