Proceed chords by
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Key: C minor

Intro 1

Verse 1

Ebm

I shall proceed,

and continue to rock the mic

Verse 2
Fm Fm 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Ebm Ebm 
 
Just think, what if you could just,
Eb Eb 
 
Fm Fm 
 
just blink yourself away?
Cm Cm 
 
Jeff X   can rock the mic with tooth decay
I be the 5 foot 7, residing at the Mecca,
Ebm Ebm 
 
rest address in south section
Fm Fm 
 
Used to cut class in the
E E 
 
Fm Fm 
 
infinite pursuit of ass
Cm Cm 
 
Back in eighty-six
Easy Easy with the chicks,
Fm Fm 
 
I was a chocolate boy
Cm Cm 
 
Raised in the cellar with the
Fm Fm 
 
rhythm like Ella
Ebm Ebm 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Ebm Ebm 
 
Walking mega-trife streets
Eb Eb 
 
to the subway where I lay
Fm Fm 
 
Til the train stop, then a nigga hop
Cm Cm 
 
Used to do the pop dance
to the Planet Rock
Fm Fm 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Db Db 
 
At  the block party everybody
Ebm Ebm 
 
jocked (who me?)
Db Db 
 
Ebm Ebm 
 
It's the MC  sucka niggas envy
Fm Fm 
 
Ebm Ebm 
 
Fm Fm 
 
I got my con   tract in 1993 and
Gm Gm 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Ab Ab 
 
I shall proceed
Gm Gm 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Ab Ab 
 

Verse 3

I shall proceed, and

con tinue to rock the mic

Verse 4
Fm Fm 
 
Cm Cm 
 
Fm Fm 
 
I wake up  early in  the morning,
Fm Fm 
 
I mean early afternoon
Gm Gm 
 
Break a lyrical hymn of the stem like boom
Cm Cm 
 
Db Db 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Db Db 
 
I'm flyer when I'm higher put
Bbm Bbm 
 
my shit  up on a tomb
Fm Fm 
 
That nigga represented
on the 28th of June
Bb Bb 
 
Cm Cm 
 
I'm representing Philly on the 28th of June
Ebm Ebm 
 
I can make you feel that I'm
Db Db 
 
a surreal cartoon
Faug Faug 
 
Db Db 
 
With my pistol in the face of hip hop,
F# F# 
 
stick it for papes
Fm Fm 
 
Because I'm on a paper chase,
E E 
 
Fm Fm 
 
yes I'm on a paper chase
Cm Cm 
 
My Timberlands are fully laced I be
the Mr. Boogeyman
With records from 125th to Japan
Ebm Ebm 
 
I let   them play like Donny Hathaway and shake a hand,
Ab Ab 
 
shake a hand
Fm Fm 
 
Your lady tried to kick it, but
Cm Cm 
 
I couldn't play my man
My niggas is my niggas ya see
she didn't understand
I shake your hand and shit'll hit the fan,
Db Db 
 
just think
Eb Eb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Just think, what? What if you could, just blink,
what?
Fm Fm 
 
Just blink yourself away?
Ab Ab 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Fm Fm 
 
As I   proceed

Verse 5

I shall proceed, and con tinue to rock the

mic

Verse 6

Malik B get on the 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
Db Db 
 
Ebm Ebm 
 
Johnny on the spot,
got the rhythm and the rhyme
Fm Fm 
 
Fucking with The Roots,
you know them niggas is the dime
Cm Cm 
 
I can make a hundred yard line start to dash
I can make a whole lake of fish start to splash
Ebm Ebm 
 
I can make Conan and the Titans clash
Eb Eb 
 
Fm Fm 
 
And I could Metallica and Guns
Fm Fm 
 
'N Roses crash
Cm Cm 
 
Used to smash crash parties
like I was disturbed
Used to make plots against
Bb Bb 
 
the herringbone herb
Eb Eb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
But now, all I do disperse the verb
Eb Eb 
 
Fm Fm 
 
And like a   nerd I can make you say,
Gm Gm 
 
"He's superb"
Cm Cm 
 
Worded perfect,
never ever shall you misinterpret
I move styles like bowels so now
you know I'm worth it
Eb Eb 
 
Dir ect from Philly,
the lands where niggas scheme
Ab Ab 
 
Fm Fm 
 
So you know I got the sheen in my gleam

Verse 8

I shall proceed, and continue to rock the mic

Outro 1
Fm Fm 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Fm Fm 
 
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Fm Fm

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