Proceed chords by
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Key: C minor

Intro 1

F#m

Verse 1

F#m

C#m

I shall proceed,

C#m

and continue to rock the mic

C#m

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

Verse 3

C#m

I shall proceed, and

C#m

con tinue to rock the mic

C#m

Verse 4
Bm Bm 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Bm Bm 
 
I wake up    early in  the morning,
Bm Bm 
 
I mean early afternoon
C#m C#m 
 
Break a lyrical hymn of the stem  like boom
F#m F#m 
 
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
I'm flyer when I'm higher put
Em Em 
 
my shit up on a tomb
Bm Bm 
 
That nigga represented
on the 28th of June
E E 
 
F#m F#m 
 
I'm representing Philly on the 28th of June
Am Am 
 
I can make you feel that I'm
G G 
 
a surreal cartoon
Baug Baug 
 
G G 
 
With my pistol in the face of hip hop,
C C 
 
stick it for papes
Bm Bm 
 
Because I'm on a paper chase,
A# A# 
 
Bm Bm 
 
yes I'm on  a paper chase
F#m F#m 
 
My Timberlands are fully laced I be
the Mr. Boogeyman
With records from 125th to Japan
Am Am 
 
I let them play like Donny Hathaway and shake a hand,
D D 
 
shake a hand
Bm Bm 
 
Your lady tried to kick it, but
F#m F#m 
 
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,
G G 
 
just think
A A 
 
D D 
 
Just think, what? What if you could, just blink,
what?
Bm Bm 
 
Just blink yourself away?
D D 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Bm Bm 
 
As I  proceed

Verse 5

F#m

C#m

I shall proceed, and con tinue to rock the

mic

C#m

Verse 6

F#m

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
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
Johnny on the spot,
got the rhythm and the rhyme
Bm Bm 
 
Fucking with The Roots,
you know them niggas is the dime
F#m F#m 
 
I can make a hundred yard  line start to dash
I can make a whole lake of fish start to splash
Am Am 
 
I can make Conan and the Titans clash
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
And I could Metallica and Guns
Bm Bm 
 
'N Roses crash
F#m F#m 
 
Used to smash crash parties
like I was disturbed
Used to make plots against
E E 
 
the herringbone herb
A A 
 
D D 
 
But now, all I do disperse the verb
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
And like a  nerd I can make you say,
C#m C#m 
 
"He's superb"
F#m F#m 
 
Worded perfect,
never ever shall you misinterpret
I move styles like bowels so now
you know I'm worth it
A A 
 
Direct from Philly,
the lands where niggas scheme
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
So you know I got the sheen in my gleam

Verse 8

C#m

I shall proceed, and continue to rock the mic

Outro 1
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
C#m C#m 
 
D D 
 
C#m C#m 
 
D D 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm

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