Promised Land chords by The Game
Verse 1
Em
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Sometimes I wonder
Am
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Em
Am
Man, how long is it gon' be
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Am
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for my people to come out
Am
Man we strugglin,
F
it's hard sometimes, but
Dm
Em
Tomorrow's better than yesterday,
Am
Em
uhh
F
[The Game] I was,
Verse 2
Am
born in the slums,
struggled from day one
Ray Charles vision,
F
blinded by the light from the sun
Dm
Em
No navigation, no sense of direction,
darker complexion
Made it hard to live; dad,
F
how you fathered your kids?
Verse 3
Am
Stranded on the highway of life,
left us out to die, left us out to dry
Shhhh, I'm still here, my
F
mother's cries
Dm
Em
Nigga no father figures
make harder niggaz
Through the years,
went to war with niggaz from what I saw in the picture
F
Now your
Verse 4
Am
son is bigger,
13, but just like you
Moms said I would grow
F
up and be just like you
Dm
Em
From what you did to my sister
she disliked you
Sixteen, eleventh grade,
Am
look at me just like you
Verse 5
Gunnin for riches,
runnin hoppin project fences
Street corners to Arizona,
F
how I earn my digits
Dm
And I'm far from finished,
Em
gamin 'til my coffee diminish
Why pray for the afterlife when mines just beginnin,
F
huh
Interlude 1
Am
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Dm
Em
Am
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Dm
Em
F
[The Game] Only son by our mother
Verse 6
Am
, no brothers,
only sisters by this one
Every time I kissed one I missed one,
F
let me explain
Dm
Em
Eight years before the game,
everything came with pain
Verse 7
Em
Watch the fate of my family slain
Am
would never see good times a- gayn
Cursed with pain by a nigga with no shame
My father, that have the same
F
name as his father
Dm
Em
My grandfather wouldn't believe,
he pulled up our family tree
F
I can see him rollin over in his coffin
Verse 8
Am
I'm left with often,
thoughts of how could you molest your daughter
They say that's ten times worse
F
than manslaughter
Dm
Em
Man you ought of, be dead in a grave
Verse 9
Em
But it wasn't my call,
so instead you sat in a cage
F
Am
High- powered, two- hundred and fifty pound,
six- five coward
F
Would of been dead in an hour
Dm
Em
Heard you was scared to take a shower,
scared of the yard
F
Your end is near, you shoulda been scared of God,
Am
motherfucker
Interlude 2
Am
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Dm
Em
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Verse 10
Dm
[The Game]
Em
Am
Em
Am
All my niggaz listen, huh
I stay a step ahead of the rest of y'all
Why I gotta keep a vest for y'all
Though I made it dog I still
F
stress for y'all
Dm
Em
Funny how my folks think rap
money stretch so far
Verse 11
Em
Pray to God my niggaz see through all
the checks and the cars
F
Am
I'm tryin to invest in what's ours,
gimme a couple of years dog
I'll turn your tears stress
and your scars
Into lawn chairs and green
F
Dm
grass in your yard
Em
I'm tryin to watch my kids wrestlin yours
Verse 12
Em
Not have
to get 'em ready for school
and strap a vest on 'em all
F
Am
I know sometimes it get hard
Keep your head up mami,
reach for the stars
Verse 13
Am
Havin a child is like a blessing from God
F
Dm
You just gotta work hard,
Em
can't let your youngest star strip in that bar
I feel your pain,
this shit is rippin my heart
F
But where and when do we start,
Am
listen to the voice in back of my mind
Verse 14
Am
Can't reach all my women
so I attack it in rhyme
F
Dm
Em
I know what you're feelin, I'm wripin ya tears ma,
it could happen in time
F
For now I take your tear strife sufferin, imagine it mine,
Outro 1
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Promised Land
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