Key: A minor
Verse 1
Cm
You better know it
You better know it
Interlude 1
You better know it
Cm
Verse 2
Fm
If a hitman don't get you then
Bb
Fm
slaughter will
Bb
Streets don't deal with the funky mind,
Fm
Bb
Fm
soon be killed
Bb
Fm
You better know it, you better know it
Bb
Fight for what you think is right,
Fm
don't give up
Bb
Fm
Fight it when you know you're right
Bb
Fm
You sure enough got to pick on him
Either a man with an organiza
Bb
Fm
tion or kind loving slim
You better know it,
Bb
Fm
Bb
Fm
you better know it, hey
Bb
Fm
Wait, time for the turnaround, that means change
Cm
from front to back
C
Cm
C
Cm
Verse 3
Fm
Bb
Fm
Bb
Hey hey, it's time for the turnaround, that
Fm
changes from front to back
Bb
We got to do it the new way,
Fm
keep the people off your back
Bb
Fm
But when it's time to kill
Bb
If the hitman don't get you
Fm
then slaughter will
Bb
You better know it, wait,
Fm
Bb
Fm
let me tell you who slaughter is
Bb
He's a brother who won't answer to spider,
Fm
snake or sam
Abdim
Dbsus4
Dealin' with his mind
Interlude 2
F#
Verse 4
F#
Deal you can't refuse
Interlude 3
C
Cm
C
Cm
Csus4
Cm
Fm
Verse 5
Fm
Wait! Let me tell you who
Bb
Fm
slaughter is
Bb
Fm
Slaughter, ha, he's a brother who won't
Bb
Fm
answer to spider, snake or sam
Bb
Fm
Dealin' with his mind, brother,
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Fm
don't give a damn
Bb
He does what he has to do
Fm
'til everything's gone
Bb
Fm
And nothin', and nothin' left
Bb
Fm
He fights like hell, keep on livin' and die
Bb
when he just can't help himself
Verse 6
Fm
That's slaughter
Bb
Fm
Put that in your pipe and smoke it
Bb
Fm
Lay it on your funky note then soak it
Outro 1
Fm
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