Key: A minor
Verse 1
C#m
You better know it
You better know it
Interlude 1
You better know it
C#m
Verse 2
F#m
If a hitman don't get you then
B
F#m
slaughter will
B
Streets don't deal with the funky mind,
F#m
B
F#m
soon be killed
B
F#m
You better know it, you better know it
B
Fight for what you think is right,
F#m
don't give up
B
F#m
Fight it when you know you're right
B
F#m
You sure enough got to pick on him
Either a man with an organiza
B
F#m
tion or kind loving slim
You better know it,
B
F#m
B
F#m
you better know it, hey
B
F#m
Wait, time for the turnaround, that means change
C#m
from front to back
C#
C#m
C#
C#m
Verse 3
F#m
B
F#m
B
Hey hey, it's time for the turnaround, that
F#m
changes from front to back
B
We got to do it the new way,
F#m
keep the people off your back
B
F#m
But when it's time to kill
B
If the hitman don't get you
F#m
then slaughter will
B
You better know it, wait,
F#m
B
F#m
let me tell you who slaughter is
B
He's a brother who won't answer to spider,
F#m
snake or sam
Adim
Dsus4
Dealin' with his mind
Interlude 2
G
Verse 4
G
Deal you can't refuse
Interlude 3
C#
C#m
C#
C#m
C#sus4
C#m
F#m
Verse 5
F#m
Wait! Let me tell you who
B
F#m
slaughter is
B
F#m
Slaughter, ha, he's a brother who won't
B
F#m
answer to spider, snake or sam
B
F#m
Dealin' with his mind, brother,
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F#m
don't give a damn
B
He does what he has to do
F#m
'til everything's gone
B
F#m
And nothin', and nothin' left
B
F#m
He fights like hell, keep on livin' and die
B
when he just can't help himself
Verse 6
F#m
That's slaughter
B
F#m
Put that in your pipe and smoke it
B
F#m
Lay it on your funky note then soak it
Outro 1
F#m
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