Stand for something chords by Greggory covington

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Verse 1
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 (E minor)  (B major) Woo,
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 (E minor) y   already know what time it is, right?  (B major) 
Uh, it's your boy
Eclipse
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 (E minor) Darkness
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 (B major) I do this for my  (E minor) people,
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how about like that?  (B major) 
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I'm a black,  (E minor) strong man,
they can't tell me nothin'
What I represent,
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they try to keep it from me  (B major)  (E minor) 
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 (B major) I  done  (E minor) turned a lot of nothin'
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into somethin'  (B major) 
Em 
And I'm  (E minor) still out here
pushin' all they buttons
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Em 
 (B major) They  (E minor) can't hold me down,
yeah, for nothin'
So
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I'ma  (B major) stand  (E minor) up, so
I'ma stand up
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Em 
 (B major) They can't hold me  (E minor) down,
yeah, for nothin'
I'ma stand up, yeah, for somethin'
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Em 
 (B major) Cause they can't hold me  (E minor) down
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Uh, how they seen it  (B major) all
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Came up  (E minor) from the gutter, baby,
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now I'm  (B major) here to ball
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I've been  (E minor) talkin', yeah, my ish,
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so now they wanna call  (B major) 
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They got my  (E minor) line, top up, yeah,
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they tryna take it  (B major) all  (E minor) 
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Oh no, here we go again  (B major) 
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Pull me  (E minor) over, let me guess,
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it's cause my  (B major) melanin
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Asking  (E minor) questions,
me and you both know irrelevant
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Em 
 (B major) But I stay  (E minor) cool and collected
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cause I'm  (B major) heaven sent
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 (E minor) They hate it, I love it, they know that there's
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 (B major) no one above it except for
God
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 (E minor) Instead of becoming with negative en (B major) ergy,
I got a moving dog
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Give  (E minor) me that back, can't touch my crown,
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I'm  (B major) a king and yeah you know that
Em 
 (E minor) Talk about giving it back,
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I'ma  (B major) come and take that, yeah
Em 
I'm a black  (E minor) strong man,
they can't tell me nothing
What I represent,
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Em 
they try to keep it from me  (B major)  (E minor) 
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Em 
 (B major) I  done  (E minor) turned a lot of
nothing into something
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Em 
 (B major) And I'm  (E minor) still out here
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pushing all they  (B major) buttons
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They can't hold me  (E minor) down,
yeah for nothing
So
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Em 
I'ma  (B major) stand  (E minor) up, so
I'ma stand up
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Em 
 (B major) They can't hold me  (E minor) down, for nothing
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I'ma  (B major) stand  (E minor) up, yeah for something
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Em 
Cause  (B major) they can't hold me  (E minor) down,
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yeah they know I  (B major) be about it
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Honey,  (E minor) do  a lot of talking,
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come and  (B major) see about it
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They gon'  (E minor) try to keep it from you
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so you don't know about  (B major) it
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I'm a  (E minor) young pharaoh,
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pick it up and  (B major) read about it
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Pull up,  (E minor) pull up, pull up,
here's your opportunity
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Em 
 (B major) Tellin'  (E minor) stories,
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yeah to make sure they remember me  (B major) 
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Can't hold me  (E minor) down cause
I leave behind a legacy
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And  (B major) don't believe them when they
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 (E minor) say they who they claim to be
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Em 
 (B major) They can't  (E minor) hold me down,
yeah for nothin'
Stayin' tall
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Em 
They can't  (B major) hold me  (E minor) down,
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for nothin'  (B major) 
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Stand  (E minor) tall
I'm a black, strong man,
they can't tell me nothin'
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What I represent, they try to keep it from me  (B major) 
Em 
I done  (E minor) turned a lot of nothin'
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into somethin'  (B major) 
Em 
And I'm  (E minor) still out here
pushin' all they buttons
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Em 
 (B major) They can't  (E minor) hold me down,
yeah, for nothin'
So
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Em 
I'ma  (B major) stand  (E minor) up, so
I'ma stand up
B 
Em 
 (B major) They can't hold me  (E minor) down,
yeah, for nothin'
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Em 
I'ma  (B major) stand  (E minor) up, yeah, for somethin'
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Cause  (B major) they can't hold me down