Stand for something chords by Greggory covington

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