Systematic ruling chords by Abstrakt sonance

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Verse 1
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 (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor) Let's stand together
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my  (C major) people.  (A minor) 
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The  (C major) revolution  (E minor) is upon us.  (C major) 
Let's break down this systematic ruling
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as  (E minor) we  walk towards a new
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world order.  (C major)  (A minor) 
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I'm  (E minor) tired of being a slave
to this systematic ruling
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Who they  (C major) fooling, it's illusion
I'm never staying silent
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 (E minor) In  this world full of corruption
All I see is war and violence
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It's  (C major) hard to be black
You think not, you should try it
Em 
There's some  (E minor) things I'd like to buy
But I know that I can't buy it
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My exist (C major) ence, they deny it
Then expect me not to write it
Em 
Trying to  (E minor) get my point across
Before they put me on a cross
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I see  (C major) all my people lost,
so confused and in a daze
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Maybe  (E minor) you will hear my words
before you put me in my grave
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Pro  (C major) -black, pro -white,
yeah that's cool and that's alright
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Be  (E minor) proud of who you are
but let's all step into the light
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Guess the  (C major) colour of my skin
keeps me in this constant fight
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When  (E minor) po  lice kill a man,
I will stand up for his rights
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I show  (C major) love to all races
when I step onto the mic
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I know  (E minor) I   ain't privileged,
I don't see no privilege
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And  (C major) my mother's still depressed
Come and see where Trigger lives
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It  (E minor) makes me want to scream
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Martin Luther had a  (C major) dream
Yes Martin Luther had a dream
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 (A minor) It   (E minor) makes me want to holler
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The way they do my  (A minor) life
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And yes Marvin  (C major) Gaye was right
Em 
It makes me  (E minor) want to scream
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Martin Luther had a  (C major) dream
Yes Martin Luther had a dream
Em 
It  (E minor) makes me want to holler
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The way they do  (A minor) my  life,
and yes Marvin Gaye was right
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If  (C major) we unite  (E minor) to make the change,
we can read between the lines
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We're all  (C major) slaves to the government,
we need to see the signs
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There's  (E minor) rich and there's poor,
some have less, some have more
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Eliza (C major) beth keeps trillions,
she's financing the war
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on hu (E minor) manity
Savagely, Boris you don't manage me
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The  (C major) country's in a shambles
when we need to feed our families
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That  (E minor) TV  and that social media
is here to damage me
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My  (C major) people are in pain
because you're televising tragedy
Em 
And  (E minor) naturally,
I want to know what's going on like Marvin Gaye
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 (C major) Bob Marley said one love,
but you don't care
what people have to say
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 (E minor) We  are the world, we are the children,
band -aids
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 (C major) Some say that Covid's real,
others say that Covid's man -made
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 (E minor) Fuck the system, fix the system,
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I've already been the  (C major) victim
How the fuck did we end up in this position,
Em 
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Trigg (E minor) s?   (C major) 
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It  (E minor) makes me want to scream,
C 
Martin Luther had a  (C major) dream
Yes, Martin Luther had a dream
Em 
It  (E minor) makes me want to holler,
Am 
the way they do my  (A minor) life
C 
And yes, Marvin Gaye was  (C major) right
Em 
It  (E minor) makes me want to scream,
C 
Martin Luther had  (C major) a dream
Yes, Martin Luther had a dream
Em 
It  (E minor) makes me want to holler,
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the way they do my  (A minor) life
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Em 
And yes, Marvin Gaye was  (C major) right  (E minor) 
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Em 
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 (C major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (A minor)  (C major) 
Em 
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 (E minor)  (C major) 
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You  (E minor)  (A minor) You