The Hunted Child chords by Ice-T

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
Verse  (E minor) 1
(Today in Los Angeles another youth
loses his life. Gunshot wound to
the head. Street violence
is at an all time high)

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Verse 2

No jokin' I'm sleepin'

with my eyes open

Wanted for a homicide ride the

gun's still smokin'

Didn't know what I was doin'

but did it anyway

Now the posse's on my trail

they say I'm gonna pay (Run!)

Verse 3
Em 
I had a gun it's mine and I packed it  (E minor) 
Out with my crew the boys
caught some static
E 
Em 
Me and this sucker punk  (E major) went at  (E minor) it
E 
 (E major) Bang! Nine automatic

Verse 4

Hunted Child

I'm the Hunted Child

Verse 5

(Sources say the assailant was 17- years

old and lives in South- Central

Los Angeles)

Verse 6
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Now I'm on a hideout tip 'cause they're after me  (E major) 
Em 
LAPD says  (E minor) they're gonna
capture me
Was I crazy? I guess I had to be
'Cause once you kill

Verse 7
it's instant catastrophe
E 
Em 
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 (E major) Your whole life  (E minor) is  (E major) over
Em 
 (E minor) (Through!)
Forget about your girl your
(Crew!)
E 
Nowhere to run, so what  (E major) you gonna do?
Be glad it's me, homeboy, and not you

Verse 8

The Hunted Child

I'm the Hunted Child

Hunted Child

I'm the Hunted Child

Interlude 1

Verse 9
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 (E major) I'm only 17, I didn't mean to kill, man
Em 
But I was  (E minor) slangin' and bangin' for the thrill,
man
When they said (Kill!) I felt chill, man
But once I pulled the trigger,

Verse 10
boy, then things got ill, man
Em 
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 (E minor) My   home (E major) boys dipped out the back fast
Em 
Left me alone  (E minor) in the echo
of the gun blast
Everybody saw my face,
E 
I didn't  (E major) wear a mask
You want to know my name? Just ask

Verse 11
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The  (E major)  (E minor)  (E major) 
Em 
Hunted Child  (E minor) 
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Em 
I'm the  (E major) Hunted Child  (E minor) 
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Hunted  (E major) Child
I'm the Hunted Child
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 12
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(The science of Capitalism  (E major) which
you teach to the youth on the streets
Em 
today  (E minor) with the 'ends justifying the means' mentality
E 
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ain't  (E major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 
E 
 (E major) 
Em 
 (E minor) happenin')

Verse 13
I'm sweatin' heavy 'cause my face is on TV
Em 
 (E minor) 
Everybody in this whole
world's after me
E 
 (E major) Since I was young I never
had a damned thing
Em 
 (E minor) At   Christmas time I'd hate

Verse 14
to hear the bells ring
Em 
 (E minor) 'Cause in the ghetto
Santa ain't got a dime
E 
 (E major) Your mother's standin'
Em 
in the  (E minor) wel  fare line
E 
Em 
E 
The  (E major) way the  (E minor) youth survive is crime  (E major) 
My life is over so I might

Verse 15
as well speak my mind
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Em 
 (E major) I  killed a  (E minor) brother 'cause this sys
E 
 (E major) tem had me geared to kill
Em 
'Cause what  (E minor) I call home you call hell
My ghetto quarters ain't no
E 
Em 
 (E major) better than a  (E minor) jail cell
But there's a message in this story
that I'm tryna tell
E 
Em 
We're just brothers on the  (E major) streets killin'  (E minor) brothers

Verse 16
This system has us geared
to kill one another
Sellin' dope to poison each other
E 
The  (E major) plan of The Man, word to the mother

Verse 17
Em 
 (E minor) But I'm a sucker 'cause I
E 
 (E major) fell into their plan
Em 
187, I killed a brother  (E minor) man
My life on Earth was hell,
E 
you un (E major) derstand?
Em 
But when I die I'm goin' to hell again  (E minor) 
E 
 (E major) I'm the Hunted Child

Verse 18

I'm the Hunted

Child I'm the Hunted Child The

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