The Pen & The Needlz
The Pen & The Needlz

The Pen & The Needlz easy guitar chords by Lupe Fiasco

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 6

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • F

  • Gm

    3

  • Am

  • Gsus4

  • Bm

    2

  • Bdim

  • Dm

  • Em

  • C

  • G

  • E

  • F

  • Gm

    3

  • Am

  • Gsus4

  • Bm

    2

  • Bdim

  • Dm

  • Em

  • C

  • G

  • E

    • Verse 1
    What's 
    up? 
    Gang 
    life style. 

    That's 
    what I'm saying. 

    It's 
    like one big 
    per
    son just 
    said. 



    Before 
    I 
    start, 

    like to 
    make sure 
    I'm smart 

    Gather 
    my 
    composure, 

    rather 
    my swagger 
    and 
    my 
    culture 

    Pivot 
    my fitted, 

    then 
    be
    gin 
    to 
    riv
    et 

    with 
    a 
    change 
    of 
    lyr
    ic 

    In 
    other words, 
    I 
    reposition 
    how 
    I 
    sit it 

    Then 
    make 
    you feel 
    it like 

    I mis
    pronounce 
    belay 

    On 
    second 
    thought, 

    I 
    can't make 
    you feel 
    it 

    like 
    you 
    diggin' 
    your own 
    grave 

    Lest 
    you can 
    kill 

    Bil
    let, 

    a knight 
    of the living 
    passed 
    away 

    Can 
    you 
    dig 
    me? 
    YMCA 

    I 
    do 
    it 
    for my 
    village, 

    the pen 
    and his jawn 
    linen 

    The 
    beat 
    is 
    the 
    Beatles, 

    go together 
    like 
    linen 

    And 
    the 
    people 
    in 
    some fresh 
    linen 

    and 
    some jawn 
    linens 

    Fresh 
    out 
    of 
    seagull
    s, 

    the 
    pen and 
    the 
    needles 

    Back 
    snatcher, 
    back 
    snatcher 

    Back 
    something 
    you 
    can't 
    catch 

    Max, 
    it's sent 
    like 
    a 
    max ratchet 

    Like 
    a 
    back 
    ratchet 

    I'm 
    back 
    at 
    ya, 

    and 
    I 
    pack like 
    cat 
    backwards 

    Like 
    a hat's 
    backwards, 
    you 
    know, 

    when the 
    back's 
    backwards 

    Yeah, 
    like 
    a back 
    catcher, 

    the 
    law 
    got 
    a 
    long arm 

    like 
    a 
    back scratcher 

    But 
    before 
    I 
    leave mine 
    at 
    home, 

    like 
    a 
    back catcher 

    I 
    think 
    about 
    my 
    zone, 

    where 
    pimps make 
    scratch 
    off 

    the 
    track like 
    a 
    DJ, 
    easy 

    That's 
    my zone, 
    rappers, 
    it's 
    my deck 

    And 
    if 
    I catch 
    you set 
    trippin' 

    with my 
    cassette 

    Sittin' 
    in the zone, 
    rappers, 

    it's 
    not 
    a 
    threat 

    Consider 
    Spaniard 
    where I roam, 

    rappers, 
    where I 
    hone my 
    skills 

    They 
    wanna send 
    me 
    back home, 

    the devil 
    is 
    on my 
    heels 

    The 
    writin' 
    is 
    sting 

    like 
    in the 
    sequences 

    the 
    police 
    I 
    repeat 

    We 
    go 
    together 
    like 
    beauty 
    and 
    the beast, 

    writin' 
    is 
    in my veins 

    The ink 
    is 
    the diesel, 

    the 
    pen and 
    the 
    needles 

    It's neat, 
    it's 
    neat, 
    it's 
    it's 

    Swerve, 
    swerve, 
    mightier 
    than 
    a 
    swerve 

    I'm 
    a 
    swerve, 
    I 
    am 
    a swerve, 
    swerve 

    Swerve, 
    swerve, 
    I'm 
    all to 
    my 
    earth 

    The 
    word 
    is 
    mightier 
    than 
    a swerve 

    And 
    my 
    serve 
    is tidier 
    than 
    yours 

    Like 
    year 
    in 
    St. 
    Louis, 
    your whole 
    flow 

    I 
    fear 
    I 
    sank through 
    it 

    It 
    all 
    became 
    clear 

    Like 
    a 
    paramedic 
    with 
    an 

    electric 
    chest 
    kit 

    Yeah, 
    the gravity 
    of the 
    vocabulary 

    is 
    the caliber 
    equal 
    to the 
    Ex
    calibur 

    Swung 
    with 
    the grace 
    of 
    Agassi 

    and 
    his 
    amateurs 

    There, 
    there 
    was 
    a 
    deeper depth, 

    don't know 
    how I 
    got here 

    I 
    also 
    had 
    a 
    hole in 
    my 
    flow, 

    it 
    appears 
    I sank 
    to 
    it 

    My 
    swing, 
    it couldn't 
    be seen, 

    I applied 
    some paint 
    to it 

    The invisible 
    man 
    wrapped in 
    bandages, 


    in critical 

    Clear, 
    the 
    script and 
    the score say 

    see the 
    score is 
    Count 
    Basie 

    We 
    go together 
    like 
    the 

    original 
    and 
    the sequel 

    This 
    is 
    the end 
    of the 
    trilogy 

    You're 
    feeling 
    me, 

    the 
    pen 
    and the 
    needles 

    Needles, 
    needles 

    Yo 

    FNF 

    Ha, 
    ha, 
    dry 
    brain 

    Needles, 
    what up, 
    baby? 

    Success, 
    what 
    up, baby? 

    Drew, 
    what 
    up, pimp? 

    Shaktan 

    Ha, 
    ha 

    Woo 

    First 
    step, 
    fif
    teen 

    Outro 1


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