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The Streets Pronounce Me Dead chords by
Wyclef Jean
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Key: C minor•
Verse 1
Dm
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The return of the hip hop
Dm
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ammadeus

Wyclef Toussaint St. Jean
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Esus4
Esus4

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drama
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Streets prounounce me dead
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[x6]

I tell em I'm alive but
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rumor says I'm dead
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The reserucction of the dead...

I could never get
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Em
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And if I ever die, all I do is ride
Verse 2
Dm
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The streets prounounce me dead

Puttin 2 holes in my head
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At the funeral, I had more friends

than the grateful dead
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Haters started talkin sayin I went left

Akon took my spot will
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I am took my vest
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Started beatin on the coffin cause

I could hear the crowd

But they can't hear me cause lil'
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jon's preachin too loud
Dm
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That's when the bishop said last words

for friends and family
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Then the fans stood up and said y'all
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forgot the fugees

50 million records sold straight

from the basement
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How y'all gon tell me

wyclef is irrelevant
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A rapper stood up and said

yup I got amnesia

Last time I remember him
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was gone til novemeber
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He said I don't spit no more

all I do is sing songs
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Last time he felt me was when I
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rhymed with Big Pun

That's ightt get the hate

off ya chest
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You a rap con artist not a
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Kanye West (I AINT DEAD!)
Verse 3
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Streets prounounce me dead
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[x6]

I tell em I'm alive but
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rumor says I'm dead
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The reserruction of the dead...

I could never get
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And if I ever die, all I do is ride
Verse 4
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I mean the streets say it's been a while

since they heard me spit
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That I spit so hard my ghostwriter must
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be cannubis

But far permit, this is how I started
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But my battle raps couldn't get me
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groceries from the super market

So I found another target to aim at
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I went from food stamps to
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the black a mac's
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8 track cassettes the cd's the ipod's
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Bmx bixes the hoopdies the hot rods

And my swag come from nazareth
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How you gone say I'm dead
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Dm
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when I rose like lazareth

And this ain't mystic I

ain't talkin voodoo
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Em
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We do carry spears like the zulu's
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So watch your mouth boy I ain't dead
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Fo' the city gon turn red, blood will shed
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So before you speak boy watch your tone
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Fo' my chrome gon turn you to a statue of
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stone (I AINT
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DEAD!)
Verse 5
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Streets prounounce me dead [x6] I tell em I'm

alive but
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rumor says I'm dead
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The reserruction of the dead...

I could never get
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Em
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And if I ever die, all I do is ride
Verse 6
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They all got shocked when

I rose from the coffin
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Dust my self off then headed
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out to new jerusalem
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Destroyed and rebuilt

My voice sound like silk

Audio tune like milk
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Em
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I used to shop lift with no guilt
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And christimas time toy

guns the size of elves
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I seen the ra- ta- ta- ta turn
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Dm
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into the real shells

Yup killa you press ya luck

Went to sleep in the pond,
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woke up with the ducks
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And this ain't gangsta talk,

I don't talk the talk
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I suggest you walk or get out
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lined in chalk
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And you ain't from the street

But yet you walk the streets,
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you a C.O.P. a cop walkin the beat
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But the rule on the streets

they could turn on you
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Em
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Like a pitbull after givin him food
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Or the girl that you bought all

the cars and the jewels
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Only to find out on memorial dey fuckin in the
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Em
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swim min
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pool (I AINT DEAD!)
Verse 7
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Streets prounounce me dead [x6] I tell em I'm

alive but
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Em
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rumor says I'm dead
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The reserruction of the dead...

I could never get
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Em
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And if I ever die, all I do is ride
Verse 8
Dm
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Yea

Warriors music
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Drama

From the hut, to the projects,
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Dm
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to the mansions
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So ya'll know you ya'll
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ain't got no excuses
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I'm
Verse 9
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F
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aliveeee
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Em
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Wyclef AKA Toussaint St.
Outro 1

Jean
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Dm

  • F

  • Em

  • Esus4

  • E

  • Am

  • D

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

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The original key of The Streets Pronounce Me Dead by Wyclef Jean is C minor.

The primary chords used in The Streets Pronounce Me Dead are Fm, Ab, Gm, Gsus4, G, Cm.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Fm, Ab, Gm, Gsus4, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of The Streets Pronounce Me Dead is approximately 81 beats per minute.

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