The Streets Pronounce Me Dead chords by Wyclef Jean
Verse 1
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The return of the hip hop
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ammadeus
Wyclef Toussaint St. Jean
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drama
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Streets prounounce me dead
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Em
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[x6]
I tell em I'm alive but
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Em
rumor says I'm dead
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The reserucction of the dead...
I could never get
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Em
And if I ever die, all I do is ride
Verse 2
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The streets prounounce me dead
Puttin 2 holes in my head
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Em
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'
Em
jon's preachin too loud
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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
Em
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forgot the fugees
50 million records sold straight
from the basement
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Em
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
Em
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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Em
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
Em
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
F
Em
Dm
[x6]
I tell em I'm alive but
F
Em
rumor says I'm dead
Am
Dm
The reserruction of the dead...
I could never get
F
Em
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
Em
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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
E
Em
Dm
groceries from the super market
So I found another target to aim at
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E
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
Em
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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
Em
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when I rose like lazareth
And this ain't mystic I
ain't talkin voodoo
E
Em
We do carry spears like the zulu's
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So watch your mouth boy I ain't dead
F
Em
Fo' the city gon turn red, blood will shed
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So before you speak boy watch your tone
Em
Fo' my chrome gon turn you to a statue of
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stone (I AINT
Em
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DEAD!)
Verse 5
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Streets prounounce me dead [x6] I tell em I'm
alive but
Em
rumor says I'm dead
Am
Dm
The reserruction of the dead...
I could never get
F
Em
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
Em
out to new jerusalem
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Destroyed and rebuilt
My voice sound like silk
Audio tune like milk
E
Em
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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E
I seen the ra- ta- ta- ta turn
Em
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into the real shells
Yup killa you press ya luck
Went to sleep in the pond,
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Em
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
Em
lined in chalk
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And you ain't from the street
But yet you walk the streets,
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E
Em
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
F
Em
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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E
Only to find out on memorial dey fuckin in the
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Dm
F
Em
swimmin
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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
F
Em
rumor says I'm dead
Am
Dm
The reserruction of the dead...
I could never get
F
Em
And if I ever die, all I do is ride
Verse 8
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Yea
Warriors music
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E
Em
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Drama
From the hut, to the projects,
E
Em
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to the mansions
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So ya'll know you ya'll
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E
ain't got no excuses
Em
I'm
Verse 9
Dm
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aliveeee
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Em
Wyclef AKA Toussaint St.
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The Streets Pronounce Me Dead
Wyclef Jean
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