Thug Motivation 101 chords by Young Jeezy

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Verse 1
C 
E 
C 
 (C major)  (E major) Hey,  (C major) 
E 
hey, you gotta  (E major) believe,
C 
E 
C 
you gotta believe  (C major)  (E major)  (C major) 
E 
 (E major) 
C 
I used to hit the kitchen  (C major) lights
D# 
C 
Cockroaches  (D sharp major)  (C major) everywhere,
hit the kitchen lights,
now it's marble floors everywhere
D# 
E 
 (D sharp major) Call  (E major) the carpenter,
Em 
E 
 (E minor) the roof on  (E major) the coop's gone
Em 
E 
Em 
 (E minor) Give a  (E major) fuck  (E minor) what he sold,
E 
Em 
I'm  (E major) the troop  (E minor) home
B 
E 
C 
 (B major) Kit (E major) chen fumed  (C major) up,
niggas jammin' Tupac
Get my Benny Honda's on,
workin' two pots
E 
B 
Baby  (E major) need  (B major) shoes,
D# 
E 
Em 
 (D sharp major) partner  (E major) need bail  (E minor) money
D# 
Em 
 (D sharp major) Blood (E minor) hound for the bread,
D# 
Em 
 (D sharp major) I just  (E minor) mail money
B 
C 
 (B major) These niggas  (C major) just right, I recollect
I'm Donald Trump in a white
tee and white ones
Em 
B 
E 
B 
D# 
 (E minor) The  (B major) conver (E major) sation  (B major) is money,  (D sharp major) 
B 
C 
 (B major) nigga, you  (C major) won't see
E 
C 
Bang, bang,  (E major) bang  (C major) 
E 
You gotta be (E major) lieve, you gotta believe
C 
 (C major) He ain't never seen them pies
E 
 (E major) Talkin' so much white,
C 
it'll hurt your eyes  (C major) 
I really lived in May
E 
Cause  (E major) so much paper,
it'll hurt your hands
C 
I'm what the streets  (C major) made me,
a product of my environment
E 
C 
Took what the streets  (E major) gave  (C major) me,
D# 
C 
product of  (D sharp major) my en (C major) vironment
D# 
C 
B 
Now it's  (D sharp major) 28  (C major) inches  (B major) on a
Em 
D# 
Em 
 (E minor) brand  (D sharp major) new Hum (E minor) mer
D# 
E 
 (D sharp major) Tellin'  (E major) you right now
Em 
E 
 (E minor) it's gon'  (E major) be a cold summer
D# 
C 
D# 
 (D sharp major) Blew the  (C major) brains out the  (D sharp major) Chevy,
C 
call  (C major) it suicide
B 
C 
E 
C 
 (B major) It's  (C major)  (E major) the way of  (C major) life,
E 
C 
D# 
that's how  (E major) us young  (C major) niggas ride  (D sharp major) 
B 
Em 
Trap  (B major) or die,  (E minor) I   gave em hope
E 
They waitin'  (E major) on the sequel
Em 
E 
 (E minor) It's clear  (E major) to see the boy
D# 
Em 
C 
E 
 (D sharp major) Jeezy  (E minor) do  it  (C major) for the people  (E major) 
C 
Ayy, ayy, ayy  (C major) 
E 
You gotta be (E major) lieve, you gotta believe
C 
 (C major) Ayy, you ain't never seen them pies
E 
 (E major) Talkin' so much white,
C 
it'll hurt your eye (C major) s
I really lived it, man
E 
Cuttin'  (E major) so much paper,
it'll hurt your hands
D# 
Let's get  (D sharp major) it
E 
B 
D# 
I'm the  (E major) author  (B major) of the  (D sharp major) book
E 
C 
Yeah,  (E major) genius  (C major) wrote it
Am 
C 
There's  (A minor) a message  (C major) in my words
E 
C 
Em 
You gotta  (E major) de code  (C major)  (E minor) it
E 
I've  (E major) seen it all
Em 
E 
D# 
 (E minor) Every gram, every  (E major) verb  (D sharp major) I   spit the truth
Every noun, every verb
C 
I never ex (C major) aggerated
One line, one dime
B 
C 
D# 
 (B major) Nev (C major) er lied to the  (D sharp major) people
C 
Not one  (C major) time
D# 
E 
Em 
D# 
C 
D# 
B 
 (D sharp major) Never,  (E major) a   (E minor) hard head  (D sharp major) make a  (C major) soft ass  (D sharp major)  (B major) 
Em 
D#aug 
D# 
E 
C 
 (E minor) And hard  (D sharpaug) white'll  (D sharp major) get you  (E major) straight  (C major) cash
E 
C 
Hey  (E major)  (C major) 
Hey
E 
You gotta be (E major) lieve, you gotta believe
C 
Hey  (C major) 
You ain't never seen them pies
E 
 (E major) Talkin' so much white,
C 
it'll hurt your eye (C major) s
I really lived it man,
E 
 (E major) cut so much paper,
I hurt your hands