To A Black Boy chords by Danger Mouse, Murs
Verse 1
Am
I think this gives it a more up
-to -date thing.
F
It's something that is in
the style
that's popular now
and it's something that,
not being that so traditional,
maybe will make people listen a
little bit more
because it's something different,
Em
something they haven't heard
a million times.
Am
Em
And almost everything in this program
Am
Em
Am
has a definite message.
Em
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F
Am
Dear Marcus,
I know it's been a hard time
Since they made you the victim
Em
Am
of your so -called crime
Kinda snatched you off the game of life
In your prime, they already took one
Em
Won't let them take mine
Am
Since birth, it seems the deck
was stacked against you to fail
With your father not there,
mom's in and out of jail
But you saw through it all
and you chose to excel
I can't see why they chose to
Em
lock you in a cell
Well, I'm prayin' that you're free
Am
by the time you get this
Never known a convict
F
Am
with a 396 GPA
But in Rome, G8,
Em
black boys havin' sex with white girls,
no way
Am
In most any other state,
it would've been okay
For two high school teens
Em
Am
to have sexual relations
But at age 15, that's molestation
in the great state of Georgia
And I really feel for you,
she was only 3 months
away from being 16
You a few months away
Em
Am
from achieving your dreams
Em
All American, played on a football team
Am
Accepted into Vanderbilt,
F
a scholar in the making
Am
And the jury saw fit
to acquit you of the raping
Em
Am
After only 15 minutes of deliberation
What's the state of our nation
when the laws ain't in check?
How'd you serve it
Em
10 years for consensual sex?
Am
I'm per plexed and ashamed
at the games that they play
Trying to keep a young man
from his life and education
Not to mention the family
you've been with since age 10
Regardless of your race,
Em
Am
they loved you and took you in
So let your struggle make you great,
don't let it make you hate
No, we won't stop working
Em
till you free from them gates
Am
Much love and respect,
hold your head, God bless
From the bottom of my heart,
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Em
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Em
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M -U -R -S
F
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Em
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Oh
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Em
I'd like to give you happiness and love
F
Em
I'd like to fill each day with joy us can
Gm
F
It was, what am I supposed to know?
To A Black Boy
Danger Mouse, Murs
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