Trying to maintain chords by Ice Cube
Intro 1
Gm
D
Gm
Verse 1
Gm
I'm just tryin' to maintain
G
I'm just tryin' to maintain
Gm
Verse 2
To everybody tryin'
to maintain
And keep they name out the main frame
Yeah, we all in the same game
Yeah, we all with the bang, bang
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Gm
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Gm
Been a vet, nigga, broke the Internet
F#
'Cause they can't fuck
with my intellect
Gm
G
Yeah, nigga, all y'all followers
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G
Follow every word like swallowers
Gm
Wanna catch it when I spit it
Fuck a critic and his analytics
G
Gm
I don't fit in your formula
I only fit in your bitch, I'm warning ya
G
Gm
Please don't feed the animals
When they got they face covered
in pantyhose
Niggas ain't nothin' nice
Take your grandmama chain
and your bike
G
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G
Verse 3
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'Cause we all tryin'
G
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G
to maintain
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'Cause we all tryin' to maintain
G
Gm
I'm just tryin' to maintain
G
I'm just tryin' to maintain
Gm
Verse 4
To everybody tryin' to maintain
D
Gm
With a little Mary Jane
on the campaign
D
Whip by you in the fast lane
Gm
F#
Only act like this 'cause of black pain
D
F#
Fuck your cancel culture, bitch
You can't cancel a soldier, trick
Gm
See, I thought I told ya
F#
G
Drunk or sober, tell you when it's over
Gm
Slap the shit out a troller
G
I kill shit like Ebola
Gm
I'm the sun, I'm the solar
Your baby mind is in a stroller
G
Gm
Too much gang for the pea brain
I have no alliance to no Greek names
Some of y'all down with
the fucking royals
I'm only down for the fucking
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Gm
soil
D
Gm
That's right
Verse 5
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And I'm just tryin' to maintain
G
F#
G
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And I'm just tryin'
G
Gm
to maintain
Without goin' insane (crazy)
Without blowin' out your brains
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Gm
I just wanna maintain
Verse 6
Do what I do, let my nuts hang
They insane, never explain
'Cause all we wanna do is them big things
G
Gm
Checkmate if you trick mate
Out here lookin' for that clickbait
G
Gm
You need to hustle on that computer
I'm a rooster always
thinkin' 'bout the future
G
Gm
And I'ma smoke it like a chimney
Sippin' on Henny, sayin' fuck 2020
G
Gm
Some of y'all ain't worth a penny
I keep it one thousand
and keep your doubt in
Pull up, my niggas pile in
Now I'm with the wolves and we howlin'
G
Profilin' and we stylin'
Gm
Sad motherfuckers, get your violin
Verse 7
If you're just tryin' to maintain
G
If you're just tryin' to maintain
Gm
G
Gm
Interlude 1
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Gm
G
Gm
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Gm
G
Gm
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Gm
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Gm
(I'm just tryin' to
Verse 8
Gm
maintain)
Yo, I'm just tryin' to maintain
G
I'm just tryin' to maintain
(I'm just tryin' to maintain,
Gm
I'm just tryin' to maintain)
I'm just tryin' to maintain
Trying to maintain
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