Key: F# minor
Verse 1
G#m
F#
Now to understand the struggle,
G#m
F#
to understand payin' dues
G#m
F#
And the pain of my people and
G#m
your people all around the globe
F#
You gotta feel me,
G#m
F##m
listen to music, use it
G#m
What you know about
Verse 2
F#
juggling jobs
And struggling hard and
G#m
chasing dreams?
F#
What you know about havin' no car
G#m
Rent bein' due and no bling bling?
Verse 3
F#
What you know about sacrificing
G#m
All your wants for all your needs?
F#
What you know about lovin' your child
G#m
Just to find out that ain't your seed?
Verse 4
F#
Until you know my joy,
G#m
know my pain and know my struggles
F#
Until you've walked these shoes,
G#m
paid my dues and felt my troubles
F#
Until you've shed my tears,
G#m
known my fears in all my years
F#
Only 'til then,
G#m
you only know what you think you know
Verse 5
F#
What you know about hittin'
that block
And dodging them cops
G#m
to make ends meet?
What you know about
F#
the lights bein' off
G#m
The gas bein' off and no food to eat?
Verse 6
F#
What you know about goodwill clothes
While your friends dressed
G#m
fly in junior high?
F#
What you know about
grandma's words
G#m
When she said, "One day, boy,
F#
G#m
you gon' shine"
Verse 7
F#
Until you know my joy, know my
G#m
pain and know my struggles
F#
Until you've walked these shoes,
G#m
paid my dues and felt my troubles
F#
Until you've shed my tears,
G#m
known my fears in all my years
F#
Only 'til then,
G#m
you only know what you think you know
Verse 8
F#
Until you know my joy,
G#m
know my pain and know my struggles
F#
Until you've walked these shoes,
G#m
paid my dues and felt my troubles
F#
Until you've shed my tears,
G#m
known my fears in all my years
F#
Only 'til then,
G#m
you only know what you think you know
Verse 9
F#
What you know about writin'
late at night
G#m
By candlelight 'til the shit is tight?
F#
What you know about late
night prayers
G#m
And late night tears, hop in' God?
Verse 10
F#
What you know about
earning your keep
Because you don't bend,
G#m
break or ask?
F#
And don't you know the last'll be first
G#m
Hey and the first will be last?
Verse 11
F#
Until you know my joy,
G#m
know my pain and know my struggles
F#
Until you've walked these shoes,
G#m
paid my dues and felt my troubles
F#
Until you've shed my tears,
G#m
known my fears in all my years
F#
Only 'til then,
G#m
F#
you only know what you think you know
Verse 12
G#m
F#
Until you know my joy,
G#m
know my pain and know my struggles
F#
Until you've walked these shoes, paid my
dues and felt my troubles
G#m
Until you've shed my tears,
known my fears in all my years
F#
Only 'til then,
you only know what you think you know
Verse 13
G#m
Hey and those who know my struggle
F#
And those who know my pain
G#m
F#
G#m
F#
Put one finger in the air
G#m
F#
G#m
Until then, I said until then, yeah
Verse 14
F#
Until you walk in my shoes,
G#m
paid my dues
(Until you, until you, until you)
Know my struggles,
F#
know my troubles
G#m
(Until you, until you,
F#
G#m
until you, until you)
Verse 15
F#
Until you know, until you know,
until you know
G#m
Until you know,
F##m
G#m
F#
until you know, until you know
G#m
Until you know, until you know
Verse 16
F#
Until you know my joy,
know my pain and know my struggles
G#m
Until you've walked these shoes,
F#
paid my dues and felt my troubles
G#m
Until you've shed my tears,
F#
known my fears in all my years
Only 'til then, you only
G#m
know what you think you know
Outro 1
Until you know
F#
G#m
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