Vocab chords by Fugees
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Intro 1
(E minor) (A minor) (E major) (E minor) (A minor)
(E major) (A minor) (E major)
(A minor)
(E major)
Verse 1
You got the (A minor) vocab
I got the (E major) vocab
You got the (A minor) vocab
You know I got the (E major) vocab
You got the (A minor) vocab
I got the vocab
Hey, (E major) yo pass (A minor) the mic so I can tell 'em
I got the gift o' gab
(E minor) Monkey (A minor) see, monkey
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Verse 2
what? (E minor) Monkey,
monkey be yourself
Monkey (A minor) see, monkey what? (E minor) Mon key,
monkey be yourself
Monkey (A minor) see, monkey what? (E minor) Monkey,
monkey be yourself
Hey yo (A minor) catch me when
Verse 3
I'm sober,
(E minor) but now I drink for the belt
So (A minor) pass the root straight to
(E minor) the right hand side
(A minor) Make no mistake that
(E minor) the buzz is a natural high
(A minor) I said it's big emer (E minor) gency
mind your busy body
He hit me, I (E major) broke his nose,
the refer (A minor) ee's Mr. Fugee
So hey to the blue jay, (E minor)
mocking bird don't mock
The (A minor) last bird who mocked he (E minor) got caught
in my roughneck chicken pot
(A minor) So Mr. Rooster give me a (E minor)
crookedy croo at (A minor) 6am
He looked at me a laughin' (E minor) said my
music would make F.M
(A minor) Station, you're Haitian,
(E minor) you'll never get nowhere
But I (A minor) sweared on my grand
(E minor) mother grave we'd be here
So (A minor) now when I back (E minor) track
I (E major) back track far enough to make a nigga run
and leave his tongue back
You think I'm (A minor) cool I think you're cruel so
here's a shell cap
On your (E minor) gluteus max (A minor) imus
and leave ya handicapped
(E minor) Ratatatat
You got the (A minor)
Verse 4
vocab
I got the (E minor) vocab
You got the (A minor) vocab
You know I got (E minor) the vocab
You got the (A minor) vocab
I got the (E minor) vocab
Hey, yo pass (A minor) the mic so I can tell 'em
I got the (E minor) gift o' gab
Verse 5
(A minor) Hoboes above leave the boat
(E major) for the Pope ya
(A minor) Hoboes above leave the boat
for the Pope (E major) yo
(A minor) Hoboes above leave
the boat for the (E major) Pope
Boat (A minor) people here we go hi di
hi di hi di ho (E minor) yeah
(A minor) Some quest for (E minor) the truth,
Verse 6
some bust a loop
(A minor) And search for some know (E minor) ledge that
come runnin' in the woods
(A minor) And if I should (E minor) to choose to be one
Then I will (A minor) be a thinkin' hoodlum
(E minor) with books and look to kill
(A minor) My proof is in my (E minor) pud din'
If I kill in the hood (A minor) would you be
say that I'm (E minor) hoodin'?
Now, (A minor) let me exercise (E minor) a new style
that will brutal (A minor) ize
MCs in (E minor) to a warpath genocide
(A minor) Nobody move, (E minor) nobody get hurt,
it's a (A minor) homocide
So jump jump (E minor) punks
ready to get stuck (A minor)
Evil (E minor) Kenevil was my man,
someone for the stunts
(A minor) I'm mostly fillies,
(E minor) I'm just straight up front, ha
(A minor) Meat ya tryin' to light up (E minor) you get
blast like nitrogen
(A minor) Runnin' for mercy, (E minor) runnin' for oxygen
(A minor) Bad L.A. meat you're (E minor) better
off comittin' suicide
(A minor) I shoot the lip so (E minor) high I strip
you of your carbon (A minor) dioxide
Rock (E minor) -a-bye the the the lullaby
he be (A minor) singin' 'Oh my'
Boof (E minor) Baff another son a go die (A minor) (E major) (E minor)
(A minor) What's
Verse 7
the matter with the black
(E minor) man? (Black man)
(A minor) What's the matter with the black
man? (Black man) (E minor)
(A minor) Now a statistic, (E minor)
Verse 8
so dreams of her
become realist (A minor) ic
Poor bastard gets mys (E minor) tic I don't
believe you checked the psychic
(A minor) Emancipate your (E minor) mind, don't set the limit,
reach the summit
(A minor) Free your spirit cause your (E minor) blunted,
from the lyrics I just stuttered
(A minor) Live off the streets says the
(E minor) brother with the machete
(A minor) Live off the lady says the (E minor) brother
with the Glock in patrol
(A minor) I live logically, no (E minor) weak slave to poverty
You (A minor) see it's very easy to slip between
(E major) the asphalt (E minor) street
(A minor) Brothers from my (E minor) way
they used to get mad plays
Till they (A minor) caught us bustin' doughnuts
'til the (E minor) break of day
(A minor) Brother, my brother,
(E minor) you played me undercover
She (A minor) wouldn't be your lover (E minor) so
now you tried to diss her
The (A minor) sister, you missed (E minor) her but ask
yourself a question
(A minor) Can I make a suggestion? (E minor)
I need a true confession
Is she (A minor) skivs cause the skin that she's
(E minor) in makes you sin?
Does (A minor) you hit her just to get her integ
(E minor) rate another sister?
(A minor) Mister, I asked him for a (E minor) hanky,
he asked if he could (A minor) spank me
So why'd you (E minor) disrespect me, sir?
(A minor) Were you thinking (E minor) I'm misguided
or were you tryin to (A minor) hide it
That you had no (E minor) father figure
Which? (A minor) Check out your wackness, it
(E minor) won't distrust my blackness
I (A minor) would offer a smack,
but don't (E minor) think that it would help this
(A minor) What's
Verse 9
the matter with the
black (E major) (E minor) man (black man)
(A minor) All original gunman (E minor) dem origin
(A minor) al good ba ah ah ah ah ah ah (E minor)
(A minor) All original gunman dem (E major) original
good (A minor) ba ah ah ah ah ah ah
(E minor) Come (A minor) jackin' it up an' I (E minor) bad an' me
Verse 10
fell in ma booby trap
With a rappin' up (A minor) for the eight track play
back laid (E minor) back sit back
And I'll trade it for rap come
(A minor) and runnin' as a matter a (E minor) fact
'Cause I trappin' a back like a cool six pack now (A minor) bring it back,
(E minor) woy
(A minor) United we
Verse 11
stand,
di (E minor) vided we crumble
What's the (A minor) flavor? More Babylon,
more Babylon, (E minor) more (E major) Babylon fall
United (A minor) we stand,
di (E major) vided (E minor) we crumble
What's the (A minor) flavor? More Babylon,
more Babylon, (E major) more Babylon (E minor) fall
Verse 12
(A minor) These days every man want to (E minor) be a god
(A minor) Lay down the gun every
(E minor) man on the floor
But the (A minor) real gunman him not play
(E major) Hollywood (E minor) role
Because he (A minor) pull out his gun
and send an (A minor) other boy down
Watch us bleed,
another gunman (E major) go bleed
Watch (A minor) us bleed,
if a youth a come ah test ah (E minor) I got it
Watch us (A minor) bleed,
me up an (Esus4) ' com (E major) in' ready
Watch (A minor) us bleed,
watch us for original Tranzlator Crew
Oh, er, (E minor) (A minor) every time we come,
we come correct, see (E minor)
We out (A minor)
Outro 1
(E minor) (A minor) (E minor) (A minor)
(E minor) (A minor)
(E minor) (A minor) (E minor) (A minor)
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