Chords with lyrics
Tuning: EADGBE
E MajorE
Verse 1: Jussie Smollett:
E MajorE C# minorC#m
Open your eyes to what you love to hate
A augmentedA
You're up in the sky but you ain't flying straight
E MajorE
Where do I go when I can't go home?
Cause you sold it, and you lost yourself in you are just no more
E MajorE C# minorC#m
Take every piece, every piece of me
A augmentedA
Whatever you need, my mind is changing
E MajorE
And I can't hide no, but you know where I'll be
Mother
Hook: Jussie Smollett:
E MajorE
I know
C# minorC#m
I said I didn't need it, I said I wasn't built for it
A augmentedA
But now that I can see it, damn right I really made it for this
BB E MajorE
Chasing the sky, trying to fly
And now I see
C# minorC#m
Just why you had to be so hard for me
A augmentedA
You'll hear my roar then fill your legacy
BB E MajorE
Here to the sky, no choice but to fly, so high, so high, so high
Verse 2: Yazz:
E MajorE
Blood is supposed to be thicker than water is
E MajorE
Nowadays we can't even stomach the thought of it
C# minorC#m
It's like we can't even get along, who right and who in the wrong?
C# minorC#m
Too busy pointing fingers like it's politics
A augmentedA
I tell you shut up, you tell me be quiet, too much dysfunction
A augmentedA
Cut up like we at a riot, kicking and punching
E MajorE
Ain't nobody here to mediate it
E MajorE
And you would think that we wasn't even related
E MajorE
Why are we even throwing blows in the first place?
E MajorE
We fight at cook outs, picnics and birthdays
C# minorC#m
I tried to give the benefit but in the worst case
C# minorC#m
You keep on talking smack, you end up with a hurt face
A augmentedA
And we tried everything, it's time for plan BB
A augmentedA
If Bloods and Crips can reconcile, why can't we?
E MajorE
I guess I'm ratchet like my mama and my poppa
E MajorE
I'm chasing the sky and I ain't talking 'bout the vodka, let's fly
Verse 3: Terrence Howard:
E MajorE
Far from a perfect man
C# minorC#m
The fights and the lies , I guess you never understand
A augmentedA
A augmentedA mother and father who wanted for you much more than
Life is a slight of hand, if you hate it today
E MajorE
And my love for you is the one thing thatâ ?s true
Verse 4: Jussie Smollett:
E MajorE C# minorC#m
Going all alone, I can't even trust all the people here inside my home
A augmentedA
And if you were my brother, then never let it get so wrong
That you turn your back on what we were
E MajorE
Turn your back on me, on your family, no
Hook: Jussie Smollett:
E MajorE
I know
C# minorC#m
I said I didn't need it, I said I wasn't built for it
A augmentedA
But now that I can see it, damn right I really made it for this
BB E MajorE
Chasing the sky, trying to fly
And now I see
C# minorC#m
Just why you had to be so hard for me
A augmentedA
You'll hear my roar then fill your legacy
BB E MajorE