Chords with lyrics
/ - slide
[Background Sample]
A augmentedA G#G#
Bad things happen to the people you love
C# minorC#m E MajorE
And you find yourself praying up to heaven above
A augmentedA G#G#
But honestly I've never had much sympathy
C# minorC#m G#G#
Cause those bad things, I always saw them coming for me
A augmentedA C# minorC#m
I'm gonna run run away, run run away, run away
E MajorE G#G#
Run away and never come back
A augmentedA C# minorC#m E MajorE G#G# /F#/E
Run run away, run run away, run away show 'em that your color is black
[Verse 1]
A augmentedA
Damned if I do
G#G#
Damned if I don't
C# minorC#m
You know I got a girl back home
E MajorE
You got a man what you want, what you want
A augmentedA
What these bitches want from a nigga
G#G#
On some DMX shit
C# minorC#m
I know them other niggas love tricking
E MajorE
On some BMX shit
A augmentedA
But not me
G#G#
Now I'm sure you done heard about me
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA black star, Mos Def, Kweli
E MajorE
Good so them bad hoes try me, they try me
A augmentedA
This is Martin Luther King in the club
G#G#
Getting dubs, with a bad bitch
C# minorC#m
In his ear sayin' that she down for whatever
E MajorE
In the back of his mind is Coretta
[Hook 1]
A augmentedA G#G#
She knows, she knows
C# minorC#m E MajorE
And I know she knows, and I know she knows
A augmentedA G#G#
And deep down she knows, she knows
C# minorC#m E MajorE
And I know she knows, and I know she knows
A augmentedA
Well alright
C# minorC#m E MajorE
Oh I, oh I-I-I
G#G#
I can't be what you want from me
Well alright
A augmentedA
Well alright
C# minorC#m E MajorE
Oh I, oh I-I-I
G#G# /F#/E
I can't be what you want from me
Well alright
[Verse 2]
A augmentedA
Damned if I do
G#G#
Damned if I don't
C# minorC#m
I'm passing up on bad hoes
E MajorE
Trying to be the man that she want, what she want
A augmentedA
What she want from a nigga
G#G#
To put a ring on it
C# minorC#m
Got a bitch on my dick right now
E MajorE
And she just want to sing on it
A augmentedA
Got me up so high
C# minorC#m
Trying to get a piece of that apple pie
E MajorE
I be up so high
G#G#
Trying to get a piece of that apple pie
A augmentedA
Dancehall vibes with my pants on fire
C# minorC#m
Cause I told her I was sleeping
E MajorE
Cause I creep with this pretty young thing that I chose
G#G#
That she could be doing the same thing I suppose
[Hook 1]
A augmentedA G#G#
She knows, she knows
C# minorC#m E MajorE
And I know she knows, and I know she knows
A augmentedA G#G#
And deep down she knows, she knows
C# minorC#m E MajorE
And I know she knows, and I know she knows
A augmentedA
Well alright
C# minorC#m E MajorE
Oh I, oh I-I-I
G#G#
I can't be what you want from me
Well alright
A augmentedA
Well alright
C# minorC#m E MajorE
Oh I, oh I-I-I
G#G# /F#/E
I can't be what you want from me
Well alright
[Hook 2]
A augmentedA
Niggas say turn up, hoes say turn up
G#G#
Only bad thing about a star is they burn up
C# minorC#m
Niggas say turn up, hoes say turn up
E MajorE
Only bad thing about a star is they burn up
A augmentedA
Rest in peace to Aaliyah
G#G#
Rest in peace to Left Eye
C# minorC#m
Michael Jackson, I'll see ya
E MajorE
Just as soon as I die
A augmentedA C# minorC#m
Got me up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pie
E MajorE G#G# /F#/E
I be up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pie
A augmentedA C# minorC#m
Got me up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pie
E MajorE G#G# /F#/E
I be up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pie
[Outro]
A augmentedA
Well alright
C# minorC#m E MajorE
Oh I, oh I-I-I
G#G#
I can't be what you want from me
Well alright
A augmentedA
Well alright
C# minorC#m E MajorE
Oh I, oh I-I-I
G#G# /F#/E
I can't be what you want from me
Well alright