Born Sinner chords by J. Cole

Verse 1

F#m                      E
Spinning in circles, live my life without rehearsal
     D                           E
If I die today my nigga was it business? Was it personal?
  Bm                             E
Should this be my last breath, I'm blessed cause it was purposeful
  A                            E
Never got to church to worship Lord but please be merciful
F#m                    E
You made me versatile, well-rounded like cursive
D                      E
Now you chose me for a purpose, I put my soul in these verses
BM                              E
Born sinner, was never born to be perfect
A                                      E
Sucka for women licking their lips and holding these purses
F#m                           E
Back when we ran the streets who would think we grow to be murderers
D                        E
Teachers treated niggas as if they totally worthless
Bm            E
And violent, and hopeless
A                        E
I saw but never noticed that the college point is right to
Fm                       E
"Be All That You Can Be" posters
 D                        E
Rest in peace to Tiffany, I don't know if this is the realest sh*t I wrote
Bm                     E
But know the realest nigga wrote this
A                                   E
And signed it, and sealed it in a envelope and knew one day you'd find it
 F#m                                  E
And knew one day you'd come back and rewind this, singing...

Hook: James Fauntleroy:
       F#m          E                        D          E
I'm a born sinner, but I'll die better than that; swear.
            Bm                        E                     A                     E
You were always where I needed you to be whether you were there or not there (I was there)
       F#m          E                        D                  E
I was born sinning but I live better than that (better than that, better than that)
                               Bm           E          A
And if you ain't f**king with that, I don't care.

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)


Verse 2

 F#m                      E
Yeah, this music sh*t is a gift
  D                            E
But God help us make it cause this music business is a cliff
  Bm                             E
I got a life in my grip, she holding tight to my wrist
  A              E
She screaming: "Don't let me slip"
  F#m                           E
She see the tears in my eyes, I see the fear on her lips
D                                                      E
True when I told you, you the only reason why I don't flip and go insane
Bm                      E
My roof in the pouring rain
A                             E
You knew me before the fame, don't lose me the more I change, no
F#m                 E
Just grow with me, go broke you go broke with me
D                 E
I smoke you gon' smoke with me
Bm                         E
Woman's curse since birth, man lead her to the hearse
A           E
I go Bobby you go witney damn
F#m           E
Listen here, I'll tell you my biggest fears
D                E
You the only one who knows them
Bm                E
Don't you ever go expose them
A                     E
This life is harder than you'll probably ever know
F#m                     E
Emotions I hardly ever show
D              E
More for you than for me
Bm                E
Don't you worry yourself
A                  E
I gotta do this for me
F#m                         E
They tell me life is a test but where's a tutor for me
D               E
Pops came late I'm already stuck in my ways
Bm                     E
Ducking calls from my mother for days
A                                          E
Sometimes she hate the way she raised me but she love what she raised
F#M                                      E
Can't wait to hand her these house keys with nothing to say
Except

Hook: James Fauntleroy:
       F#m          E                        D          E
I'm a born sinner, but I'll die better than that; swear.
            Bm                        E                     A                     E
You were always where I needed you to be whether you were there or not there (I was there)
       F#m          E                        D                  E
I was born sinning but I live better than that (better than that, better than that)
                               Bm           E          A
And if you ain't f**king with that, I don't care.

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)