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Life Sentence Chords by J. Cole

Life Sentence chords by J. Cole

Guitar chords with lyrics

Intro:

Dm7            Am7          G
Realest shit I wrote (Doin' life)
Dm7            Am7             G
Realest shit I wrote (We doin' life, nigga)
Dm7            Am7   G
Realest shit I wrote
Dm7         Am7            G
This be the realest shit I wrote
Dm7            Am7   G
Realest shit I wrote
Dm7            Am7   G
Realest shit I wrote
Dm7                   Am7          G
Be the realest shit I wrote (Doin' life), yeah

Verse 1:
                        Dm7
For all my niggas doin' life with they day one
                          Am7           G
Who held it down when the credit wasn't A1
                          Dm7
You thankin' God, you was lookin' for a great one
                       Am7          G
He took a rib out your chest and He madе one
                        Dm7
To be a man and hold it down, take a bravе one
                    Am7           G
When the hoes come around and you crave somethin'
                         Dm7
My flow switch, slow the pace, this the Ma$e one
                         Am7               G
I'm not a player but I'm crushin' like the late Pun
N.C.
Let's take one, go


Verse 2:
    Dm7
The definition of rider
              Am7                   G
The one by my side when I had not a dollar to my name
         Dm7
Before a crowd would holler for Jermaine
    Am7    G
You saw potential
                         Dm7
Waitin' on you to hit my line was suspenseful
                 Am7            G
Back when we was kids, this was simple
                           Dm7
Boy likes girl, girl got a man
                                    Am7
Boy stays in lane, maybe provides a friend
               G
Knowin' by the end, buddy gon' fumble
Dm7
Was far from the toughest around, but he gon' rumble
     Am7             G
When necessary, when niggas started talkin' reckless, did he
Dm7
Not step to them niggas with chest poked out?
Am7             G
Over you, that 'Ville come out, no doubt
Dm7
We fell in love, but my dreams you ain't know 'bout
Am7                  G
You knew I rap, but, you ain't know 'bout both of my goals
Dm7
Wanna take over the globe through a mic
N.C.
And one day, me and you be doin' life


Chorus:
Am7          Dm7
All types of games are being played, how's it goin' down? (Yeah)
                  Am7        G
It's on 'til it's gone and I gots to know now (Yeah)
                  Dm7
Is you with me or what? A nigga really think he in love (Uh-huh)
           Am7                         G
I put this ring on you forever, what's up?
             Dm7
All types of games are being played, how's it goin' down? (Yeah)
                  Am7        G
It's on 'til it's gone and I gots to know now (Yeah)
                  Dm7
Is you with me or what? A nigga really think he in love (Uh-huh)
           Am7                         G
I put this ring on you forever, what's up? (We doin' life)


Verse 3:
Dm7
Uh, the puppy love had grown and now, it's full blown
Am7                G
Since childhood, I vowed to have a good home
Dm7
White picket fence with wife cookin'
       Am7               G
Yellow rice for a couple kids that's nice lookin'
Dm7
And I promise to treat her right
                             Am7        G
Unlike what I had seen in my life as examples, marriages in shambles
                 Dm7
And I can tell I found a real one
       Am7             G
Smart, loyal, and real pretty, we can build somethin'
Dm7
But first, I got work to do
                         Am7                      G
So, when I'm spendin' my nights locked in on that mic, please, don't take it
personal
Dm7
My skills is growin', the flows more versatile
          Am7                G
My name's ringin' and on the evenin', I heard the news
Dm7
I'm gettin' a deal, the first one I called was you
     Am7            G
Even though we been off-and-on a few years
    Dm7
And through tears on rainy nights that you would wipe
N.C.
I always knew that we'd be doin' life


Chorus:
Am7          Dm7
All types of games are being played, how's it goin' down? (Yeah)
                  Am7        G
It's on 'til it's gone and I gots to know now (Yeah)
                  Dm7
Is you with me or what? A nigga really think he in love (Uh-huh)
           Am7                         G
I put this ring on you forever, what's up?
             Dm7
All types of games are being played, how's it goin' down? (Yeah)
                  Am7        G
It's on 'til it's gone and I gots to know now (Yeah)
                  Dm7
Is you with me or what? A nigga really think he in love (Uh-huh)
           Am7                         G
I put this ring on you forever, what's up? (We doin' life)


Verse 4:
    Dm7
The temptation of other lovers is a hard one
       Am7              G
To overcome when you're young and your star's done
Dm7
Align, now, women that wouldn't give you time is callin' you fine
Am7             G
Lust creeps all through your mind
    Dm7
I'm tryin' my hardest to remember why I'm an artist
          Am7             G
Is it for bitches and the riches?
        Dm7
You all suspicious and you should be, I'm doin' dirt
         Am7              G
But it's not as much as I could be, that make me feel better
    Dm7
I'm driftin' away slowly, that make you feel bitter
    Am7         G
The devil on my shoulder tellin' me, "Quit her"
Dm7
Angel on the opposite side sayin, "Stick with her"
Am7                      G
God tellin' me pick whichever is in my heart
Dm7
Looked inside myself to a place beyond thought
    Am7                     G
And found out who I want to be, slowly, but surely
   Dm7
He cut off his hoes, if you gon' do it, do it right
N.C.
Put ring on your finger, now me and you is doin' life


Chorus:
Am7          Dm7
All types of games are being played, how's it goin' down? (Yeah)
                  Am7        G
It's on 'til it's gone and I gots to know now (Yeah)
                  Dm7
Is you with me or what? A nigga really think he in love (Uh-huh)
           Am7                         G
I put this ring on you forever, what's up?
             Dm7
All types of games are being played, how's it goin' down? (Yeah)
                  Am7        G
It's on 'til it's gone and I gots to know now (Yeah)
                  Dm7
Is you with me or what? A nigga really think he in love (Uh-huh)
           Am7                         G
I put this ring on you forever, what's up? (We doin' life)


Outro:
  Dm7                                       Am7         G
I done wrote a lot of songs, but this— this gotta be my realest one
  Dm7                                                     Am7           G
Shoutout to anybody that really know what it's like to do life with somebody
            Dm7                                          Am7       G    Dm7
Through the ups, the downs, the goods, the bads, through thick and thin
     Am7                        G            Dm7
In a time where they make it so easy to just give up
            Am7
Know what I mean?

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