Change chords by J. Cole

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Bm                                                D  F#m
My intuition is telling me there'll be better days
Bm                                                D  F#m
My intuition is telling me there'll be better days


Verse 1:
      Bm
Yeah, my intuition is telling me there'll be better days
Bm
I sit in silence and find whenever I meditate
D
My fears alleviate, my tears evaporate
F#m
My faith don't deviate, ideas don't have a date
Bm
But see I'm growing and getting stronger with every breath
Bm
Bringing me closer to Heaven's doors with every step
B

As we speak I'm at peace, no longer scared to die
F#m
Most niggas don't believe in God and so they terrified
Bm
It's either that or they be fearing they gon' go to Hell
 Bm                                                     D
Asking the Father for forgiveness, got 'em overwhelmed (Please, God, I want to go to Heaven)
      F#m
As if He's spiteful like them white folks that control the jail
Bm
See I believe if God is real, He'd never judge a man
Bm
Because He knows us all and therefore He would understand
    D
The ignorance that make a nigga take his brother life
    F#m
The bitterness and pain that got him beating on his wife


Chorus:
Bm                                        Bm
I know you desperate for a change let the pen glide
                                    D
But the only real change come from inside (Come from inside)
                                    F#m
But the only real change come from inside (Come from inside)

But the only real change come from
Bm                               Bm
In cemeteries or in chains I see men cry
                                     D
But the only real change come from inside (Come from inside)
                                     F#m
But the only real change come from inside (Come from inside)

But the only real change come from


Verse 2:
           Bm
Yeah, my chosen religion

Jesus piece frozen from sinnin'
  Bm
Doin' dirt, hoping to God, He know my intentions
D
To see a million 'fore I see a casket
          F#m
I got a baby on the way, know he gon' be a bastard
            Bm
I'm living fast like I'm in a drag race, how that cash taste
 Bm
When I was a senior, I was ballin' on my classmates
  D
Niggas put three bullets in my car, one hit the gas tank
  F#m
Know I got a angel cause I'm supposed to have a halo
       Bm                                        Bm
Right now, my lifestyle destined for a federal facility

For my ability to make them birds fly
 D
Fiends wanna get higher than a bird's eye view
     F#m
And who am I to tell a nigga what to do?
                     Bm
I just supply, it's economics

My business ain't got the suit and tie
Bm
Keep a pistol at all times, niggas want what's mine
D
I can't oblige, dog, I work too hard
           F#m
So reach for it, get referred to God, I'm going hard, nigga


Chorus:
Bm                                        Bm
I know you desperate for a change let the pen glide
                                    D
But the only real change come from inside (Come from inside)
                                    F#m
But the only real change come from inside (Come from inside)

But the only real change come from
Bm                               Bm
In cemeteries or in chains I see men cry
                                     D
But the only real change come from inside (Come from inside)
                                     F#m
But the only real change come from inside (Come from inside)

But the only real change come from


Verse 3:
     Bm
Yeah, prodigal son, got a new gun
          Bm
This one don't run out of ammo

Lately been working on my handles
       D
Can I ball, become a star and remain my self?
       F#m
If I fall, dust it off and regain my self
          Bm
Fuck 'em all, they don't know all the pain I felt
        Bm                                  D
I'm in awe, after all the fame I felt, I evolved
                                 F#m
I no longer bury demons, I be a vessel for the truth until I'm barely breathing, I'm singing


Bridge:
Bm   Bm                       D
    Life is all about the evolution

I give up, I give in, I move back a little
    F#m
I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more
 Bm      Bm                               D
You can dream but don't neglect the execution

I give up, I give in, I move back a little
    F#m
I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more
Bm   Bm                                D
   Time is short that's what somebody told me

I give up, I give in, I move back a little
    F#m
I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more
Bm    Bm                               D
     Too short to keep following your homies

I give up, I give in, I move back a little
    F#m
I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more


Bridge:
N.C.
I reminisce back to a time where niggas threw they hands
N.C.
All of a sudden niggas pop a trunk and then we scram
N.C.
Finger on trigger make a little nigga understand
N.C.
What it's like to finally be the motherfuckin' man
N.C.
Eyes wide that's from the power that the coward feels
N.C.
Niggas die over bitches, disrespect, and dollar bills
N.C.
Bloodshed that turned the city to a battlefield
N.C.
I call it poison, you call it real (pop, pop, pop, pop)
N.C.
That's how you feel?


Verse 4:
Bm
Pistols be poppin' and niggas drop in a heartbeat
 Bm
Scattered like roaches, a body laid on the concrete
D
A body laid on the concrete
F#m
Look, somebody laid on the concrete
 Bm
No time for that, ain't no lookin' back, cause I'm running too
  Bm
I made it home, I woke up and turned on the morning news
    D
Overcame with a feeling I can't explain
             F#m
Cause that was my nigga James that was slain, he was 22
N.C.
(Last night at around...) He was 22
N.C.
(22 year old black male, suspect, reporting live...)


Outro:
N.C.
(I swear to God, bruh)
N.C.
We're gathered here today...
N.C.
(I swear to God)
N.C.
To mourn the life of James McMillan Jr
N.C.
(I swear to God nigga, I'ma kill them niggas, man)
N.C.
A tragedy, another tragedy in the black community
N.C.
(I promise you, bro...)
N.C.
We got to do better, people
N.C.
22 years old, this boy was too young
N.C.
(I promise you, bro, I'ma kill them niggas, yo...)
N.C.
Our condolences go to his family, our prayers
N.C.
(I'ma kill them niggas myself...)
N.C.
We know he's in a better place
N.C.
We know he's in a better place
N.C.
But this has got to end, ladies and gentleman
N.C.
We've got to come together, this is this is beyond words
N.C.
Now I'd like to open this ceremony with a verse from...