Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: AbmAbm
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
Eb MajorEb
Ohhhh
AbmAbm
(Miss Badu told me I'm)
Chorus:
BB DbDb
Most these sheeple move like clones
EbmEbm AbmAbm
That's why I be on my own
BB DbDb
My mama thought I was a joke
EbmEbm DbDb
But Miss Badu told me I'm dope
BB
Yeah, I'm dope
DbDb
Yeah, yeah, I'm dope
EbmEbm
Miss Badu told me I'm
Post-Chorus:
AbmAbm
And I know it
Bb majorBb
You can't tell me nothing else
G minorGm BbmBbm
That's why every beat I'm on is water and I'm Michael Phelps
G minorGm Bb majorBb
Told my partnas "get yo bread up, but that dope don't equal wealth"
BbmBbm Bb majorBb
But you can't help all yo partnas, unless you done helped yourself
Verse 2:
EbmEbm
So I need more than kudos and a high-five
C minorCm
'Cause I went from sidelines to the limelight
Eb MajorEb
And I shine bright, ice cold, bars Klondike
E minorEm
And I never moved with the white
E minorEm
This ain't blindside (ouu)
C minorCm
Finite, but you feel the spirit
E minorEm
Whole flow shine like, soul glow
E minorEm
Every lyric (soul glow)
C minorCm
Skin cocoa so most popo fear it
E MajorE
Nine like Rondo on my clothes
AbmAbm
When I pivot
Ouu
Chorus:
BB DbDb
Most these sheeple move like clones (move like clones)
EbmEbm AbmAbm
That's why I be on my own (I be on my own)
BB DbDb
My mama thought I was a joke (she thought I was a joke)
EbmEbm DbDb
But Dave Chapelle told me, I'm dope
BB
Yeah, I'm dope
GbGb
Yeah, yeah, I'm dope
EbmEbm AbmAbm
Dave Chapelle told me I'm
Post-Chorus:
BbmBbm
And I know it, you can't tell me nothing else
BB G minorGm BbmBbm BbmBbm
That's why every beat I'm on is water and I'm Michael Phelps
Bb majorBb
Me and my dogs eat like kings, but we be working just like slaves
BbmBbm Bb majorBb
I done made it outta my hood, I deserve some accolades
Verse 3:
Eb MajorEb
'Cause I maneuver through the doo-doo like a
AbmAbm
Bottle of Metamucil in a body that's used to being constipated
EbmEbm DbmDbm
And most consumers, they view me as a ruler like Mansa Musa
E MajorE
'Cause I stay with some jewels that can exonerate 'em
EbmEbm
From every ounce of troubled water they been in spend-in
B minorBm
Time and place it ain't safe to swim in
EbmEbm
Without yellin' I try to tell em'
GbGb
They should make amends
E MajorE
Because...
Outro:
BB Bb7Bb7
Where you from, where I'm from
EbmEbm
You see, so much pain (so much pain)
BB BbM7Bbm7 Bb majorBb EbmEbm
But the kid do it big, now they know my name (know my name)
BB Bb majorBb
I done got it out the mud (aye)
DbDb EbmEbm
And put on for my day ones
BB BbmBbm
That's why Miss Badu and Dave Chapelle
EbmEbm AbmAbm
Show a young playa love (show a young playa love)
End:
AbmAbm BB DbDb EbmEbm AbmAbm