Day Ones chords by Tobe Nwigwe

Intro:

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   Yeah

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Ouuuu

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I'm from the weeeeest

Verse 1:

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Che Che Che

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Igbo kwenu hey

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Naija boy they love how I accentuate

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Most my partners trynna ball like the NBA

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So they out here moving products like it’s Mary Kay

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I don't knock 'em I just know the game

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They ain’t slaves, they just really love the whips and chains

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The more things change, the more things stay the same

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When I flow every corner see fire like I'm Kane

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So I spit fire, no extinguisher

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Might just teach Fat some Igbo to make her a bilingual

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Speaker, keep up I'll teach ya to aim right with that thing you pull

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Outcho britches when yo' finger itches cause you ain't too keen to wool

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Being pulled over yo got you pressed like a license plate

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You a goofy if Lucy could press yo' buyttons and getcha heated like microwaves, (ouu)

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You, might just need to meditate

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Get yo' mind out that vegetative state

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It's time to elevate

Chorus:

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Cause I came straight from out the slums

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So I need a check like them Jordan 1S

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I swear this for all of my day ones

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Out here making bread but they came from crumbs

Verse 2:

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Look flow hotter than pepper spray

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Spit it for my kinky hair kinsmen that have been led astray

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More than bullets from those who pull it in hopes to decimate

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All they opps, cause on our blocks we learnt to regulate from

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Warren G, It’s kinda easy, when ya listen to that G’D up sound I had it on repeat, (ouu)

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Then I got it out the mud

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Walked straight out the puddle

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Where I'm from you yapping they start clapping like it’s time to break the huddle

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Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuu

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Ready break

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I remember eating free lunch with them heavy trays

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Most my homeboys blew heavy haze after seventh grade

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And most my homegirls had oval edges with heavy lace

Pre Chorus:

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It's time to elevate (yea)

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If they hatin' baby let 'em hate, (yea)

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You can see me shinin’ in the shade, (yea)

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We done came up on some better days

Pre Chorus:

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It's time to elevate

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If they hatin' baby let 'em hate, (yea)

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You can see me shinin’ in the shade, (yea)

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We done came up on some better days

Bridge:

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'Cus I came straight from out the slums,

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So I need a check like them Jordan 1S

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I swear this for all of my day ones,

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Out here making bread but they came from crumbs

Outro:

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'Cus I came straight from out the slums,

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So I need a check like them Jordan 1S

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I swear this for all of my day ones,

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Out here making bread but they came from crumbs