Chords for Brother Ali - Self Taught

_ _ _ I'm home. _ _
[Bb] Oh, yeah.
They [Cm] always ask me, I need what you so angry for, man.
[Bb] Why you always so upset?
I [Cm] tell them, shit, there's a thin line between anger and hunger, [Bb] my man.
And [C] I brought a unicycle down [Cm] the middle.
You might catch [Bb] me, touch his feet down on both [Cm] sides.
Ever since [C] day number one, it's just me and [Bb] where I'm coming from.
Rites of passage [Cm] and shadows on the sun.
My people, I stand [Bb] before you as a man with fortune, shit, and fame.
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ I'm a man with a [Bb] vision, shit, and fame.
I'm a man with a vision, shit, and fame.
I'm a man with a vision, shit, and fame.
I'm a man with a vision, shit, and fame.
I'm a man with a vision, [Cm] shit, and fame.
I'm on a grand tour in the nation.
I spit with an intensity you have [Bb] to witness, look close.
My blood [Cm] on the back of the tickets, it's that religious.
It's what I teach [Bb] my son how to read the Quran and [Cm] how a party is won.
You're like doctor, don't get it [Bb] mistaken We call it life when [Cm] we sit in the basement.
Self taught, it's as real as [Bb] you make it Any way you look at [Cm] it, this shit is amazing
[C] Doctor, don't get it [Bb] mistaken.
We call it life [Cm] when we sit in the basement.
Self taught, it's as real as [Bb] you make it Any way you look at it, [Eb] this shit is amazing
When [C] mine meets mine, we bettin' your [Bb] girl's fine
Figure 8 status, [Cm] she got back the state
The same old magic will not crack [Bb] the maze
A lot changed since we anteed up
[Cm] Pot has been raised and I'm walkin' with the hand I was dealt
[Bb] Lived 25 years to experience [Cm] what Azarus felt
If you drop three cums, I'll eat [Bb] one
Feed one to the family, rest to [Cm] get invested in my freedom
I paddle through a heart and a shit
[Bb] With a wrist full of broken toothpicks
[Cm] Tryin' to carve out a niche
You can either choose the heart or the fist
[Bb] But you will connect with me
If your path [Cm] ever intersects with me
The fire in the eye can never be [Bb] held back
It's the same
Fresher than they, the [Cm] Liberty Bell crack
It's the same
Flesher than they, my brother E-cell [Bb] crack
In the name of the unholy, [Cm] rest in peace
My back is being watched by the only one [Bb] on high
We stride in the party, [Cm] hoods up, crook thighs
Broke as what, but don't give [Bb] a fuck
Cause I feel like I'm the girl [Cm] by the nuts
Uh, top gun, don't get it [Bb] mistaken
We call light love [Cm] when we sit in the basement
We sell thought, it's as real as [Bb] you make it
Any way you look at [Cm] it, this shit is amazing
Doctor, don't get it [Bb] mistaken
We call light love [Cm] when we sit in the basement
We sell thought, it's as real as [Bb] you make it
Any way you look at [Cm] it, this shit is amazing _
Homeboy, [Bb] understand, I ain't mad at you
[Cm] Just got a few things in life I know how to do
And this is one [Bb] of them right here
_ _ [Cm] And whatever comes up, comes out
[Bb] We don't put our hands on our [Cm] mouth
I stand for what I'm about
Unknown, but I'm still a [Bb] soul, so
Can't let em go home [Cm] till I win them over
My youth was training, it's very [Bb] clear
Every year, new city, [Cm] new rules to play with
True shit, new kid in school, didn't [Bb] rule nothing
To this day, I rap like [Cm] I'm tryna prove something
Little bit aggressive when I spit [Bb] a sentence
Till you get the message
[Cm] You couldn't pay me to quit professing
Rock 61, [Bb] sold out, shows came
Roman [Cm] got a bust at a 60 second
Shirt sweated, full of work [Bb] ethic
Been in love with this shit since [Cm] I first met it
[C] Rhyme Sayers is the first to come, last [Bb] to leave
Ain't no tricks up our sleeve, [Cm] this is what we believe
We like, doctor, don't get it [Bb] mistaken
We call life out when [Cm] we sit in the basement
We self-taught, it's as real as [Bb] you make it
Any way you look at it, [Cm] this shit is amazing
Doctor, don't get it [Bb] mistaken
We call life out when [Cm] we sit in the basement
We self-taught, it's as real as [Bb] you make it
Any way [Cm] you look at it, this shit is amazing _ _
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