Chords for Can't Hold Me Down

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_ Shout out [Fm] to all the haters [C] man.
_ If it wasn't [A] for y'all it [Em] wouldn't be us.
[F] Ha ha.
_ _ [G] Let's go.
Sometimes I feel like [C] I [Am] need a break from the slammer [D] scheme
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People gon' say what they [C] say
But you can't hold me down, [D] hold me down
[G]
Don't give a fuck what you [C] feel [Am] about me
Cause I'ma do what I [D] do _
[Em] Go ahead and hate on [C] me
[Am] But you can't hold me down, hold me down
[Em] I started with a $25 [C] wholesale
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Up and down [D] South Main, in and out of [Em] hotels
No sleep, cause [E] all the rocks [F] gone
And when the blocks came, I put the whole block [Em] on
Still remember yesterday that [G] night
To my neck, [Am] no hesitation
Grabbed the [D] check and I earned my [Em] respect
That's why I statted on my [C] arm
Wrapped a body [F] count before you [Am] judge a book
Better [C] know what a [B] gangster bought
I paid dues, my nigga, [E] and then some
Skipped [Am] states and jumped on and got money on the [Em] run
Seen a lot of real niggas [E] sitting in them cells
[F] While you fuck bars, see a lot on the streets getting mail
[G]
Working with them white folks, [Am] y'all know what I'm talking about
Have a young nigga on the [E] inside looking [Em] out
Timesheet looking like a [C] football [F] number
Nigga stressing like a motherfucker [D] missing his young
[Em] Thank God for my haters, y'all [C] made me who I am
Probably still be in the kitchen, [D] still scrambling [Em] grams
Three microwaves, [Dm] sending it [Am] two jars
Tupac's state of mind made [D] against our laws
[G]
Sometimes I feel like I [Am] need a break from this [D] atmosphere
_ [Em]
People close, they ain't what they [Am] say
But they can't hold me down, [D] hold me down
[G] Don't give a fuck what you [Am] feel
Won't block me cause I'm a do what I [D] do
[G] Go ahead and hate on [Em] me
Cause you [F] can't hold me down, hold me down
[Em] I'm just a street nigga from [E] Houston, Texas
[F] The same one that used to [D] eat nothing for breakfast
[Am] My [Em] memory's so fucked up I wish I [C] could forget it
[F] The memory I'm building now is get up and go get it
[G] I remember I told y'all motherfuckers one [E] day I'ma be rich
[Am] Also I remember y'all motherfuckers telling me I ain't [Fm] never gonna be shit
Y'all [Em] motherfuckers 30-something, they ain't never moved out y'all [A] mama house
[Am] Fuck being somebody's roommate, I just hustled until I [D] got a house
Bitch, I'm a [Em] boss, like ha ha ha ha ha ha
[E] That's the way y'all was laughing [F] at me, now wait till you see me in my ride
[D] Why the fuck y'all ain't laughing [Em] at me?
Close your mouth, I can fit my whole [C] arm in [F] there
Spent $100 when I sit in my [D] barber's chair
I [Em] got kicked out my father's house without a [C] father
Ended up in a military but I found my [Fm] lord
So [Em] I guess you could say my doing bad [C] did me some good
Haters hated me straight to the money, it feels so [G] good
Sometimes I feel like I [C] [Am] need a break from this atmosphere
[D] _ _ [Em]
People gon' say what they [C] say
But [Am] we can't hold me down, hold [D] me down
[G] Don't give a fuck what you [C] feel about me
Cause I'ma do what I [D] do
[G] Go ahead and hate on [C] me
But you [F] can't hold me down, hold me [G] down _
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