Chords for Immortal Technique - You Never Know Lyrics

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[Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ She was on her way [G] to becoming a college graduate
[A] Wouldn't even [Gm] stop to [Dm] talk to the average kid
[Gm] The type of Latina I'd sit and contemplate [Dm] marriage with
[Am] Fuck the horse and carrot shit, [Dm] her love was never for hire
_ [G] Disciplined intellectual beauty's what I desire
Flyer than Selma [Dm] Hayek or Jennifer Lopez
[G] Everyone told me kicking [Gm] it to her [Dm] was hopeless
[Am] At first I just thought [Dm] she didn't mess with broke kids
And those niggas [G] always talking [Gm] about how they smoke kids
[Am] But the rich [Gm] sniff-poll [Dm] kids got no play
[Gm] I'm not even [G] interested [Gm] what her body [Dm] language would say
[Am] Everyone around the way [Dm] gave up trying to get in it
Didn't matter [G] how good your game was, she wasn't with it
[E] All the block [Gm] bitches was [Dm] jealous, but wouldn't admit it
[Gm] Talk shit and deny to everyone [Dm] that they did it
[Am] Cause they regretted the long list [Dm] of niggas that they let hit it
[G] And no one ever gave them shit except McDonald's and Diddick
[Am] Smoking weed [Gm] with thoughts of [Dm] envy whenever they lit it
[G] She spoke intelligently and [Gm] they bit it, [Dm] always trying to copy
[D] But when they [Am] tried to use [Dm] her vocab they sounded [G] sloppy
She had [G] a style all her own, respectful and pure
[Am] I was sick in [E] the head for [Dm] her and there wasn't a cure
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Oh, baby, _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D]
I'm in love with [G] Tom Waits, the no man, [Am] not fake, small [Dm] friend _
[G] I _ ain't [Gm] supposed to know [Dm] you _
[A] Love and love [Dm] is the only rule [G] I _ can't find a reason why
[Am] God came between you [Dm] and I
If [Gm] I had the chance again, I'd never let [Dm] you go
[A] Hold tight to your love [Dm] cause you never know
[D] Her eyes are brown and beautiful [G] yet empty and sad
[Am] I used to talk [E] to her [Dm] occasionally and she was glad
[Gm] That I [G] wasn't just another [Gm] nigga trying [Dm] to get in it
[A] So every now and then [Dm] we'd stop and talk for a minute
[D] I didn't have a gimmick [Gm] so the minutes [Am] turned to hours
On her [Gm] birthday I [Dm] gave her a poem with flowers
[Gm] Then I took her out to dinner after her [Dm] cousin's baby shower
[Am] We talked about power [D] to the people and such
We spent more time together but [G] it was never enough
I never tried [Gm] to sneak a [Dm] touch or even cop a feel
[Gm] I was too interested in keeping [Dm] it real, [Am] perfectly honest and complete
[Dm] She would always call me cariño [D] and never technique
[Gm] Bought me a new book to read [A] every two or three weeks
[Dm] Forever changing the expression [Gm] of my thoughts when I speak
It was because [Dm] of her I even [Am] debted all of my freaks
[Dm] She convinced me to stop hanging [G] out on the streets
To stop robbing and [A] stealing from people like you
[Dm] Instead I took her out to the [G] Apollo in the Bronx
[Gm] Busseo del [Dm] Barrio and [Am] the Metropolitan too
[Dm] Got to the point where I was ether with her [G] and my crew
So I decided one day [Am] to tell her my [Gm] feelings was true
[Dm] I couldn't live without her so [Gm] I threw the face [G] of my fears
[Gm] But honey's [Dm] only [Am] response was a face full of tears
[Dm] She could only sob hysterically, holding me tight
I tried to speak but she wouldn't [A] stop until I [Gm] left sight
[Dm] I felt like a moth who got [Gm] himself too close to the light
Except I didn't [Dm] burn, I turned [A] cold after that night
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_ _ Time waits for no [A] man, not fake, it's [Dm] all grand _
[G] I _ must [Gm] know [Dm] you, _
[A] love and love [Dm] just to hold you at all [G] times
_ Can't [Gm] find a reason [G] why, [E] God came to _ [Dm] reunite
If [Gm] I had a chance again, I'd never let [Dm] you go
[Em] Hold tight to your love [Dm] that you say never know
[G] I went on with my life, college and my career
Ended up locked up like [Dm] an animal for a year
[Gm] Where the COs talk to you like they were [Dm] the overseer
[Am] Then I got sent to the hole [Dm] when my exit was near
At night [G] in my cell, I'd close my eyes and I'd see her
[A] All the clothes [Gm] and my dreams, [Dm] but when I woke she disappeared
[Gm] Just an empty [G] cell until [Gm] the state gave [Dm] me parole
[Am] In the summer came back, [Dm] intact and on track
But the fact of [G] the matter is I still felt cold
[Am] Even after [Gm] my mother [Dm] hugged me crying at home
My [Gm] real niggas [G] would catch me [Gm] thinking out [Dm] of my zone
[A] Fucking lots of different women, [Dm] but I still felt alone
[E] Relatively well [G] known around the New York underground
[A] But I kept [Gm] thinking of her [Dm] and how we used to be [Gm] down
The sound of her [G] voice and [Gm] the beautiful [Dm] smell of her hair
[Am] Though gone physically, [Dm] somehow it was still there
I had to do [G] something because this shit was too much to bear
[Am] So I went [Gm] and visited [Dm] the building where she used to live
[Gm] The world looks [G] a lot [Gm] different after you [Dm] do a bid
[Am] The way her life done changed [Dm] while primitive minds are still stuck
In the [G] same game like her cousin who was on [Am] the corner slinging [Gm] cocaine
[Dm] Stepped in the lobby and tapped the [Gm] button next to [G] her last name
[Gm] Her mom buzzed [Dm] me up and [Am] hugged me up like a mother order
[Dm] But her facial expression changed when I asked about her daughter
I wish that no man would [A] not [Gm] be his [Dm] old friend _ _
[G] _ I wish [Gm] just to know [Dm] you _
[A] Love and love [Dm] just to hold you and all that
_ [G] Can't find a reason why [Am] God came between you [Dm] and I
_ But if [Gm] I had the chance again, I'd never let [Dm] you go
[Am] Hold tight to your love [Dm] that you never know
[E] She told me that [G] there was a note for me that was left behind
[Am] And she had left [Gm] it there [Dm] waiting for such a long time
[G] I was inclined to ask about [Gm] it, but she brought [Dm] it up first
[Am] I saw a tear swelling up [Dm] in her eye
And then she cursed, she told me where [G] the letter was
And I started thinking the worst
[Am] Reversed my [Gm] position, stepped [Dm] over and opened the door
[Gm] And sure enough, there was an envelope with my [Dm] name on the floor
[Am] Nobody loves you more than me, [Dm] cariño's what the letter said
By the time [G] you get to read this, I'll probably be dead
But when you left in 97, [Bb] a part of me went to heaven
[Gm] I thank God at least I got to know what love [Dm] really was
[C] But it hurt me to see [Dm] what true love really does
[D] Cause even though [G] we never made love, you were all that there was
[Am] It was because [Gm] I loved you so [Dm] much that I had to make you leave
[Gm] You made me doubt the way I thought, you made me [Dm] wanna believe
[A] And then I slipped up, [Dm] and I let you get close to me
It was hard to not [Gm] be openly when [G] people spoke to me
This was not the way I thought [Dm] my life was supposed to be
[Gm] Baby don't you see, I had a blood [Dm] transfusion [Am] that left me with HIV
[Dm] Hoped it'd exist for me [D] since late in [G] 1993
I died a virgin, I wish [Am] I could've given [Gm] myself to you
[Dm] I cried in the hospital [Gm] cause there was no one else but you
Promised that [Dm] you'll meet me in [Am] paradise _ inevitably
[Dm] No matter what, I'll keep [Gm] your love forever with me
What [G] happened for the rest [Am] of the day is still a blur
[Dm] But I remember wishing that I [Gm] was dead instead of her
She was buried on [Dm] August 3rd, [A] the story ends without a sequel
[Dm] And now you know why techne don't fucking fall [G] in love with people
Hold the person that you love [Am] closely if they're [Gm] next to you
[Dm] The one you love, not the person [G] that simply has sex with you
[Gm] Appreciate [Dm] them to the fullest [Em] extent, and then beyond
[Dm] Cause you never really know what you got [G] until it's gone _ _ _ _
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