Chords for J. Cole - "Let Nas Down" (Music Video)
Tempo:
85.1 bpm
Chords used:
Em
Bm
G
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [Am] Freedom of jail clips inserted a [Em] baby's being born [G] same time a man is murdered the beginning and end as far as rap go
It's only natural.
I explain my [D] plateau and also [Em] what defines my name
Yeah, long live the idols may they never be your rivals poppers like Jesus not [D] wrote the Bible now
What you got there is [G] a tale of glory and sin no IP my mentor and I let the story begin
I [A] used to print [B] out nice raps and take them up on [G] my wall
My nigga thought they was worse, but it was pictures
I saw and since I wanted to drop I used to read them and ah
[E] Then he drops still mad [G] at rock the cleaners for love [Am] fast for who the thought [Em] that I would meet him on top
I'm earning strikes now nigga gotta be this galore [Ab] backstage.
I shook his hand let him know that he's the man
[Gb] Well, he said he was a fan.
[B] It was too hard [Em] to understand
No time to soak up the moment [Bm] though cuz I [C] was in the gym
Hope asking where's the record that the [Bm] radio could play and I was striking out for months knife in [C] it feeling fit
Cheetah under pressure [Bm] made the biggest hit of my career
[Em] But at first that wasn't clear niggas had no idea then I called me when the drop sound is sad
[Bm] But since then told me not urgent [G] single and he hate [Am] that shit said you the one [Bm] you why you make that shit
I can't believe [Em] I let nice day
Then my heart stuck in my stomach.
[Bm] I can't believe I let nice day.
[G] [C] I
Got the fist up on the [Bm] phone.
We're sitting it was in my phone.
[Em] Fuck it long live the idols
May they never be your rivals poppers like Jesus [Bm] not wrote the Bible now what you're about to hear is a tell the glory [Am] and
Sin no, I'd be my mentor [Bm] and I let the story begin
[A] Couldn't help but think that maybe I had made [Em] a mistake.
I mean you made you owe me dog
I thought that you [D] could relate but while I [A] shot up the [Ebm] charts
You mean telling me that I was [Bb] not up to [G] par when I followed my [A] heart
Granted my heart was painted by my [Em] mind and kept on saying where's the hits you ain't [B] got none
You know, Jay never put your [G] album out without none and dog, you know, how come labels are arcade formulae it with a [Em] outcome
So they don't know they just [C] study the charts me.
I studied the shows [B] the fans study their hearts
I had a feeling I was [G] chilling in this [A] music.
We was filling out which ain't live [B] forever
Fuck the labels put it [Em] out Friday night lights blue.
That was [C] class number two
Now it seemed as if the nice [B] comparisons was coming soon still no release date [G] from the label
[A] Are they insane goose told me play the [B] game to change the game, but on the way [Em] I let nice then
[D] [C] Damn, I got no one to [D] blame.
I'm ashamed.
I let nice then
[G] [Am] But this is guys [Bm] plan you can never understand [Em] fucking long live the idols may they never be your rivals
Pacas like Jesus [Bm] not broke the Bible and what you're about to hear is a tell the [C] glory and sin
No, I'd be my mentor and I let the [Bm] story begin
I'm [N] always believed in a bigger picture if I can get them niggas to listen outside my court and I can open the door
Reintroduce them to honesty show them that they need more the difference between the pretenders in [A] the kids with Lamar's and so I took the
Fuck like the son of the Lord on the [G] cross dying for that fake shit
You niggas bought for the past decade if I should pass, please let this be my [Bb] last essay [Em] before I write
Apologies to [Bm] OD's for [C] sacrificing my art, but I'm here for a greater purpose.
I knew [Bm] right from the start
I'm just a man to the [G] people not [C] above but equal and for the greater [Bm] good.
I walk amongst the [Em] evil.
Don't cry mama
[Bm] It's the life.
I [C] choose myself.
Just pray along the way that I don't [D] lose myself
This is for the nigga [G] that said the [C] hip-hop was dead.
I went to hell to [Bm] resurrect it
How could you fail to [Em] respect it?
Let me nice then I got the phone call [Bm] quietly.
I'm on dog.
I let nice then
[Am] Yeah, and on this [Bm] flight may I never lose [Em] sight fucking long live the idols may they never be your rivals
Pappas like Jesus [Bm] not broke the Bible and what you just heard to tell a [Em] glory and sin
No, I'd be my [Bm] mentor and I let the story
[D] [Em] [N]
[Em] [B] [A] [Em]
It's only natural.
I explain my [D] plateau and also [Em] what defines my name
Yeah, long live the idols may they never be your rivals poppers like Jesus not [D] wrote the Bible now
What you got there is [G] a tale of glory and sin no IP my mentor and I let the story begin
I [A] used to print [B] out nice raps and take them up on [G] my wall
My nigga thought they was worse, but it was pictures
I saw and since I wanted to drop I used to read them and ah
[E] Then he drops still mad [G] at rock the cleaners for love [Am] fast for who the thought [Em] that I would meet him on top
I'm earning strikes now nigga gotta be this galore [Ab] backstage.
I shook his hand let him know that he's the man
[Gb] Well, he said he was a fan.
[B] It was too hard [Em] to understand
No time to soak up the moment [Bm] though cuz I [C] was in the gym
Hope asking where's the record that the [Bm] radio could play and I was striking out for months knife in [C] it feeling fit
Cheetah under pressure [Bm] made the biggest hit of my career
[Em] But at first that wasn't clear niggas had no idea then I called me when the drop sound is sad
[Bm] But since then told me not urgent [G] single and he hate [Am] that shit said you the one [Bm] you why you make that shit
I can't believe [Em] I let nice day
Then my heart stuck in my stomach.
[Bm] I can't believe I let nice day.
[G] [C] I
Got the fist up on the [Bm] phone.
We're sitting it was in my phone.
[Em] Fuck it long live the idols
May they never be your rivals poppers like Jesus [Bm] not wrote the Bible now what you're about to hear is a tell the glory [Am] and
Sin no, I'd be my mentor [Bm] and I let the story begin
[A] Couldn't help but think that maybe I had made [Em] a mistake.
I mean you made you owe me dog
I thought that you [D] could relate but while I [A] shot up the [Ebm] charts
You mean telling me that I was [Bb] not up to [G] par when I followed my [A] heart
Granted my heart was painted by my [Em] mind and kept on saying where's the hits you ain't [B] got none
You know, Jay never put your [G] album out without none and dog, you know, how come labels are arcade formulae it with a [Em] outcome
So they don't know they just [C] study the charts me.
I studied the shows [B] the fans study their hearts
I had a feeling I was [G] chilling in this [A] music.
We was filling out which ain't live [B] forever
Fuck the labels put it [Em] out Friday night lights blue.
That was [C] class number two
Now it seemed as if the nice [B] comparisons was coming soon still no release date [G] from the label
[A] Are they insane goose told me play the [B] game to change the game, but on the way [Em] I let nice then
[D] [C] Damn, I got no one to [D] blame.
I'm ashamed.
I let nice then
[G] [Am] But this is guys [Bm] plan you can never understand [Em] fucking long live the idols may they never be your rivals
Pacas like Jesus [Bm] not broke the Bible and what you're about to hear is a tell the [C] glory and sin
No, I'd be my mentor and I let the [Bm] story begin
I'm [N] always believed in a bigger picture if I can get them niggas to listen outside my court and I can open the door
Reintroduce them to honesty show them that they need more the difference between the pretenders in [A] the kids with Lamar's and so I took the
Fuck like the son of the Lord on the [G] cross dying for that fake shit
You niggas bought for the past decade if I should pass, please let this be my [Bb] last essay [Em] before I write
Apologies to [Bm] OD's for [C] sacrificing my art, but I'm here for a greater purpose.
I knew [Bm] right from the start
I'm just a man to the [G] people not [C] above but equal and for the greater [Bm] good.
I walk amongst the [Em] evil.
Don't cry mama
[Bm] It's the life.
I [C] choose myself.
Just pray along the way that I don't [D] lose myself
This is for the nigga [G] that said the [C] hip-hop was dead.
I went to hell to [Bm] resurrect it
How could you fail to [Em] respect it?
Let me nice then I got the phone call [Bm] quietly.
I'm on dog.
I let nice then
[Am] Yeah, and on this [Bm] flight may I never lose [Em] sight fucking long live the idols may they never be your rivals
Pappas like Jesus [Bm] not broke the Bible and what you just heard to tell a [Em] glory and sin
No, I'd be my [Bm] mentor and I let the story
[D] [Em] [N]
[Em] [B] [A] [Em]
Key:
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Bm
G
C
A
Em
Bm
G
[G] _ _ [Am] Freedom of jail clips inserted a [Em] baby's being born [G] same time a man is murdered the beginning and end as far as rap go
It's only natural.
I explain my [D] plateau and also [Em] what defines my name
Yeah, long live the idols may they never be your rivals poppers like Jesus not [D] wrote the Bible now
What you got there is [G] a tale of glory and sin no IP my mentor and I let the story begin
I [A] used to print [B] out nice raps and take them up on [G] my wall
My nigga thought they was worse, but it was pictures
I saw and since I wanted to drop I used to read them and ah
[E] Then he drops still mad [G] at rock the cleaners for love [Am] fast for who the thought [Em] that I would meet him on top
I'm earning strikes now nigga gotta be this galore [Ab] backstage.
I shook his hand let him know that he's the man
[Gb] Well, he said he was a fan.
[B] It was too hard [Em] to understand
No time to soak up the moment [Bm] though cuz I [C] was in the gym
Hope asking where's the record that the [Bm] radio could play and I was striking out for months knife in [C] it feeling fit
Cheetah under pressure [Bm] made the biggest hit of my career
[Em] But at first that wasn't clear niggas had no idea then I called me when the drop sound is sad
[Bm] But since then told me not urgent [G] single and he hate [Am] that shit said you the one [Bm] you why you make that shit
I can't believe [Em] I let nice day
_ Then my heart stuck in my stomach.
[Bm] I can't believe I let nice day.
[G] [C] I
Got the fist up on the [Bm] phone.
We're sitting it was in my phone.
[Em] Fuck it long live the idols
May they never be your rivals poppers like Jesus [Bm] not wrote the Bible now what you're about to hear is a tell the glory [Am] and
Sin no, I'd be my mentor [Bm] and I let the story begin
[A] Couldn't help but think that maybe I had made [Em] a mistake.
I mean you made you owe me dog
I thought that you [D] could relate but while I [A] shot up the [Ebm] charts
You mean telling me that I was [Bb] not up to [G] par when I followed my [A] heart
Granted my heart was painted by my [Em] mind and kept on saying where's the hits you ain't [B] got none
You know, Jay never put your [G] album out without none and dog, you know, how come labels are arcade formulae it with a [Em] outcome
So they don't know they just [C] study the charts me.
I studied the shows [B] the fans study their hearts
I had a feeling I was [G] chilling in this [A] music.
We was filling out which ain't live [B] forever
Fuck the labels put it [Em] out Friday night lights blue.
That was [C] class number two
Now it seemed as if the nice [B] comparisons was coming soon still no release date [G] from the label
[A] Are they insane goose told me play the [B] game to change the game, but on the way [Em] I let nice then
[D] _ [C] Damn, I got no one to [D] blame.
I'm ashamed.
I let nice then
[G] _ [Am] But this is guys [Bm] plan you can never understand [Em] fucking long live the idols may they never be your rivals
Pacas like Jesus [Bm] not broke the Bible and what you're about to hear is a tell the [C] glory and sin
No, I'd be my mentor and I let the [Bm] story begin
I'm [N] always believed in a bigger picture if I can get them niggas to listen outside my court and I can open the door
Reintroduce them to honesty show them that they need more the difference between the pretenders in [A] the kids with Lamar's and so I took the
Fuck like the son of the Lord on the [G] cross dying for that fake shit
You niggas bought for the past decade if I should pass, please let this be my [Bb] last essay [Em] before I write
Apologies to [Bm] OD's for [C] sacrificing my art, but I'm here for a greater purpose.
I knew [Bm] right from the start
I'm just a man to the [G] people not [C] above but equal and for the greater [Bm] good.
I walk amongst the [Em] evil.
Don't cry mama
[Bm] It's the life.
I [C] choose myself.
Just pray along the way that I don't [D] lose myself
This is for the nigga [G] that said the [C] hip-hop was dead.
I went to hell to [Bm] resurrect it
How could you fail to [Em] respect it?
Let me nice then I got the phone call [Bm] quietly.
I'm on dog.
I let nice then
[Am] Yeah, and on this [Bm] flight may I never lose [Em] sight fucking long live the idols may they never be your rivals
Pappas like Jesus [Bm] not broke the Bible and what you just heard to tell a [Em] glory and sin
No, I'd be my [Bm] mentor and I let the story
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
It's only natural.
I explain my [D] plateau and also [Em] what defines my name
Yeah, long live the idols may they never be your rivals poppers like Jesus not [D] wrote the Bible now
What you got there is [G] a tale of glory and sin no IP my mentor and I let the story begin
I [A] used to print [B] out nice raps and take them up on [G] my wall
My nigga thought they was worse, but it was pictures
I saw and since I wanted to drop I used to read them and ah
[E] Then he drops still mad [G] at rock the cleaners for love [Am] fast for who the thought [Em] that I would meet him on top
I'm earning strikes now nigga gotta be this galore [Ab] backstage.
I shook his hand let him know that he's the man
[Gb] Well, he said he was a fan.
[B] It was too hard [Em] to understand
No time to soak up the moment [Bm] though cuz I [C] was in the gym
Hope asking where's the record that the [Bm] radio could play and I was striking out for months knife in [C] it feeling fit
Cheetah under pressure [Bm] made the biggest hit of my career
[Em] But at first that wasn't clear niggas had no idea then I called me when the drop sound is sad
[Bm] But since then told me not urgent [G] single and he hate [Am] that shit said you the one [Bm] you why you make that shit
I can't believe [Em] I let nice day
_ Then my heart stuck in my stomach.
[Bm] I can't believe I let nice day.
[G] [C] I
Got the fist up on the [Bm] phone.
We're sitting it was in my phone.
[Em] Fuck it long live the idols
May they never be your rivals poppers like Jesus [Bm] not wrote the Bible now what you're about to hear is a tell the glory [Am] and
Sin no, I'd be my mentor [Bm] and I let the story begin
[A] Couldn't help but think that maybe I had made [Em] a mistake.
I mean you made you owe me dog
I thought that you [D] could relate but while I [A] shot up the [Ebm] charts
You mean telling me that I was [Bb] not up to [G] par when I followed my [A] heart
Granted my heart was painted by my [Em] mind and kept on saying where's the hits you ain't [B] got none
You know, Jay never put your [G] album out without none and dog, you know, how come labels are arcade formulae it with a [Em] outcome
So they don't know they just [C] study the charts me.
I studied the shows [B] the fans study their hearts
I had a feeling I was [G] chilling in this [A] music.
We was filling out which ain't live [B] forever
Fuck the labels put it [Em] out Friday night lights blue.
That was [C] class number two
Now it seemed as if the nice [B] comparisons was coming soon still no release date [G] from the label
[A] Are they insane goose told me play the [B] game to change the game, but on the way [Em] I let nice then
[D] _ [C] Damn, I got no one to [D] blame.
I'm ashamed.
I let nice then
[G] _ [Am] But this is guys [Bm] plan you can never understand [Em] fucking long live the idols may they never be your rivals
Pacas like Jesus [Bm] not broke the Bible and what you're about to hear is a tell the [C] glory and sin
No, I'd be my mentor and I let the [Bm] story begin
I'm [N] always believed in a bigger picture if I can get them niggas to listen outside my court and I can open the door
Reintroduce them to honesty show them that they need more the difference between the pretenders in [A] the kids with Lamar's and so I took the
Fuck like the son of the Lord on the [G] cross dying for that fake shit
You niggas bought for the past decade if I should pass, please let this be my [Bb] last essay [Em] before I write
Apologies to [Bm] OD's for [C] sacrificing my art, but I'm here for a greater purpose.
I knew [Bm] right from the start
I'm just a man to the [G] people not [C] above but equal and for the greater [Bm] good.
I walk amongst the [Em] evil.
Don't cry mama
[Bm] It's the life.
I [C] choose myself.
Just pray along the way that I don't [D] lose myself
This is for the nigga [G] that said the [C] hip-hop was dead.
I went to hell to [Bm] resurrect it
How could you fail to [Em] respect it?
Let me nice then I got the phone call [Bm] quietly.
I'm on dog.
I let nice then
[Am] Yeah, and on this [Bm] flight may I never lose [Em] sight fucking long live the idols may they never be your rivals
Pappas like Jesus [Bm] not broke the Bible and what you just heard to tell a [Em] glory and sin
No, I'd be my [Bm] mentor and I let the story
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _