Chords for Joey Bada$$ - For My People

_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] You know, [A] _ _ [B] yeah.
[A] _ _ [G] _
[B] Always wanted to have superpowers.
You know.
[G] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] It's for my [B] people.
_ Trying [A] to stay alive [G] and just stay [B] peaceful.
_ So [A] hard to survive [G] a world so lethal.
[B] _ _ Who [A] would take a stand [Bm] and be our [B] hero?
My people.
[A] Yeah.
[D] It's for my people.
[B] _ Trying [F#m] to stay alive [G] and just stay [A] peaceful.
_ [Bm] So [F#m] hard to survive [D] a world so lethal.
[A] _ _ [B] Who [F#m] would take a stand [G] and be our [B] hero?
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ [G] Uh, [A] not all heroes don't [Bm] wear capes.
And all villains don't get [G] away.
[E] But all limits eventually [Bm] fade.
I don't want to be [A] good, nigga.
I'm trying to be great.
It's hard when your back's against [Bm] the wall.
And if you got it all, then keep your feet up on the [G] floor.
Do I thank [E] the Lord when I wake up in [Bm] the morning?
Cause I'm doing it for the [A] world, and for every reason I was [G] born.
You can see the [E] power when the mic is in [Bm] my palm.
When I storm across the room, hit the stage and [G] perform.
What is born?
[A] Don't be alone.
[Bm] Don't let me have to sound the horn [F#] and drop a bomb.
[G] I'm going to give my mama [E] credit, will it not?
[Bm] So that my future kids [A] can run the ball.
[G] So I always do my best [A] to carry on.
[Bm] It's like a game of chess.
Don't be a pawn, my [G] nigga.
It's for my people.
[B] _ _ [F#] Trying to stay alive [G] and just stay peaceful.
[B] _ _ So [F#m] I'll just say, Bible [G] was so lethal.
[B] _ _ Who would take a stand and [G] be our [A] hero?
For my [B] people.
[F#m] Yeah.
It's [D] for my people.
[B] _ _ Trying to [A] stay alive and [G] just stay peaceful.
[B] _ _ So I'll just say, Bible [D] was so lethal.
[B] _ _ Who would [A] take a stand and [G] be our hero?
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane.
No, it's the young [A] black God living out his [Bm] dreams.
What you mean [Em] I've been up on the ultra light [E] beam?
They don't want to see you fly, they just going to shoot your [G] wings.
Everything [E] and what it's saying.
[Bm] Seeing all these dirty cops who come clean.
Still [G] scrubbing all the city blocks [A] for one thing.
My [Bm] man just got the third shot, [E] protect the team.
Know [G] what I mean?
[A] Music is a form of [B] expression.
I'm a used mind just to teach you a [G] lesson.
Rule one, [A] this microphone's a [Bm] weapon.
I'm shooting out the [E] actions manifesting in my [G] vision.
Never resting, I'm [E] surpassing the expectancy of [Bm] life in my direction.
[A] Manifestation ain't depressed.
[G] Hard to be progressing through [A] recession and depression.
Not to mention that they [B] had a self-locked, never [G]-sisting adolescent.
For my people.
[A] _ _ [Bm] Trying to [F#m] stay alive and [G] just stay peaceful.
[A] _ _ [E] So I'll [F#m] just say, Bible [G] was so lethal.
[A] _ _ [E] Who would [D] take a stand and [G] be our hero?
[A] For my [Bm] people.
[F#m] Yeah, it's [D] for my people.
[B] _ _ Trying to [A] stay alive and [G] just stay peaceful.
[B] _ _ So I'll just say, Bible [D] was so lethal.
[B] _ _ Who would [F#m] take a stand and [G] be our hero?
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