Chords for John Legend, The Roots - Compared To What (Live In Studio)

[Em] _ [G] _ _ [Gbm] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
Yeah, _ yeah, yeah, yeah, [Ab] yeah.
Check [Em] it.
Cellular life, _ _ _ _ [G] hanging on with [D] the chit-chat.
[Em] _
Possession is the motivation.
It's hanging up, yeah, the goddamnation.
It seems like we always end up in a rut.
_ Yeah, I try to make it real.
[G] _ _ _ Compared to what?
_ Yeah, I try to make it real.
_ Yeah, compared to what?
_ _ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
Slaughterhouse, _ killing [Bm] home.
[Bb] _ [E]
[B] Existed children, [Em] killing folks. _
Old dumb, redneck, [G] old law.
[Em] Wild-eyed old [Bm] ladies, _ [Em] kissing dogs.
They hate the human love [Bm] that's sinking [E] much.
[Ab] Yeah, [Em] I can't stand it.
I try to make it real.
[G] _ _ _ Compared to what?
_ [Gm] Yeah, I try to make it [Em]
real.
[G] Yeah, _ compared to what?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. _ _ _
Everybody wanna get nice, but [Em] everything come at a price.
It's like everybody got their own rights.
For me, it's the mic plus, the women I need [Bm] in my life.
Some strung [Em] out on religion and believing in Christ.
What I do is to change.
Cigarette smoke heads with bad nerves.
Old men in the barbershop using bad words.
For people in the dark, it's unseen and heard for hip hop.
Do not [Bm] get demeaned and slurred.
[Em] My flow's disturbed, because this is the most preferred.
We descend upon your [Bm] city in a bro-winged bird.
Tall [Em] hustle is 25 million served. Still [G] burn.
Look back at y'all like still burn.
_ Hey, _ _ compared to what?
_ _ [Gm]
Hey, [G] I try to make it real. _ _ _
_ Compared to what?
What it is. _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Resident _ [G] got its fall.
_ [Em] _ [G] Don't know where the water's from.
[Bm] _ [G] No one gives a rhyme or reason.
[Bm] _ [Em] You have [Bm] one doubt, [B]
[G] they call it [Bm] treason.
We [Em] got [G] chicken [Bm] feathers all without [G] one.
_ [Dm] [D] Hey, _ I try [Em] to make it real.
[G] _ _ _
_ Compared to what? _ _
Hey, I try to make it real. _ _
Compared _ to what?
Yeah. _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ Hey.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Hey.
_ [Em] _ I _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[G] try to make it real. _ _
Yeah.
Compared to what? _ _
Try [Em] to make it real.
[G] _ _
Yeah.
Compared to what?
Yeah.
[Bb] Yeah.
[G] Try to make it real. _ _ _ _
Compared [Em] to what?
[Gm] _ Hey.
[Em] Try to make it real. _ _ _
Compared to what? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ Try to make it real.
_ [Gb] Mmm.
[Bm] _ _ _ [G]
Yeah.
[E] Come on.
[Bm] _ _ _ _