Wanna Be Heard Chords by Kendrick Lamar

_ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Abm]
It's like I don't think y'all fully understand who I [Eb] am, you know? _
I'm just a good, careful, confident one to [Ab] rap.
I don't represent no colors, I represent my lil' sisters and brothers.
I'm the oldest, nigga.
And if you can't respect that, your whole perspective is whack.
[Eb] Check it out.
I used to [Bbm] wanna rap like Jay-Z, [Ab] until I finally realized that Jay wasn't me.
I took my time to jot down every line that's a quotable.
Critics say I don't be killin' this shit, [Eb] but I know I do, because I used to [Bbm] practice
early morning, hence an [Ab] afterschool.
I'm workin' on my hooks, my nigga, I ain't tryna battle you.
But even if I did, I guarantee I overshadow you.
Like a fucked up paper that turned to [Eb] a bowl cut, I'm a close cut [Bbm] to Kamen and Gucci, man.
Now [Ab] that's a comparison that you probably wouldn't understand, because I can touch the
people and still keep it [B] ghetto as an 87 Regal [Eb] with a tree air freshener on the rear view mirror.
I wear a [Bbm] heart on my shoulder.
Remember when [Ab] we used to make the boots look like Motorola?
Your cousin fucked up your room every time he came [Db] over.
Then went to jail when we got older.
That shit is a bad odor, [Eb] but still I remain focused [Bbm] in due time.
I be here [Ab] for the swipe my card and he won't say decline.
That shit's embarrassing, huh?
Hope no one pay you no mind, but it's a bad bitch behind you while you standing [Ebm] in line.
Can you relate to my story?
Can you follow my dreams and [Ab] admirations that I had ever since I was 13?
My mama believe in me.
She let me use her van to go to the studio even though she know her tank is empty.
That's who [Eb] I do it for.
My pops got a [Bbm] different approach.
Yeah, he believe, [Ab] but he always question when I'ma drop my debut CD.
How long this gon' take, nigga?
You still haven't ate, nigga?
At 22, I had two cars in my own place, [Eb] nigga.
It's a sacrifice and I [Bbm] try to tell him.
That's when he turn [Ab] to BET and tell me that he jealous.
Of all these niggas getting money and they [Ebm] shit don't sound like shit.
I ain't trying to kill your confidence or forcing you to quit.
I just want to hear you heard.
Yep, yep, that's my [Ab] word.
Make a statement with these nouns and verbs.
I represent the nigga that's poured out on the [Eb] curb.
Listen to my nouns and verbs.
Man, I want to be heard.
[Bbm] Like a cattle with sheep [Ab] while y'all sleep.
I be up [Abm] cooking up all day.
Like a mad [Gb] scientist in a laboratory.
[Ab] What the fuck?
What a pretty guy to say.
I'ma be [Ebm] heard.
What up, design?
I ain't [Ab] forgot, nigga.
You develop me telling me how it's hot, nigga.
You believed in me [B] first.
This was for sure at the church.
Recording at [Eb] the garage, but it worked.
But me [Bbm] and Dave kind of felt you lost the [Ab] passion.
A lot was going on in your life and you needed space.
Still, I should have came to you first to tell you what happened.
But I was 17 and figured it's best I [Eb] stay away.
And I was wrong.
[Bbm] I was young and couldn't look [Ab] you in the eye for what I done.
But I'm telling you, we ain't done.
Matter of fact, how she sons, what they [Db] up to?
Woman, they used to run around while you had work on pro tools.
[Eb] People, I used to be in the [Ab] booth till 4 in the morning with school in the morning.
Yawning, but I was on it.
Me, you, and Dave was on it.
Buzzing like Charlotte Harness with [Db] that tape drop.
With them beats, nigga.
It's been five [Eb] years since we had rock.
Time to be heard.
[Bbm] Yep, yep, that's my [Ab] word.
Make a statement with these nouns and verbs.
[Abm] I represent the nigga that's [Gb] poured out on the [Eb] curb.
Listen to my nouns and verbs.
Man, I wanna be heard.
[Bbm] Like a cattle with sheep [Ab] while y'all sleep.
I be up [Abm] cooking up all day.
Like a mad scientist in a [Db] laboratory.
Motherfuck, what a critic [Eb] gotta say.
I'ma be heard.
So can you feel it?
[Bbm] When you hear it, do it [Ab] poseate your spirit.
Do it make you wanna say, motherfucker gimmick.
The truth can set you free if you do the right thing.
Word [Eb] to Spike Lee, don't he look like Soundwave?
[Bbm] That's kinda random, but my [Ab] humor sometimes strays.
Like a dog in the night.
24 hours in a day, but only [B] take five minutes to grab a [Eb] pad and appendants in your dog, a kite.
I spread love like [Ebm] a hippie, but I'm a [Ab] black one with Jesus Christ passion.
I swear on the Bible, tabernacle to all my rivals.
I [Db] ain't mad.
You hate a nigga for trying to help you.
[Eb] That's your bad.
Because I figure I can make a [Bbm] way with these stanzas.
I probably [Ab] can't heal cancer, but I can heal the city.
My niggas tell me you with me.
And if you is, won't you pop my CD in?
Open up your trunk, then let it bump.
So I can [Ebm] be heard.
Yep, yep, that's my [Ab] word.
Yeah, make a statement with these nouns and verbs.
I [Abm] represent the nigga that's [Gb] poured out on the [Eb] curb.
Listen to my nouns and verbs.
Man, I wanna be heard.
[Bbm] Like a cattle with sheep while y'all sleep.
[Abm] I be cooking up all day like a mad scientist in a [Db] laboratory.
Motherfuck, what a grinning [Eb] gotta say.
I'ma be heard.
[Bbm] _ [Ab] D-Day, what up nigga?
Matt GZ. _ _ _ _
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