Umi Says Chords by Mos Def

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_ _ _ [G] I don't want to write this down, I [Eb] don't want to tell you how I feel right [Dm] now.
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I don't want to take no time to write [Em] this down, I don't want to tell you how I feel [Eb] right now.
Hey, [Dm] _ _ tomorrow may never come.
[Em] For you or me, [Eb] life is not [Dm] promised.
_ [F] Tomorrow may never show up.
[Em] For you and me, [Eb] this life is not [Dm] promised.
_ [F] I ain't no perfect man, I'm [Em] trying to do the best that [Eb] I can with what [Dm] it is I have.
I ain't no perfect man, I'm [Em] trying to do the best that [Eb] I can with what it [Dm] is I have.
I put my heart and soul to [Em] this song. _ _
[Eb] I hope you feel me.
[Dm] _ _ From where I am to wherever you [Em] are, _ _ _
_ [Eb] I mean [Bb] that [Dm] sincerely. _ _
Tomorrow may never come.
[Em] For you and me, [Eb] life is not promised.
[F] _ _ Tomorrow may never appear.
_ [Em] You better hold [Eb] this very moment very [Dm] close to you.
Very _ close to you.
So close [Em] to you. _ _
[Eb] So close _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ to you.
Don't [G] be afraid. _
[Eb] Let it shine.
[Dm] My Umi said, shine your light on the world.
_ [Am] _ [Em] Shine your light [Eb] for the world to see.
_ [D] My Abbi said, shine your light on the world.
[Em] _ Shine your light [Eb] for the world to see.
[D] My Abbi said, shine your light on the world.
[Em] _ Shine your light [Eb] for the world to see.
[Dm] My Umi said, shine your light on the world.
_ [Am] _ Shine your light [Gm] for the world to see.
[D] _ _ Sometimes I get discouraged.
_ _ [Em] I look around [Eb] and
I'm so [Dm] weak.
People are so weak.
_ Time, _ [G] _ _ time, [Eb] I feel like I'm tired.
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Sometimes my heart gets heavy.
[G] _ Sometimes I just want to [Eb] leap right away.
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Sometimes [F] I don't know what to [Em] do with myself. _ _
[Eb] _ Passion [Dm] takes over me.
Feel like a man, going insane.
It [Em] was my brain trying to maintain the [Eb] same
Hey, hey, hey, [Dm] hey
Put my heart and soul [Em] into this, y'all
I hope you [Eb] feel me when I am doing [Dm] my best
Sometimes _ I don't wanna be [G] bothered
Sometimes I just wanna [Am] quiet [Eb] life
Me and my baby, me and [D] my lady
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Sometimes I don't [G] wanna get in the snowball
Sometimes I don't wanna get [Eb] so down
Sometimes I just wanna [Dm] be a man
Who me say, shine your light on the world
[G] _ Shine your light [Eb] for the world to see
[Dm] My abbreviate say
Shine your light on [D] the world
[G] Shine your light [Eb] for the world to see
[Dm] _ Shine _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] your light
[Gm] for the world to see
[Dm] My abbreviate say
Shine your light on the [Em] world _ _ _
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