Chords for Nas - Black Zombie

_ Uh, [Ab] yo you believe when they say we ain't [Db] shit, we can't grow?
All we are is dope dealers and gangsters and [Ab] hoes
And you believe when they be telling you lie?
All on the [Db] media, they make the world look crazy to keep you [Ab] inside
Why you listen when the teachers at school know you a [Fm] young single parent out struggling?
They think you a [Ab] fool, give your kids bad grades and put them in dumber [Fm] classes
Killing short a future, I wonder how do we [Ab] last it?
Underground in they casket, [Db] ancestors turning I'm learning something everyday, there is
no [Ab] Lazarus Words like God is Greek or Latin
[Db] So if you study Egypt, you'll see the truth written [Ab] by the masters
My niggas is chilling, getting high [Db] relaxing, envisioning ownership, yeah we [Ab] can happen
What do we own?
Not enough land, not enough [Db] homes, not enough banks to give my brother a [Ab] loan
What do we own?
The skin on our backs, we renting, [Db] we ask for reparations
Then they hit us with [Ab] tax and insurance if we later be old
What [Db] about now?
Stop being in control, we black [Ab] zombies
Walking, talking, dead, [Bbm] though we think we're living
Black [Ab] zombies, we just copycat, [Db] following the system
Black [Ab] zombies, walking, talking, dead, [Db] though [Bbm] we think we're living
Black [Ab] zombies, we just copycat, [Db] following the system
[Ab] Black zombies
Ayo, we trapped in our own brain, fuck [Db] behind bars, we've already gone [Ab] insane
They've already gave up, cut our [Bbm] own heads off, stab our own backs and dream too [Ab] much
Without fulfilling reality, too [Db] greedy and can't have one or two chains, we [Ab] need three
of them Can't have one or two guns without [Db] squeezing
them On our own people and fuck [Ab] black leaders cause
whites ain't got nothing leading them The [Db] rhythm is cosmic, Nas is divinity, this
deity's [Ab] profitless All get down and get up
[Fm] Victims walking around with down syndrome, all [Ab] stuck
Fainting, shouting, catching holy ghosts in church
[Fm] Scared to do it for ourselves lest we see somebody doing [Ab] it first
We beg, we pray, petition to demonstrate [Db] it Just to make another generation
Black [Ab] zombies, walking, talking, dead, [Db] though we think [Bbm] we're living
[Ab] Black zombies, we just copycat, [Db] following the system
[Ab] Black zombies, walking, talking, dead, [Db] though we think [Bbm] we're living
[Ab] Black zombies, we just copycat, [Db] following the system
[Cm] Black zombies, scared to be yourself, [Eb] cause you want a chance
Feel free, [Bbm] hear the music and dance if you care what they think
Why wear what [Eb] they wear just for you?
[C] Dumb niggas with long beards like the Arabs [Cm] and Jews are from Israel
[Eb] Bismillah, Al [Bbm] Rahman, Al Rahim, Islam's a beautiful thing
A [Eb] Christian on the rise to follow, helps us bring [F] peace against the darkness
Which is [Ab] ungodly, so what's the black man's true religion?
[Db] Who should we follow?
Use your own intuition, [Ab] you are tomorrow
That's the sound [Db] of the beast, I'm a Columbia record slave
So [Ab] get paid, control your own destiny, you are [Db] Jesus
Don't let it happen to you like it did to me, I [F] was a black zombie
[Ab] Black zombies, walking, talking, [Db] dead, though we think we're living
[Ab] Black zombies, we just [Db] copycat, following [Bbm] the system
[Ab] Black zombies, walking, talking, [Db] dead, though we think we're living
[Ab] Black zombies, we just [Db] copycat, following [Bbm] the system
[Ab] Black zombies, wake up, [Db] black zombies are the spell for more than 400 [Ab] years
Ghetto niggas won't have [Bbm] it no more, can I get a witness?
Why [Ab] listen to somebody else tell you how to do it when you can [Db] do it yourself?
It's all in you, [Ab] do it
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