Chords for New Kingston - Today
Tempo:
176 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
E
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[C] [E] to
the [Am] [G]
[C]
[Am] [G] youth to [C] strength, cultivate the land [E] and give them room to [Am] play.
[G]
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] Stop [G] leading youth to [C] strength, cultivate the land and [E] give them room to play.
To Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] Do you [G] say my the future?
So [C] me a beggo no stop trick [E] them and abuse them.
[Am] A give them water in a basket [G] be confuse them.
[C] Too much lies, lies, lies [E] and them no truthful.
The way [Am] the system set up [G] it not gon' work no more.
Dem [C] a try block we out [Em] but dem can't lock the door.
[Am] Creator creating means [G] enough dis unsure.
[C] You say negate the will so nigga will [E] deserve much more.
[Am] Tell me how [G] much longer?
[C] We gonna sit back and watch the world [E] go under.
[Am] Dem a lightning strikes [G] before thunder.
We weigh [C] so much while it's digging [E] up hunger.
No, [Am] famine and [G] poverty is so much reality.
Where are we [E] focusing all our [A] energy?
When there's a world [G] that needs help, it's [C] under attack.
It needs work, [E] it needs strength.
[Am] Stop [G] leading youth to [C] strength, cultivate the land and [E] give them room to [Am] play.
To Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] Stop [G] leading youth to [C] strength, cultivate the land and [E] give them room to [Am] play.
To Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do [Am] today.
Cause we can all make a [C] difference, it's not too late.
Let's get [Am] together, starting today.
No more fatalities, more [G] unity.
[C] Stop the foolish [Em] things in the community.
I don't know [Am] how [G] deep in their [C] hearts they know that they're [E] wrong.
What do you expect [Am] when they put the pressure on?
[G] They're going to [C] retaliate and cause more [E] war.
Tell me what they want.
[Am] Youths in the streets are [G] getting hungry for knowledge.
[C] Sucking a nigger to [E] warn them, can't go to college.
[Am] Bigger escrow teams [G] won't include them in planning.
[C] This place is where my people [E] are living, look at their [Am] mansions.
Tell me how [G] much longer [C] we're going to sit back and watch [E] the world go under.
[Am] Remember lightning strikes [G] before thunder.
[C] We're way so much younger, we could have fixed world hunger.
[Am] Stop [G] the youths of [C] strength.
Cultivate the land and [E] give them room to play.
Babylon, no give them [G] no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] Stop [G] the youths of [C] strength.
Cultivate the land [E] and give them room to play.
[Am] Babylon, no give them [G] no more gun for spray.
[C] No, [E] no, no.
[Am] The youths [G] we have to warn them.
It's [C] true Babylon, no terror [F] that try to [E] harm them.
[Am] In our plain sight [G] we can't see them.
[C] I work for my shop [E] with little freedom.
[Am] The system shake [G] up, the system shake [C] up.
Naughty politicians, [E]
politics out the [Am] wrap.
Make the ghetto youths [G] to know they just can't give [C] up.
[E] In our jail we put them [Am] just.
Stop [G] the youths of strength.
[C] Cultivate the land [E] and give them room to play.
Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] Stop [G] the youths of strength.
[C] Cultivate the land [E] and give them room to play.
[Am] Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do.
[Am] Stop [G] the youths of strength.
[C] Babylon, [E]
Babylon.
[Am] Don't leave the youths [G] of strength.
No, [C] no.
[E]
[Am] [G]
Stop [C] the youths of strength.
[E]
Babylon, [A] Babylon.
[G] Today.
[C] [E]
[Em] Today.
[N]
[C] [E] to
the [Am] [G]
[C]
[Am] [G] youth to [C] strength, cultivate the land [E] and give them room to [Am] play.
[G]
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] Stop [G] leading youth to [C] strength, cultivate the land and [E] give them room to play.
To Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] Do you [G] say my the future?
So [C] me a beggo no stop trick [E] them and abuse them.
[Am] A give them water in a basket [G] be confuse them.
[C] Too much lies, lies, lies [E] and them no truthful.
The way [Am] the system set up [G] it not gon' work no more.
Dem [C] a try block we out [Em] but dem can't lock the door.
[Am] Creator creating means [G] enough dis unsure.
[C] You say negate the will so nigga will [E] deserve much more.
[Am] Tell me how [G] much longer?
[C] We gonna sit back and watch the world [E] go under.
[Am] Dem a lightning strikes [G] before thunder.
We weigh [C] so much while it's digging [E] up hunger.
No, [Am] famine and [G] poverty is so much reality.
Where are we [E] focusing all our [A] energy?
When there's a world [G] that needs help, it's [C] under attack.
It needs work, [E] it needs strength.
[Am] Stop [G] leading youth to [C] strength, cultivate the land and [E] give them room to [Am] play.
To Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] Stop [G] leading youth to [C] strength, cultivate the land and [E] give them room to [Am] play.
To Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do [Am] today.
Cause we can all make a [C] difference, it's not too late.
Let's get [Am] together, starting today.
No more fatalities, more [G] unity.
[C] Stop the foolish [Em] things in the community.
I don't know [Am] how [G] deep in their [C] hearts they know that they're [E] wrong.
What do you expect [Am] when they put the pressure on?
[G] They're going to [C] retaliate and cause more [E] war.
Tell me what they want.
[Am] Youths in the streets are [G] getting hungry for knowledge.
[C] Sucking a nigger to [E] warn them, can't go to college.
[Am] Bigger escrow teams [G] won't include them in planning.
[C] This place is where my people [E] are living, look at their [Am] mansions.
Tell me how [G] much longer [C] we're going to sit back and watch [E] the world go under.
[Am] Remember lightning strikes [G] before thunder.
[C] We're way so much younger, we could have fixed world hunger.
[Am] Stop [G] the youths of [C] strength.
Cultivate the land and [E] give them room to play.
Babylon, no give them [G] no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] Stop [G] the youths of [C] strength.
Cultivate the land [E] and give them room to play.
[Am] Babylon, no give them [G] no more gun for spray.
[C] No, [E] no, no.
[Am] The youths [G] we have to warn them.
It's [C] true Babylon, no terror [F] that try to [E] harm them.
[Am] In our plain sight [G] we can't see them.
[C] I work for my shop [E] with little freedom.
[Am] The system shake [G] up, the system shake [C] up.
Naughty politicians, [E]
politics out the [Am] wrap.
Make the ghetto youths [G] to know they just can't give [C] up.
[E] In our jail we put them [Am] just.
Stop [G] the youths of strength.
[C] Cultivate the land [E] and give them room to play.
Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] Stop [G] the youths of strength.
[C] Cultivate the land [E] and give them room to play.
[Am] Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do.
[Am] Stop [G] the youths of strength.
[C] Babylon, [E]
Babylon.
[Am] Don't leave the youths [G] of strength.
No, [C] no.
[E]
[Am] [G]
Stop [C] the youths of strength.
[E]
Babylon, [A] Babylon.
[G] Today.
[C] [E]
[Em] Today.
[N]
Key:
G
C
E
Am
Em
G
C
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ to
the _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] youth to [C] strength, cultivate the land [E] and give them room to [Am] play.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] _ _ Stop [G] leading youth to [C] strength, cultivate the land and [E] give them room to play.
To Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] Do you [G] say my the future?
So [C] me a beggo no stop trick [E] them and abuse them.
[Am] A give them water in a basket [G] be confuse them.
[C] Too much lies, lies, lies [E] and them no truthful.
The way [Am] the system set up [G] it not gon' work no more.
Dem [C] a try block we out [Em] but dem can't lock the door.
[Am] Creator creating means [G] enough dis unsure.
[C] You say negate the will so nigga will [E] deserve much more.
[Am] _ Tell me how [G] much longer?
[C] We gonna sit back and watch the world [E] go under.
[Am] Dem a lightning strikes [G] before thunder.
We weigh [C] so much while it's digging [E] up hunger.
No, [Am] famine and [G] poverty is so much reality.
Where are we [E] focusing all our [A] energy?
When there's a world [G] that needs help, it's [C] under attack.
It needs work, [E] it needs strength.
_ [Am] _ _ Stop [G] leading youth to [C] strength, cultivate the land and [E] give them room to [Am] play.
To Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
_ [Am] _ _ Stop [G] leading youth to [C] strength, cultivate the land and [E] give them room to [Am] play.
To Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do [Am] today.
Cause we can all make a [C] difference, it's not too late.
Let's get [Am] together, starting today.
No more fatalities, more [G] unity.
_ [C] Stop the foolish [Em] things in the community.
I don't know [Am] how _ _ [G] deep in their [C] hearts they know that they're [E] wrong.
What do you expect [Am] when they put the pressure on?
[G] They're going to _ [C] retaliate and cause more [E] war.
Tell me what they want.
[Am] Youths in the streets are [G] getting hungry for knowledge.
[C] Sucking a nigger to [E] warn them, can't go to college.
[Am] Bigger escrow teams [G] won't include them in planning.
[C] This place is where my people [E] are living, look at their [Am] mansions.
Tell me how [G] much longer [C] we're going to sit back and watch [E] the world go under.
[Am] Remember lightning strikes [G] before thunder.
[C] We're way so much younger, we could have fixed world hunger.
[Am] _ _ _ Stop [G] the youths of [C] strength.
Cultivate the land and [E] give them room to play.
Babylon, no give them [G] no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] _ _ Stop [G] the youths of [C] strength.
Cultivate the land [E] and give them room to play.
[Am] _ Babylon, no give them [G] no more gun for spray.
[C] _ _ No, [E] no, no.
_ [Am] _ _ The youths [G] we have to warn them.
It's [C] true Babylon, no terror [F] that try to [E] harm them.
[Am] In our plain sight [G] we can't see them.
[C] I work for my shop [E] with little freedom.
[Am] The system shake [G] up, the system shake [C] up.
Naughty politicians, [E] _
politics out the [Am] wrap.
Make the ghetto youths [G] to know they just can't give [C] up.
_ _ [E] In our jail we put them [Am] just.
_ Stop [G] the youths of strength.
[C] _ Cultivate the land [E] and give them room to play.
_ Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] _ _ Stop [G] the youths of strength.
[C] _ Cultivate the land [E] and give them room to play.
[Am] _ Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do.
_ [Am] _ _ Stop [G] the youths of strength.
[C] _ Babylon, _ [E] _
Babylon.
_ [Am] Don't leave the youths [G] of strength.
No, _ [C] _ no.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Stop [C] the youths of strength.
[E] _
Babylon, _ [A] _ Babylon.
_ [G] Today.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] Today.
_ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ to
the _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] youth to [C] strength, cultivate the land [E] and give them room to [Am] play.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] _ _ Stop [G] leading youth to [C] strength, cultivate the land and [E] give them room to play.
To Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] Do you [G] say my the future?
So [C] me a beggo no stop trick [E] them and abuse them.
[Am] A give them water in a basket [G] be confuse them.
[C] Too much lies, lies, lies [E] and them no truthful.
The way [Am] the system set up [G] it not gon' work no more.
Dem [C] a try block we out [Em] but dem can't lock the door.
[Am] Creator creating means [G] enough dis unsure.
[C] You say negate the will so nigga will [E] deserve much more.
[Am] _ Tell me how [G] much longer?
[C] We gonna sit back and watch the world [E] go under.
[Am] Dem a lightning strikes [G] before thunder.
We weigh [C] so much while it's digging [E] up hunger.
No, [Am] famine and [G] poverty is so much reality.
Where are we [E] focusing all our [A] energy?
When there's a world [G] that needs help, it's [C] under attack.
It needs work, [E] it needs strength.
_ [Am] _ _ Stop [G] leading youth to [C] strength, cultivate the land and [E] give them room to [Am] play.
To Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
_ [Am] _ _ Stop [G] leading youth to [C] strength, cultivate the land and [E] give them room to [Am] play.
To Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do [Am] today.
Cause we can all make a [C] difference, it's not too late.
Let's get [Am] together, starting today.
No more fatalities, more [G] unity.
_ [C] Stop the foolish [Em] things in the community.
I don't know [Am] how _ _ [G] deep in their [C] hearts they know that they're [E] wrong.
What do you expect [Am] when they put the pressure on?
[G] They're going to _ [C] retaliate and cause more [E] war.
Tell me what they want.
[Am] Youths in the streets are [G] getting hungry for knowledge.
[C] Sucking a nigger to [E] warn them, can't go to college.
[Am] Bigger escrow teams [G] won't include them in planning.
[C] This place is where my people [E] are living, look at their [Am] mansions.
Tell me how [G] much longer [C] we're going to sit back and watch [E] the world go under.
[Am] Remember lightning strikes [G] before thunder.
[C] We're way so much younger, we could have fixed world hunger.
[Am] _ _ _ Stop [G] the youths of [C] strength.
Cultivate the land and [E] give them room to play.
Babylon, no give them [G] no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] _ _ Stop [G] the youths of [C] strength.
Cultivate the land [E] and give them room to play.
[Am] _ Babylon, no give them [G] no more gun for spray.
[C] _ _ No, [E] no, no.
_ [Am] _ _ The youths [G] we have to warn them.
It's [C] true Babylon, no terror [F] that try to [E] harm them.
[Am] In our plain sight [G] we can't see them.
[C] I work for my shop [E] with little freedom.
[Am] The system shake [G] up, the system shake [C] up.
Naughty politicians, [E] _
politics out the [Am] wrap.
Make the ghetto youths [G] to know they just can't give [C] up.
_ _ [E] In our jail we put them [Am] just.
_ Stop [G] the youths of strength.
[C] _ Cultivate the land [E] and give them room to play.
_ Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do today.
[Am] _ _ Stop [G] the youths of strength.
[C] _ Cultivate the land [E] and give them room to play.
[Am] _ Babylon, no give [G] them no more gun for spray.
[C] This is what I'm asking [E] you to do.
_ [Am] _ _ Stop [G] the youths of strength.
[C] _ Babylon, _ [E] _
Babylon.
_ [Am] Don't leave the youths [G] of strength.
No, _ [C] _ no.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Stop [C] the youths of strength.
[E] _
Babylon, _ [A] _ Babylon.
_ [G] Today.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] Today.
_ _ _ [N] _