Purple Chords by Nas

[Bm] _ _ [D] _ [F#] Light it [G] _ [Gm] _
[F#] up, uh [Bm] [F#m] The whole city is mine, pretty as [Bm] dawn
I don't like the way P.
[F#m] Hiddy did shine with different lawyers
Wise mentions [Gm] in my rhymes, it's [C#m] just the intro
Hate it or [B] love it, like it, bump it or [F#m] dump it
Writing across the stomach, spell God's son
[Bm] Life is like a jungle, [F#m] black is like the habitat of Tarzan
[G] Matter fact, it's harder than most can imagine
[C#m] Most of my packs [F#m] in correctional facilities, half of them passed on
Back strong, couple of [Bm] made a [B] ghost leave a [F#m] body
Now they aren't in the block where they [Em] used to stand at
Somebody's [Gm] taking their [F#] place, a younger man perhaps, hand slap
[Bm] Can't [F#m] understand that, same walk, same talk I wonder [Bm] can that be possible
A [F#m] thug dies, another step inside his shoes [F#] And they will [G] hurt you, laying low with [C#m] a
bottle I'm [F#m] blowing circles, my state of mind perfect _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Gm] _
[C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ Y'all just wanna deal with drama Talk [Bm] about you [B] forgot things
[F#m] Y'all ready to **** this mama [F#] Everything you went [G] to was underworld [C#m] related
You sell your man out, [Bm] not even your girl is [C#] sacred
You don't trust the soul, hold up You molding [Bm] soldiers to pull
Quick, [D] always look behind the shoulder [F#m] Think of how many dudes [Gm] died trying to be
down with [C#m] you Everybody's under [F#m] six feet of ground but
you Still standing, still roaming through the
streets That's [Bm] real, you a survivor
[F#m] Knowing all the beef is ill You got a bunch of [G] thugs with you even now
That's [C#m] ready trusting your judgment [Bm] Quick to put it down, they [C#] deadly
The hood love you but behind your back [F#m] they pray for the [Bm] day
A **** hit your heart, [F#m] an ambulance will take you away
That ain't love, it's hate [E] Think of all the mothers at [C#m] waste
Who [F#m] sons you ****, you ain't got a cut on your face
Unmarked police cars roam the streets hard [Bm] The need is God
Somebody [F#m] tell these shorties reach for the stars
Instead they tell them how to [E] reach through the bar
Holding [C#m] a mirror, looking down a tearing gale Making [F#m] weapons to ****** smoke
Three folks, four more [Bm] hitting He sighed for [D] eyes that seen a war too many
Cold-blooded [G] murderers, universal [C#m] Hood to hood, blowing [F#m] smoke, state of mind is perfect
Light _ _
[Bm] _ _ [F#m] it up, light it up, uh [F#] [Em] Light [G]
[C#m] it up, [F#] _ [D] light [F#m] it up, uh, _ _
[Bm] _ [F#m] uh, uh, [F#] [G] uh
[C#m] Light it, light it, [C#] uh
[F#m] These top-headed youngsters always getting in [Bm] trouble
Reacting before [F#m] thinking, they easily irritated and [G] premeditated
It's the fact that we sinking when [C#m] we should be [Bm] climbing
In a [F#m] nutshell, it's just jail, sales liquor and diamonds
[Bm] Rewinding instead of moving [D] forward to blow up, so what's the science?
[B] People [Em] shouting, [Gm] police pushing and crowding
On [F#] the grounds, a young soldier [F#m] with meat hanging out him
Am I hallucinating off the hazing?
[Bm] Or did I just see a [F#m] ***** shoot another ****?
Face it, [F#] it's an ugly [G] nation
Cops circle the block with [C#m] mugshots, photograph pictures [Bm] of suspect [F#m] faces
It's usually two or three ****** [Bm] innocent
But if they lock the [F#m] wrong ones up, then someone is snitching
A divided [G] force strategy, they aren't fair
[C#m] I dig in my [F#m] bag, **** that's covered with armors air
[C#] This color purple, I make whoopie, give me [Bm] the ******
Your silly Oprah [F#m] and Danny Glover gots to feel me
[F#] This is how I [G] escape the madness
Too much of anything [F#] will hurt you
So my [Bm] state of mind's [F#m] all purple _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#] _ [Em] _ _
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