The Secret Chords by Geto Boys

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I'm [Fm] destined to be the last man [Bbm] standing, carefully mapping my escape route planning,
[Cm] come in and [Fm] get it, and leave here with [Bbm] it, make it so that I'll be free when I hit it,
[Cm] it's like a dope [Fm] man's lotto, the dope man [Bbm] follows, the rule [Bb] here is simple and this
is my motto, [Cm] get it how you [Fm] get it homie, mercy a lago, [Bbm] get you a [C] house built, [Bb] keep
you a dollar [Cm] note, cause when [Fm] it's over it's over, no cheese to borrow, [Bbm] you fuck around
getting died, it ain't no [Cm] tomorrows, my homie [Fm] locked up, did six years tight, [Bbm] but six years
is nothing cause this kid's life [Cm] is off in [Fm] a cage for the rest of his days, [Bbm] a price that
he paid for the mistake he made, [Cm] so I'm on [Fm] focus cause my lifestyle's [Bbm] bogus, I got to
get out cause this thug's life is off, who [Cm] got the seasons, [Fm] who _ cries, and moments [Bbm] to
descend, they'll find peace in [Cm] the end, [Fm] don't cry, the secret [Bbm] is to win, _ _ _ who [Cm] got the seasons,
[Fm] who cries, and moments [Bbm] to descend, they'll find peace in [Cm] the end, [F] don't cry, [Fm] the secret
[Bbm] is to win, [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] they say [Fm] the ends justifies the [Bbm] means, so I guess the drug dealer justifies
the [Cm] fees, poverty and [Fm] unemployment justifies the [Bbm] screams, the reason he stacks his paper
just to buy it [Cm] clean, _ [Fm] 2006 was shoes the size of me, [Bbm] but in the end he wasn't really what
he tried to be, [Cm] I never let [Fm] an award justify me, [Bbm] I question how hard some of these cats
really be, [Cm] but real niggas [Fm] don't speak, I actually talk more, [Bbm] don't make me flip and
turn these streets into a [Cm] chalkboard, I do [Fm] this for all the real niggas that smoke [Bbm] trees,
the hustle players, pimps and _ [Cm] OGs, for the [Fm] up and coming cats to the old [Bbm] schoolers, the
ones that remember private stocking Calvin [Cm] Coolers, it's a [Fm] struggle to make it, keep
pushing, [Bbm] see how far you can take it, two eyed and one eyed [Cm] navigating one, who got the seasons,
[Fm] who _ cries, and moments [Bbm] to descend, they'll find peace in [Cm] the end, [Fm] don't cry, the secret [Bbm] is to win,
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_ _ _ _ I [Cm] know this cocksucker [Fm] pulling me over because of my [Bbm] skin, but the secret is to win, so I hold it
[Cm] in, I'm yes sir, [Fm] no sir, but when he pull off he diss, [Bbm] a motherfucking dick sucker, redneck,
son [Cm] of a bitch, all it [Fm] takes is one pussy who ain't getting [Bbm] none to catch you on a dark street
and put you to sleep, I'm a real nigga, I'm a real nigga, I'm a real nigga, I'm a real nigga,
do [Cm] with one D, [Fm] at the store he said I ain't no [Bbm] hoe, got clapped in the back of his throat,
_ [Cm] it didn't have to go [Fm] like that, believe me mister, [Bbm] someday, niggas gonna reflect these pistols,
[Cm] play the snake, get out the [Fm] way, when a fool got the ups, [Bbm] try to get a motherfucker shot in the guts,
[Cm] remember this before you [Fm] blow, and the day that you gone, [Bbm] greedy don't last too long, the secret
[Cm] is to win, jump out [Fm] the game and have money for life, [Bbm] not to stick around and lose all your shit
you [Cm] got seasons, [Fm] you got _ moments [Bbm] to stand, _ you'll find peace in [Cm] the end, [Fm] don't cry, the secret [Bbm] is to win
_ _ _ you [Cm] got seasons, [Fm] you got _ moments [Bbm] to stand, _ you'll find peace in [Cm] the end, [Fm] don't cry, the secret [Bbm] is to _ win
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