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American terrorist Chords

Music by: Lupe Fiasco
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[Verse 1]
[Am]Clos[F]e your mind[Em]
[Am]Close your eyes, see with your heart[F]
How do you for[Em]give the
[Am]murderer of your [F]father?
The ink of a scholar is [Em]worth
[Am]a thousand times more
Than the blood of a martyr
[F](uh[Em])[Am]
Terrorist (yeah, uh)

[Verse 2]
We [F]came through the storm,
nooses on our [Em]necks
[Am]And a smallpox blanket
to keep us warm
On [F]a 747 on the Pentagon lawn
[Em]Wake up[Am], the alarm clock is
connected to a bomb
[F]Anthrax lab on a West Virginia [Em]farm
[Am]Shorty ain't learned to walk,
already heavily armed
Civilians and little children is
especially harmed
[Em]Camou[Am]flaged Torahs, Bibles,
and glorious Qurans
The [F]books that take you to heaven
and let you meet the Lord [Em]there
[Am]Have become misinterpreted
reasons for warfare
[F]Reread 'em with blind eyes,
I guarantee you there's more [Em]there
[Am]Rich must be blind 'cause they ain't
see the poor [F]there, yeah
Need to open up a pub
[Em]Just [Am]closed ten schools,
we don't need 'em
Can you please call the fire
department?
They're down here
marching for freedom
Burn down their teepees,
turn their TV's on to teach 'em
And [F]move

[Verse 3]
The more money that [F]they make
The more [Em]money that [Am]they make,
the better and better they [F]live
Whatever they wanna take
Whatever [Am]they wanna take,
whatever, whatever it [F]is
The more that you wanna learn
The more that [Em]you try [Am]to learn,
the better and better it gets (uh)
American [Em]terrorist
(yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Am]

[Verse 4]
Now the [F]poor Klu Klux man say
that we're all brothers
[Em]Not 'cause t[Am]hings the same but
'cause we lack the same color
And [F]that's green, now that's mean
Can't [Em]burn his [Am]cross 'cause he
can't afford the gasoline
Now [F]if a Muslim woman strapped
with a bomb on a bus
[E]With [Am]the seconds running
give you the jitters
Just imagine a American- [Dm]based
Chris[Am]tian organiza[F]tion
[Em]Planning to pois[Am]on water supplies to
bring the second coming quicker
[F]Nigga, they ain't livin' [Em]properly
[Am]Break 'em off with a little democracy
[F]Turn they whole culture to a mockery
[Em]Give 'em [Am]Coca- Cola for their property
Give 'em [F]gum, give 'em guns,
get 'em young, give 'em fun
[Em]But if t[Am]hey ain't givin' it up,
then they ain't gettin' none
And don't give 'em all, nah man,
just give 'em some
It's the paper, some of these cops must
be Al- Qaeda, nigga, [F]uh

[Verse 5]
The more money that [F]they make
The more [Em]money that [Am]they make,
the better and better they [F]live
Whatever they wanna take
Whatever [Em]they wan[Am]na take,
whatever, whatever it [F]is
The more that you wanna learn
The more that [Em]you try [Am]to learn,
the better and better it gets
American [Em]terrorist (ter[Am]ror)
[F]The more money that they make
The more [Em]money that [Am]they make,
the better and better they [F]live
Whatever they wanna take
Whatever [Em]they wan[Am]na take,
whatever, whatever it [F]is
The more that you wanna learn
The more that [Em]you try [Am]to learn,
the better and better it gets
American terrorist [Em](terrorist)

[Verse 6]
[Am]It's like
Don't give the [F]black man food,
give red man li[Em]quor
[Am]Red man fool, black man nigga
Give [F]yellow man tool,
make him railroad builder
[Am]Also give him pan,
make him pull gold from river
Give [F]black man crack, Glocks and things
[Em]Give red m[Am]an craps, slot machines
Now bring it back, bring it back,
bring it back, bring it [Em]back
Bring it [Am]back, bring it back,
bring it back, bring it back
Don't give the [F]black man food,
give red man li[Em]quor
[Am]Red man fool, black man nigga
Give [F]yellow man tool,
make him railroad build[Em]er
[Am]Also give him pan,
make him pull gold from river
Give [F]black man crack, Glocks and things
[Em]Give the [Am]red man craps, slot machines
Then bring it back, bring it back,
bring it back, bring it back
Bring it back, bring it back, bring it back, bring it back,
[F]uh[Em]

[Interlude 1]
[Am][F][Em]
[Am][F][Em]
[Am][Em]
[Am][F][Em]

[Verse 7]
[Am]American[F][Em]
[Am][F]
[Am]
terrorist (terror)

[Outro 1]
(Terror)
[Am]
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