Be Strong Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
Haha [Am]Yeah if it aint one thing [Em]it's always
[Am]gonna be a motha fuckin other
Word to [Em]My grand [Am]daddy I'ma let this beat rise
[Em]for about 2 bars then [Am]ima get back at ya check it out
[Em]Come on, c[Am]ome [Em]on,[Am]
[Em]I'm on a p[Am]ay phone standin in a holding c[Em]ell took
[Am]my shirt and my shoes and im [Em]cold as hell
Every [Am]now and then you gotta spend a night i[Em]n jail
but [Am]I know my home boys gonna [G]make [Em]my bail
[Am]8: 30 in the morning front of CJ[Em]C fuck a
[Am]bunch of records take me to the [Em]weed
I just need to [Am]blow some dro
Even if only [Em]momentary
[Am]it feels good to be free
[Em]Holdin my lil [Am]girl in front of a big screen [Em]mak in
love to [Am]my lady these are the big [G]things
Spend[Em]in time wit [Am]my granny and blowin
[Em]wit dave
[Am]Contemplatin every mistake I've ever
[D]made [Em]yo
[Am]Shouldve sipped more lemonade
sat [Em]in the shade
[Am]Seems so secondary to [D]try [Em]to get payed
and I'm [Am]only afraid
Of coming [Em]up short so Ima [Am]get money
ever day til I go back [Em]to court

[Verse 2]
[Am]Chorus:
Every day that I'm gone is when
[Em]I wont be [G]gone
They can[Am]t hold me down [Em]forever
and [G]im gonna be [Am]home
In no time at all it [Em]wont be long
I just [Am]need ever[G]body back at
home to be strong
Every [Am]day that im gone
is when i [Em]wont be gone
They can[Am]t hold me down
[G]forever and im gonna be home
In [Am]no time at all it w[Em]ont be long I just n[Am]eed
everybody back [G]home to be strong
[Am]The telephone

[Verse 3]
make my
time go by so slow
[Em]The streets ta[Am]lk if something
happen im gonna know
People wanna come see me but
i tell em not [Em]to
Talking [Am]to em through that
glass jus breaks my [Em]heart dude
I [Am]write alot of letters, I get alot of [Em]mail
People [Am]telling me they cant
wait for [D]me to get outta [Em]jail
I [Am]miss Mikayla, I miss [Em]my girl but I [Am]try not to
think about the outside [Em]world
[Am]Tall spades and dominoes
songs and pro[Em]verbs
I [Am]seem to find peace [D]in God's word
[Am]Cuz he's the only real friend I got in [Em]here
Even [Am]with nothing I got [D]alot in here
[Em]Be much [Am]happier if I was not here [Em]but [Am]hey
I could never get [D]shot [Em]in here
They say [Am]it s just 3 hots and a cot in h[Em]ere but I got ha[Am]lf my motha
fuckin squad [Em]in he[Am]re[Em][G][Am][Em][G][Am][Em][Am]
[G]
[Am]Chorus[Em]

[Verse 4]
They [Am]got e[G]le[Am]ctric[Em][Am]
[G]wire bout [Am]15 f[G]eet high[Em]
We [Am]move so fly with [G]plastic knives,
[Am]plastic forks, [Em]plastic spoon[G]s
See our [C]kids on [G]sunday afternoons
Collect [Am]call to my momma,
send [Em]me a box
[Am]Cd's, magazines, draws[G], and sox
[Em]People get t[Am]he box
everybody gets [Em]locked
Phone [Am]call, television,
[Em]everything just stops
[Am]Food here is horrible,
Conditions are inop[Em]erable
[Am]Grown men crying [Em]take
em to the corridor
[Am]More and more I miss my gal
[Em]The [Am]commodory and
fellowship [G]i miss [Em]my pal
[Am]When I get out Ima kiss the ground
[Em]And I Ju[Am]st cant wait to hit [Em]the town
[Am]Fat caps, Colby Steak [Em]House just the
[Am]thought make me wanna break out
C'mon [Em]C'mon
[Am]Chor[Em]us[G][Am][G][Am][Em][Am][G]
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[Verse 5]
[Am]
[Em]Yeah people ask [Am]me if I could go back,[Em]
[Am]If I could do something different, If I had a ch[Em]ance what would I do.
[Am]I tell em I dont believe in th[Em]at 'IF' shit cuz i[Am]f my dad was a better card [Em]player him an[Am]
d my momma would still be togeth[Em]er you know what i'm [Am]say in check it o[Em]ut
And to [Am]all my people [Em]locked down Hold it down now

[Outro 1]
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