Benediction chords and lyrics - AUGUST ALSINA AND RICK ROSS

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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Started [D]off in the [C]streets
We would take collection
[Em]from the fiend[C]s
People dying all [Em]around me
[C]So I gave you my tes[G]timony
We were down [D]from the [C]beginning
When the [Em]world wasn't listen[C]ing
Now that I got [Em]your attention
[C]Let us end wit[Bm]h the benedic[G]tion

[Verse 2]
We are gathered here [D]today
Paying our re[C]spects to bein' broke,
hope he's in a [Em]better place
Cause [C]life out here ain't sweet, [Em]oh no
[C]I would close my eyes to sleep
but didn't dream [Bm]no more
[G]So I had to make a way for my home,
[D]you know
Now I'm [C]in a place where I ain't
gotta scheme [Em]no more
The [C]good life, I'm done with the hood life
[Em]I did what I could[C] didn't always do what
I should [Em]an d I was misund[Bm]erstood
[G]So many nights I[D] tried
To [C]hide how I felt, I would cry [Em]inside
And I [C]ran through the streets
till my feet [Em]got tired
Cause I ain't [C]wanna have my
shoes on them [Bm]power lines
But [G]I made it, and it made me
[D]I know I did wro[C]ng,
I pray to God he forgave [Em]me
Cause I [C]made it, it didn't kill me
[Em]So it made me st[C]ronger, I pray to God that you feel me,
[Bm]that you feel [G]me...
Started [D]off in [C]the streets
We would take collection
[Em]from the fiend[C]s
People dyin' all [Em]around me
[C]So

[Verse 3]
I gave you my testi[G]mony

[Verse 4]
We were down [D]from the [C]beginnin'

[Verse 5]
When the [Em]world wasn't listen[C]in'
Now that I got [Em]your attention
[C]Let us end wit[G]h the benediction
Our Father who art in heaven

[Verse 6]
[D]I pray you free me from my
[C]demons and keep me level
I [Em]know you kept my out [C]of prison
where I was headin'

[Verse 7]
When I [Em]heard someone killed [C]my brother,
one- eighty- seven

[Verse 8]
I [Bm]hope he made it [D]to Your [G]presence,
for me he was a blessin'
[D]At least I know he's res[C]tin' and

[Verse 9]
he ain't out here stressin'
[Em]Tryna get to the [C]good life,
and out of this hood life
[Em]I pray that my step- pops[C]
lay off that crack pipe
[Bm]So mama co[G]uld sleep at night,
I know it's been hard [D]on her
I was [C]ripping through the streets,
it was hard [Em]for her
[C]Now I'm up in hotels
on the [Em]ocean shore
When I was [C]sleepin' on the
floor at the corner [Bm]store
But [D]I m[G]ade it, and it made me
[D]I know I did wro[C]ng,
I pray to God he would save [Em]me
Cause [C]I made it, it didn't kill me
[Em]So it made me st[C]ronger, I pray to God that you feel me,[Bm]
that you feel [G]me...
Started [D]off in [C]the streets
We would take collection
[Em]from the fiend[C]s

[Verse 10]
People dyin' all [Em]around me
[C]So I gave you my tes[G]timony
We were down [D]from the begin[C]nin'

[Verse 11]
When the [Em]world wasn't listen[C]in'
Now that I got [Em]your attention
[C]

[Verse 12]
Let us end [Bm]with the benedic[G]tion
Bottle after bottle,
snatching [D]Belaire out the bucket
[C]Rightin' all my wrongs for these
homies [Em]out here [C]thuggin'

[Verse 13]
Pray for benediction,
pretty women [Em]on my p[C]remise
Condo out in Cabo,
screaming [Bm]"GABOS" to my nemes[D]is
[G]Gold around my neck I'm ballin'
for these [D]final minutes
[C]Nothing lasts forever,
for these sins I [Em]seek repentance
[C]Shots fired, another gone,
I feel that [Em]man's pain
[C]Daddy sat me down and said: "that
came [Bm]with [D]the game"
[G]Shake my head, roll up the window,
turnin' [D]up the music
So much [C]anger in these songs for these
soldier[Em]s that we losin'
[C]A mastermind is one who's
feedin' other[Em]s off his talent
I [C]owe it to my city but it's
time I [Bm]pay my balance
[G]I'm in Holyfield's estate,
I star[D]ted with a pallet
[C]I made my first tape,
I gave [Em]that shit to [G]Khaled
[C]Thankful for my supporters,
everyone that [Em]ever bought us
[C]Grateful for every lesson these by
any [Bm]streets taught [G]us
Started [D]off in [C]the streets
We would take collection
[Em]from the fiend[C]s
People dyin' all [Em]around me
[C]So I gave you my tes[G]timony
We were down [D]from the [C]beginnin'
When the [Em]world wasn't listenin'
[C]Now that I got you[Em]r attention
[C]Let us end wit[G]h the benediction

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