Constant Consumption Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Gsus4]
[F][Am][C][Am][C]
[Am][C][Em][C]
[Am][C]
[Am][C][G][Am]

[Verse 1]
I wandered [Am]along [C]was pondering [G]on
[F]The [Gsus4]following day and the
[F]followring song
[Am]Meanwhile

[Verse 2]
[C]on the other side of [G]town
[Am]On the mean streets
some [C]kids ride around
[Am]I got home,
[F]some [C]ideas jotted [F]down[C]
Turned out the lights,
went to sleep not a sound
While [Am]they blowin in the wind
[C]living but no [Am]rules
But the street's,
[C]yo they living but no root[Am]s
None of us is over [C]given
the whole [Em]truth
Most of us is [C]just driven
on cold [Am]fuels

[Verse 3]
Super leaded [C]and super
deaded who- where [Am]over
For loot and credit we're
[C]shootin' steady
[Am]We're heated up in the
[C]heat of the [Em]moment
Speeded up [C]just to beat
his [Am]opponent
Grim reaper's in [C]gym sneakers
with pimp [Am]features
But we all [C]got the same teachers
[Am]North, south, west[C] or eastside
[F]Meanwhile [G]I d[F]ream I
kick a freestyle going
[Am]Tick tock

[Verse 4]
you [G]don't stop
We [Am]got pick pockets corr[F]upt [Em]cops
We [Am]got petty thieves
in [Em]baggy jeans
[Am]Beggars and bootleggers
[F]an d angry [Em]teens
[Am]Tick tick tock

[Verse 5]
[G]you don't stop
We [Am]got big shots s[F]mugglin'
crack [Em]rock
[Am]Conjunction junction what'[F]s
[Em]your function
[Am]Constant consumption
[Em]that's your function
[F]Let [Gsus4]me tell

[Verse 6]
the world how I wish
There could be something, [F]anyting
In this [Am]world for me

[Verse 7]
[C]Flippin' motorolas, sippin' coca- colas
In [Am]a sunny resort with chi[C]ckens
on they [Am]shoulders
Meanwhile on the [C]rich side of town
Kids [Em]got sweet dream[C]s
of street dreams

[Verse 8]
Thanks [C]to [Am]gangsta fairytales
they [C]smoke dank and marinate
To [Am]music that their parents [C]hate,
but they can't relate
[Am]To anything that their paren[C]t say
It's all hy[Em]pocrisy and lies,
[F]they re[C]act with [Am]hate
Blowin' in the wind [C]livin' by no rules
[Am]Their parents are tire[F]d ain't
[C]giving 'em no [Am]roots
No guidance,
they [C]ain't tellin the whole truth
[F]Kids [G]captiv[F]ated by the mike
check one [Am]two

[Verse 9]
Tick tock [G]you don't stop
We [Am]got pick pockets corr[F]upt [Em]cops
We [Am]got petty thieves
in [F]baggy [Em]jeans
[Am]Beggars and bootleggers
an[F]d angry t[Em]eens
Tick [Am]tick tock

[Verse 10]
[G]you don't stop
We [Am]got big shots s[F]mugglin'
crack [Em]rock[Am]
Conjunction junction [Em]what's
your function
[Am]Constant consumption
[F]that's your [Em]function
Let [Gsus4]me tell

[Verse 11]
the [F]world
how [Gsus4]I wish[F]
[Gsus4]There could be somewhere, anywhere
In [F]this world [Am]for me

[Verse 12]
Meanwhile, [C]back on my side [G]of town
[Am]I wake up tryin to spot[C]
what I [Am]jotted down
Radio playin' loud with the [C]rugged sound
[G]Interrup[Em]ted by [C]the news of a kid,
and other kids that
[Am]Shot [C]him down
26 years old just [Am]like me
Aspiration[C]s and hopes just [G]like me
[Am]He was playin' a rol[C]e just like me[Am]
[Em]Now his story [F]got [C]told just [Am]slightly
Now he's packaged
[C]and sold just like me
[Am]Well god rest

[Verse 13]
his [C]soul cus
this might [Am]be
Cynical [C]but he fitted in a rhyme pattern
In a [Em]time where [C]rhymes matter
more that a life
[Am]Shattered

[Verse 14]
[C]Meanwhile, on the other
side of the world
[Am]Same sun, moon and stars
[C]same things occur
[Am]Some things better and
[C]some things worse
[Em]Same people [C]struggle,
same visions are blurred
By [Am]state supervision or [C]state
super [Am]prisoner
Private [C]owned,
let's break through for shizzle 'cause
[Am]Meanwhile

[Verse 15]
[C]in the penal
[F]Kids locked [G]down for [F]life,
thay ain's kickin' free[Am]styles going

[Verse 16]
Tick tock [G]you don't stop
We [Am]got pick pockets corr[F]upt [Em]cops
We [Am]got petty thieves
in [F]baggy [Em]jeans
[Am]Beggars and bootleggers
[F]and angry [Em]teens[Am]

[Verse 17]
Tick tick tock [G]you don't stop
We [Am]got big shots
[F]smugglin' crack [Em]rock
[Am]Conjunction junction what'[Em]s
your function
[Am]Constant consumption
[F]that's you[Em]r function
[Am][G]

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

[Verse 18]
[G]me [Am]tell[F][Em]
[Am]this[Em] worl[Am]d,[F][Em]
let [Gsus4]me in[F][F][Gsus4]
this [Am]world for me