Crime Story Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Bm]Crim[D]e stories[Bm]
You get, [D]boy, no [Bm]glory
Not [D]in these [Bm]crime stories
I'm tellin? you right [D]now, no glory
Scene I

[Verse 2]
Too [D]Big and the [Dm]Ham mer
[C]rol[Dm]lin? on a hit[F]
[D]Knives in our hands to the
sound of [Dm]the click
[D]And now we're ready,
[C]we [D]hit the swoove
Windows ease [C]down
[D]we spray their crews

[Verse 3]
[D]Eight fools dead, [C]a b[D]aby too
You ask me how I'm livin?,
[C]thi[D]s hit?s for you
But that's not [Dm]all w[D]e got the [Dm]prize
[D]A mother in a kitchen, n[C]ow yo,
[D]she's dead inside

[Verse 4]
[D]Yeah, we took them suckers out
They know what time it is [Bm]now

[Verse 5]
[Bm][D]
[Bm]Crime stories
Homeboys, you [D]get no [Bm]glory
Not [D]in these crime [Bm]stories
You ain't gettin? nuthin' on that,
[D]no glory
Scene II, me and Too Big at the club

[Verse 6]
Too [D]Big and the [C]Hammer
[D]kickin? it at the club
Boastin? about the [Dm]way t[C]hat we
[Dm]pulled those [D]sucker?s [Dm]plugs
[D]We weren't wor[Dm]ried, naw[C],
[D]we did[Dm] n't car[C]e
[Dm]When you're in this war, yo, a[C]ll i[D]s fair

[Verse 7]
A [D]tap on [C]my shoulder, [D]I turn aro[F]und
Too [Dm]Big is d[D]y in? [Dm]fast,
[C]he'[D]s on the ground
I reach [Dm]for my [D]gat, it was too [Dm]late
[F]The kni[Dm]ves went pointblank
[D]range in [Dm]my face[D]

[Verse 8]
Yo, they opened fire and took me out
[D]
Somebody tell my [A]mother,
[Bm]I love [D]her[Bm], man

[Verse 9]
Crime stories
Boy, you [D]get no [Bm]glory
I'm not going to mislead
my [D]brothers
[Bm]Crime stories, I'm tellin? ya right now,
ah, will [D]they talk? No glory
Scene III, the pimpin? game

[Verse 10]
[D]Now I'm pimpin? these berries,
got to get that money
[Bm]Those suck[D]ers still [C]payin?
[D]for a little bit of honey
Nothin? in this [F]world[C]
[D]can[Dm] stop my flow
[D]AIDS ain't done [Dm]nothin? [C]but
[D]help my [Dm]business grow

[Verse 11]
[D]My babes are[Dm] trained[C]
[Dm]to make that dollar
[D]To take you out[Dm], foo[C]l,
[D]it ain[C]'t no bot[D]her
You dropped [Dm]your pants [C]and
[D]you pay the price
Your money maybe AIDS, [C]fool,
[Dm]and then[D] your life[F]

[Verse 12]
Yeah, that's right ?cause a pimp
got to make it
You know what [Bm]I'm sayin?

[Verse 13]
[Bm]we're talkin? [D]about [Bm]crime stories
And I ain't givin? up no
propers, no [D]glory

[Verse 14]
Crime [Bm]Stories, all the real brothers
have been locked up
And you know they don't wanna [D]go back,
no glory
Scene IV, the pimp got took

[Verse 15]
out by Barry's brother
[D]We got this tip[Dm] on s[C]ome
[D]new fresh bait
Money in their [C]heads and
[D]they could [Dm]hardly wait
[C]My gir[D]ls went to their roo[Dm]m
[C]to [D]make the play
Two suckers at [Dm]once, [C]yeah,
[D]would mak[C]e my day[D]
[F]Now

[Verse 16]
[D]I'm outside som[C]e
[D]suckers walk [Dm]up
Talkin? real [C]hard about smokin?
my [D]butt
[Dm]He pushed the but[C]ton,
[D]the blade came [Dm]out
[D]Cut me on my throat and [C]then
a bullet [Bm]in my m[D]outh

[Verse 17]
I guess the devil got
all the babes in hell
Maybe he?ll let me work
with [Bm]him? Ssh

[Verse 18]
[Bm][D]
Crime [Bm]stories
I'm tellin? ya, man, you [D]get no [Bm]glory
?Cause I'm not gonna mislead
my young [D]brothers
Crime stor[Bm]ies,
if you've ever been locked up
You know the true [D]stories, no glory
And I?d like to say this before
we get [D]outta here
To my broth[C]ers in the

[Verse 19]
[D]game,
[F]my brothers
Who are [D]out there doin? what they
[C]feel [D]they've got to do
I wanna ask you one favor,
[Dm]let'[C]s let the youn[D]g kids[F] 10, 1[D]1,[Dm] 12 y[C]ears old[D][Dm]
[F]Let's let them go [D]on and do the[Dm]ir thing
[C]at [D]the schoolhouse[Dm]
[D]let's give them

[Verse 20]
a chance to make it
Let's give them a chance
at a different [Dm]life
[D]You doin? what you feel you hav[Dm]e to [C]do
[D]But they youngsters an[Dm]d they don't
know [D]any better
So we want to give them [C]a chance to live

[Verse 21]
[D]
I mean [F]life is precious,
and you know that yourself
And you try to make a better life for yourself

[Verse 22]
So [Bm]what I'm sayin? this from the bottom of my heart,
let the kids [D]be
Help [Bm]the children lead to another way
[D]And peace fro[Bm]m you and I love

[Outro 1]
you and I'm outta here
[Bm][D][Bm]