Give The People Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Dm]Got [Eb]to[Dm]
give the people
Give the people what they want
Ladies and Gentlemen

[Verse 2]
Got to give the [Dm]people
Give the people what they want
Ladies and Gentlemen

[Verse 3]
When [F]I came o[E]ut with m[F]y first rap jam
I had no [E]idea that the record would slam
It did real good [Eb]without [E]radio play
Maybe at night but no
airplay in the day
I couldn't understand why to be exact
Our music was [F]good and I was
[E]far from wack
Then came the answer,
commercial was the key
To get airplay and a spot on TV
Like Ed Lover and Doctor
Dre from Yo! MTV [Dm]Raps
A [E]show, mainly for the black
And still we can't ill,
cause to them that's wrong
'Cause like P.E. said,
we're too black and too strong
But hey, what can I say
(Brothers and sisters) that's
a price a rapper must pay

[Verse 4]
[Am]Got [F]to g[E]iv[Am]e the[A][E]
people
Give the people [Am]what they [E]want
Ladies and [Am]Gentlemen[A][E]

[Verse 5]
Got to [Am]give[A][D][E]
the people
Give the people what they want
Ladies and Gentlemen

[Verse 6]
[E]As airwaves collapse rap shows
at a standstill
Some racial circuits the
frequencies can't handle
The funk tracks produced by EPMD
But it's a fat jam,
that will never win a grammy
Unless we sellout and kill
the black movement dead
Which means [Eb]swallow our pride [E]and
become flunkies instead
And stop the rap about freedom,
thoughts of a black president
And rap about a black crack, the
mayor in our residence
Give me a break brothers,
it's time to take a stand
And kill that no sir, yes sir,
and thank you ma'am
'Cause the word is a luxury
a black man can't afford
That's why poverty's on the
rise and we still ignored
And it's a setback and yet
the clock still ticks
And if we let it,
rap would be run by politics
I read it somewhere that
every man's created equal
But not in this day and age,
maybe in the sequel
Which means next time,
so observe these rhymes
And take a stand and go for yours
'cause I'm going for mine
That's why I

[Verse 7]
[D]Got [Dm]to g[E]ive th[A]e people[F#m]
[E]
[Dm]Give the peopl[E]e what they want
Ladies and [Am]Gen t[D]lemen[E][Dm][E]

[Verse 8]
Got [Am]to give [D]the[E][A][E]
people
Give the people what they want
Ladies and Gentlemen
Why is that when wrong is done by the black

[Verse 9]
[E]It's
blown out of proportion and
immediately attacked
By the press and yes, conflict is caused
By the kids at concerts who
bumrush the doors
One [Eb]child gets hurt, the [E]press gets pesty
But what about the Beatles, G,
and Elvis Presley
[F]Same stuff was [E]rough,
rap does not cause violence
[F]So [E](Fight the Power) and make
them understand
But too much power and
you might get banned
So if you [F]want airplay

[Outro 1]
You can't be too black and hey, watch what you say, but ayo
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