Hip Hop chords and lyrics - MOS DEF

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[Verse 1]
[Am]You [F]say [Dm]one for the [Am]treble,[F]
[Dm]two for the time
Come on, [F]y'all, let's [Dm]rock this
You say [Am]one for the [F]treble,
two [Dm]for the time
Come on
Speech is my [F]hammer,
bang the world into shape
Now let it [Dm]fall (huh)
My rest[F]lessness is my [Dm]nemesis It's hard to really

[Verse 2]
[Am]
chill and sit [F]still
[Dm]Com mitted to page, I write a rhyme
Some[F]times won't [Dm]finish for days
Scrutin[Am]ize my litera[F]ture,
from the [Dm]large to the miniature
I [Am]mathematic[F]ally [Dm]administer
Subtract the [Am]wack
Select[F]or, wheel it [Dm]back,
I'm feeling that
[F](Ha ha ha) from the core to
the peri[Dm]meter black
You know the [Am]motto
[F]"Stay fluid [Dm]even in staccato"
(Mos Def) full [F]blooded, full [Dm]throttle
Breathe deep inside [Am]the drum hol[F]low
[Dm]There's the hum,
young man where you [F]from?
Brook[Dm]lyn number one
[Am]Native [F]son,
speaking [Dm]in the native tongue
I got my [Am]eyes on to[F]morrow
(there it is)
While you [Dm]still tryna find where [F]it is
I'm on the [Dm]Ave where it lives and dies
[Am]Violentl[F]y but silently
[Dm]Shin[Am]e so vibra[Dm]ntly that[F]
eyes squint [Dm]to catch a glimpse
Em[F]brace the bass with
my dark [Dm]ink fingertips
Used to [Am]speak the king's English
[Dm]But caught a rash on m[F]y lips
So now my chat [Dm]just like dis
Long [Am]range from the [F]base-line (swish)
[Dm]Move like an apparition
[F]Low to the ground [Dm]with ammunition
[F](chi-chi-chi-baow)
Move from the [Dm]gate,
voice cued on your [Am]tape
Putting [F]food on your [Dm]plate
Many crews can re[Am]late
Who [F]choosing your [Dm]fate? Yo
We went from [Am]picking cotton
[F]To chain gan[Dm]g line chopping
To B-Bopping
[F]To Hip-Hopping
Blues Blues [Dm]people got the
[Am]blue chip stock option
[Dm]Invisible man,
[Am]got the whole [F]world watchi[Dm]ng
(Where ya at?) I'm high, [Am]low, East,
[F]West, all [Dm]over your map
I'm getting [Am]big props,
[F]with this thing [Dm]called Hip Hop
Where you [F]can either get paid
or get [Dm]shot
When your product in stock
The fair-weather [F]friends
friends [Dm]flock
When your chart position [Am]drop
Then the [F]phone calls
[Dm]Chill for a minute
Let's [Am]see who else [Dm]tops
Snatch your shelf spot
Don't gas [F]yourself [Dm]akh'
The industry just a better built [F]cell block
[Dm]A long way from the shell tops
[F]And the bells t[Dm]hat L rocked
Rock [Am](rock), rock [F](rock), rock [Dm](rock),
rock (rock)
Rock, rock (ha), rock, rock

[Verse 3]
(Over here [Am]just [F]sayin')
[Dm](Hip Hop)
[Am](Class is in session)
(Hip Hop, one, [F]on-on-one, one, two,
[Dm][Am][F][Dm][Am]
[F]one[Am], two[F])[Dm][Am]
[F](Sweat inside [Dm]my hand)
(Hip Hop)
[F](The more [Dm]emot[Am]ion I put[F]
into [Dm]it, the harder I [F]rock)
(Hip Hop)
Hip Hop is [Dm]prosecution evidence An

[Verse 4]
[Am]
out of court [F]settlement,
[Dm]ad space for liquor
Sick [Am]without [F]benefits (huh)
Luxury [Dm]tenements choking
the sky[F]line
It's low [Dm]life getting
tree-top high (top high)
[F]It is a bac[Dm]k water remedy
Bit[Am]ter intent to m[F]emory,
a [Dm]class E felony
Fa[Am]cing the death [F]penalty (huh)
Stimulant [Dm]and sedati[Am]ve,
origin[F]al repetit[Dm]ive
Violently competit[Am]ive,
a school [F]unaccred[Dm]ited (there it is)
The break [Am]beats you get broken with
On [Dm]time and inappropriate
Hip [Am]Hop went from [F]selling
crack to smoking it
Medicine for [F]loneliness
Remind [Dm]me of Thelonius and Dizzy
[Am]Boppers to B-Boy[F]s getting
[Dm]busy
The war-time snap [Am]snap [F]shot
[Dm]The working man's jack-pot
A A [F]two dollar snack box
[Dm]Sold beneath the crack spot
[F]Olympic sponsor of the black
[Dm]Glock
Gold medalist in the back shot
From the sovereign [Dm]state
of the have-nots
Where Where [F]farmers have [Dm]trouble
with cash crops (huh)
It's all [F]city like [Dm]Phase 2
Hip Hop will simply [Am]amaze [F]you
Praise [Dm]you, pay you
Do [Am]whatever you say [F]do
But, [Dm]black, it can't save you