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Hood Mentality Chords

Music by: Ice Cube
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[Intro 1]
[Am]
[F][Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Fuck school, nigga,
I'ma be a dope dealer,
I'ma be a killer, yup a urban guerrilla,
I'ma stack strilla, yeah, buy me a villa,
Sell a [F]five-oh to [Am]to my
[F]Auntie Priscilla,
[Am]I don't give a fuck th[F]at
she look like thriller,
[Am]Hit that shit,
one more time and fuck [Dm]around and [G]kill [Bm]her.
[Am]Cause I got the heart [Em]of
a Pitt[F]sburgh Steeler,
Black nigga,
draped in gold with a [E]nine milla,

[Verse 2]
[Am]Love money, love jail,
[F]love that penitentiary mail,
[Am]Love the way these niggas smell,
keep comin' [Dm]back, [G]can't you tell,
[Am]Love to see my mama cry,
[F]love to see my babies struggle,
Love to see my woman juggle nuts
cause she [Em]got the hustle,

[Verse 3]
[Am]I don't give a fuck, how my life go,[F]
Now [C]I'ma [Am]slave man to this cave man,
[Dm]without [Bm]Geic[Am]o
Everybody wanna a car, [F]Michael a psycho
[C]But he [F]ain't never came through
the hood with a [E]rifle,
[Am]Gunnin' niggas down cause they
don't [F]got the right [Am]clothes,
Hit the wrong person cause we
shoot [Dm]just like [G]hoes,
[Am]First I was blood thirsty,
[F]Mr. Mr. Controversy,
Now I wanna beg for mercy,
should of took my [Em]ass to first

[Verse 4]
[Am]If you don't wanna shake
that hood [F]mentality,
[Am]How the fuck we suppose
to change our reality,
If you don't wanna shake
that hood [F]mentality,
How the fuck we suppose to
change our real[E]ity,
[Am]If you don't wanna shake
that hood [F]mentality,[Am]
How the fuck we suppose
to change our reality,
If you don't wanna shake
that hood [F]mentality,
How the fuck we suppose to
change our real[Em]ity,
[F]Fuck

[Verse 5]
school, [Am]Nigga,
if I [F]grow a little taller,
[Am]Everybody tell me I'ma gonna do it,
I'm gonna be [F]a baller,
So fuck that [Am]thinkin', fuck that thinkin',
Fuck them [F]Lincolns, [G]I want F[F]ranklin's
Come back through here [Am]with my crew,
I'ma gonna have my own [G]shoe,
[Am]I'ma gonna be that little fool,
[F]coming in your living [Am]room,
Startin' point guard, nigga,
[Em]fresh [G]outta middle school,
[Am]Either is [Em]the [F]NBA, or is the NFL,
I dunno what else I can do,
to keep my ass self [Em]outta jail,
[Am]I wanna be like Tiger Woods,
swing that [F]club, make [Am]you sick,
I wanna be like Pacman Jones,
I wanna be like Michael [G]Vick,
[Am]I wanna be like Barry Bonds,
[F]I wanna be like O[C]J Simpson,
[F]Leader's feel, leader's prison,
tell you motherfuckers [E]where to kiss em,
[Am]I wanna be all broke'd up,
moving [F]all old and slow,
[Am]I wanna be a alcoholic,
just like [Bm]Barway Joe,
[Am]I wanna be a side show,
kinda [F]like Iron Mike,
Used to have a few Bentley,
now I just ride a [Em]bike,

[Verse 6]
[Am]If you don't wanna shake
that hood [F]mentality,
[Am]How the fuck we suppose
to change our reality,
If you don't wanna shake
that hood [F]mentality,
How the fuck we suppose to
change our [Em]reality,
[Am]If you don't wanna shake
that hood [F]mentality,[Am]
How the fuck we suppose
to change our reality,
If you don't wanna shake
that hood [F]mentality,
How the fuck we suppose
to change our reality,
[Em]

[Verse 7]
[Am]Fuck school, nigga,
they ain't tryin' to [F]educate [Am]me,
All they give a fuck is what I memor[Dm]ize [G]lately,
[Bm]
[Am]I'ma gonna have to teach my[Em]self,
[F]Clock that money, get that wealth,
I wanna be like Santa Claus,
I don't wanna be no [Em]fucking elf,
[Am]No kid left behind,
[F]buddy get the run around,
[Am]Can't you motherfuckers see that they
[Dm]try in' [G]to doom us down,
[Am]Don't trust the govern[Em]ment,
[F]president, is for [C]sale,
[F]He don't give a fuck about a nigga,
just a [Em]oil well,
[Am]Sell crack, go to jail,
bust a [F]rap, go to [C]hell,
[Am]Do I got to sell my soul,
if I wanna [G]go to [Bm]Yale,
[Am]Go kiss Oprah's ass,
if you [F]wanna be [C]Gail,
[F]I rather have my ass kissed,
up in Blooming[E]dale,
[Am]You can go, be a pimp,
[F]you can go, be a hoe,
[Am]But you only gonna get paid [Dm]off,
[G]what you know,
[Am]If you don't know shit,
[F]then you can't work for me,
Cause you read your first book,
in a penitentiary,
[E]

[Verse 8]
[Am]If you don't wanna shake
that hood [F]mentality,[Am]
How the fuck we suppose to
change [Dm]our reali[Am]ty,[G]
[Am]If you don't wanna shake
that hood [F]mentality,
How the fuck we suppose to
change our [E]reality,
[Am]If you don't wanna shake
that hood [F]mentality,
How the fuck we sup
[Am]pose to change our reality,
If you [F]don't [Am]wanna shake
that hood [F]mentality,
How the fuck we suppose to change our reality,
[Em]

[Outro 1]
[Am][F][Am]
[F][Dm][Am][F]
[Am][F][Am]
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