Into The Night Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Give[F] me[Am][A]
[G]the fortune,
keep the fame,
said my man Louis
[F]I agreed, know what he mean,
because we live the truest lie
[F#]I asked him why we follow the
[G]law of the blue inside
He [F]looked at me, he thought about it,
was [A]like, I'm clueless
Why?
[G#]The question was rhetorical,
[G]the answer was [F]horrible
Our morals are out of place,
we got [Am]our lives full of s[F#]orrow
And so tomorrow coming
later than [G]usual,
waiting on someone [F]to pity us
Why we find the beauty in
[F#]the hideous?
They say money's [G#]the root of all [G]evil,
but I [F]can't tell, you know what I mean
[F#]Pesos, francs, gems,
cowrie shells, dollar bills
Or is it the mind state [G]that's ill,
creating [F]crime rates
to fill the new [Am]prisons they [A]build
Over [G]money and religion,
there's more blood than spills
The wound[F]s of slaves in cotton fields
are never healed
What's the deal?
[F#]A lot of cats [F]who buy reco[G]rds
are straight [F#]broke
But [F]my language universal,
they be reciting my quotes
While R [G]&B singers hit bad notes
We rocked [F]a boat of thought
that my man Louis [Am]statements
just [F#]provoke
Caught up in conversations
of [G]our personal worth
Brought [F]up through endangered species,
status [Am]on the planet[A] Earth
Surviv[G#]al tactics [G]means bustin'
gaps to [F]prove you hard
Your firearms are too [Am]short
to box with God without [F#]faith
All of that [G]is illusionary
Raise [F]my son no vindication
of [Am]manhood neces[F]sary
[G]Not strong, only aggressive, not free
We only [F]licensed,
not compassionate, only polite
Now who [Am]denies us, not [F#]good
but won't [G]be have
Chasin' after death
so we can [F]call ourselves brave
Still liv[Bbm]in' like mental slaves
Hid[G#]in' like thieves in
[G]the night from [F]life
Illusions of oasis makin'
[Am]you look twice
[F#]Hidin' like thieves in [G]the night from life
Illusions [F]of oasis, making [Bbm]you look twice
I'm sure that [G]everybody
out listening agree
[F]That everything you [B]see
ain't [F#]really how it be
A lot of jokers out running in [G]place,
chasing the style
Be [F]a lot going on beneath
[Am]the empty smile
Most [G#]cats in [G]my area
be loving the [F]hysteria
Synthesized surface con
[Am]ceals the in[F#]terior
America, land of oppor[G]tunity
Mirages and [F]camouflages,
more than usually
[Am]Speaking loudly, saying [G#]nothing,
you con[G]fusing me
You losing me, your [F]game is twisted
Want me enlisted in [Am]your usury
Fool[A]ishly,
[F#]most men join the ranks [G]cluelessly
But foolishly [F]ac cept the deception,
[Am]believe the per[Bbm]ception
Reflec[G#]tion rarely [G]seen
across the surface of [F]the looking glass
Walking the street,
wondering [Am]who they be [F#]looking past
Looking gasped with them imported
[G]designer shades on
[F]Stars shine bright,
but the light [Am]rarely [F#]stays on
[G#]Same song, [G]just remix,
different ar[F]rangement
Put you on a yacht,
but they [Am]won't call it a [F#]slave ship
Strangeness,
you don't control [G]this,
you barely hold this
Scream[F]ing brand new,
when they just [A]sanitize the [F#]ocean
Suppose [G#]it's just another [G]clever
Jedi [F]mind trick
That they've been running
across stars
[F#]through all the time
But I find it's distressing
there's [G]never no in -between
We either [F]niggas or kings,
we [Am]either bitches or [F#]queens
The [G#]deadly ritual scenes
[G]of Earth and the per[F]verse
Full of short attention spans,
short tem[Am]pers and short [F#]skirts
Long barrel automatics
released [G]in short bursts
Then [F]like the black life
is [Am]treated with short worth
Get [F#]yours first,
then mother niggas second[G]ary
That type of illin' that be
fillin' [Bm]up the cemetery
This [Gb]life is temporary but
the [G]soul is eternal
Sep[F]arate the real from the [Bbm]lie,
let me [Gb]learn you're not [Ab]sure
Only aggress[G]ive cause the
power ain't dir[F]ected,
that's why
We are subjected to the will
of the op[Gb]pressive, not free
We only licensed, not [G]lied,
we just exciting cause the [F]captains
Own the master[Bbm]s to what w[Gb]e writing,
not com[G#]passionate
Only [G]polite, we well [F]trained,
our sincerities for Hurston stage
[Am]It's just [F#]a game, not good,
but we'll behave
cause the [G]camera surveyed
[Gb]Most of the [F]things that
we [Ab]think do are [Gb]sane
We [Ab]chasing after [G]death
just to call ourselves [F]brave
But everyday next man [Bbm]meet with the grave
I [Gb]give a damn if [G]any fan recall my legacy
I'm [F]trying to live life in the [Bbm]sight of
God's [Am]memory like [G#]that, y [G]'all
[F]A lot of people don't understand
[Bbm]the true criterion of thing[F#]s
You can't just [G]ac cept appearance
[F]You have to get the [Bbm]true essence
Not [G#]strong, only aggressive,
not [G]free, we only [F]li censed
Not compassionate, only polite,
[Bbm]not who the ni[Gb]cest
Not good, but well behaved,
[G]chasing after death
so we can [F]call ourselves brave
Still [Bbm]liv ing like mental sl[Gb]ate
Hid[G#]in' like thieves in
[G]the night from [F]life
Illusions of oasis makin' [Am]you
[F#]look twice[G][F]
[Bbm][G#][F]
[Am]
[F#]Hidin' like thieves in
[G]the night from life
Illusions [F]of oasis makin'
[Bbm]you look trash
Stop [G#]hidin', stop [G]hidin',
[F]stop hidin' your face
[Am]Stop [F#]hidin', stop hidin',
[G]cause ain[F]'t no hidin' fac[Bbm]e
Stop [G#]hidin', stop [G]hid[F]in',
stop hidin' your [Bbm]face
Stop [F#]hidin', stop hidin',
cause [F]ain't no hidin' [Bbm]face
Not [G#]strong, [G]not[F] free,
[Bbm]not casual[F#][G]
[F]
[Bbm]We well traine[G#]d, Blacks[G]tar[F]
[Am]Blac[Bbm]k star[F#] keep shining,[G]
yeah, yeah, [F]yeah
[Bbm]We take that Blackstar line,
ride on home
We take that Blackstar line,
ride on home
We take that Blackstar line,
ride on home
Let take that black star line
right on home, yo
Be real, be true
I can't shine [Bbm]without you
I can't without you
I can't shine without can't