Kingston Be Wise Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Drums]
[Am]Ey,[F][E]
[Am][F][E]
[Am]Ey[F][E]
[Am]Watch ya dread[F], hey, hey[E]

[Chorus 1]
[Am]Kingston, [F]be [E]wis[Am]e[F][E]
[Am]Kingston, [F]fre[E]e up your min[Am]d[F][E]
[Am]Kingston, [F]jus[E]t be wis[Am]e[F][E]
[Am]Kingston, [F]fre[E]e up the I, [Am]yeah[F]

[Verse 1]
When the [Am]city a go click-clack-[E]blow, you bet
[Am]Government fingers and [F]tic-tac-[E]toes in it
[Am]And while they working on the X's [F]and O's[E]
I'm [Am]living I-N-I like I'm [F]Mister Ka[E]moze
[Am]No surprise when they
[F]sending [E]foes to me
[Am]Opposite of when plain [F]clothes
ap[E]proaching me
[Am]Follow they rules is what [F]they propo[E]se
to me
[Am]Selling they souls
[F]for what is [E]owed, you see
[Am]Nothing is owed, nothi[F]ng is promised[E]
Never [Am]know the government woulda run [F]up
inna them [E]garrison
[Am]Without no sorry, without [F]excuse[E]
Soldier [Am]man inna them lorry,
every[F]body get a[E]bused, and
[Am]Everybody have them view[F]s now[E]
The me[Am]dia is owned so know
where you get your news from
And the blood deh pon them [F]shoes [E]now
When them [Am]walking it trace
Look them [F]hard in them [E]face

[Chorus 2]
And say:
[Am]Kingston, [F]be [E]wis[Am]e[F][E]
[Am]Kingston, [F]fre[E]e up your min[Am]d[F][E]
[Am]Kingston, [F]jus[E]t be wis[Am]e, for me[F][E]
[Am]Kingston, [F]fre[E]e up the I, [Am]yeah[F][E]

[Verse 2]
[Am]Now all the damage can't quant[F]ify[E]
Roy [Am]Rayon couldn't sancti[F]fy
Say a [E]nuff a dem them [Am]send fi die
So the [F]city a in[E]tensify
[Am]Say the ghetto them a gent[F]rify[E]
Well I, no[Am]body nuh i[F]denti[E]fy
Nuff [Am]bodies unidenti[F]fy and just a [E]lie deh
[Am]Then where the gun deh?
[F]Dead pon Sat[E]urday
[Am]Buried Sunday like Solomon [E]Grundy
[Am]Like a no Sons of Salomon[F]
them have [E]down deh
[Am]Leonard Howell, Pinnacle[F]
and them [E]land deh
[Am]Subdivision, them deal[F] it underhand [E]deh
[Am]So learn it 'cause them come[F] back
with dem [E]plan deh
[Am]So tell me how far[F]
do you [E]wanna [Am]go no[F]w, h[E]ey
[Am]Cah them will ratta-tatta-tatt[F]a
when you [E]pow-pow-[Am]pow[F]

[Chorus 3]
[Am]Kingston, [F]be [E]wis[Am]e[F][E]
[Am]Kingston, [F]fre[E]e up your min[Am]d[F][E]
[Am]Kingston, [F]jus[E]t be wis[Am]e, for me[F][E]
[Am]Kingston, [F]fre[E]e up the I, [Am]yeah[F][E]
[E][Am][F][Am]

[Outro 1]
[Am]Hum, [F]and[E] do you
[Am]overstand the [F]mind[E]
[Am]Hum, [F]yea[E]h
It's live from the [Am]capital, city
[F]Hey[E] hey[Am][F][E]
[Am]Be w[F]ise[E][Am][F][E]
[Am]Be wise, f[F]or m[E]e
[Am]Kingston,[F][E]
[Am]Kingston,[F][E]
[Am]Kingston[F][E]
[Am]Be w[F]ise[E]
[Am]Kingston, [F]fre[E]e up the I, [Am]yeah[F][E]
[Am][F][E]
[Am][F][E]
[Am][F][E]
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