Like It Is Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]I[F][Dm][F][G]
[Am][F][Em]
tell it [F]like it [Am]is,
[F]then how[Dm] it coul[F]d be[G]

[Interlude 1]
[G][Am][F][Dm][F]
[Am][F][G]
[Am][F][Em][G]
[Am][F][Bb][F][G]
[F][Em]
Heaven or [Am]hell boy,

[Verse 2]
freedom [F]or jail [Am]boy[F]
A Jansport bag full of shit I could sell for
[G]The higher, the low boy[Am],
just me and [F]my homeboys
The police kill us so we
made up our own laws
[G]Been fig[Em]hting thi[F]s long war,
there's [Am]shells [F]in this shores sand
Still young but a grown man,
could tell by my stature
[Em]Stackin' money and problem
[Am]s as I wait for th[F]e rapture
Death never been no threat,
I be chillin', relaxin'
[Am]Everybody bleed
[G]I

[Verse 3]
[Am]gotta [F]be, I gotta be, I [Am]gotta [F]be the one
To make it up to Heaven,
des[G]pite the things I've done
I [Am]gotta [F]be, I gotta be, I [Am]gotta be the [F]one
To make my momma proud,
feel [Em]like her only son
I [Am]gotta [F]be, I [Am]gotta [F]be, I [Am]gotta be the one
[F]With everything I need,
with [G]everything I want
I [Am]gotta [F]be, I gotta [Am]be, I gotta be the one
[F]To do it like nobody has eve[G]r done
[F]When

[Verse 4]
[Am]I was in seventh grade my
grandfather told me don't get caught
[F]Lovin' the streets 'cause they nev
[Dm]er gonna love you ba[Em]ck
But I feel like it's [G]all we got
[Am]so it's all we really do love
At the [F]end of the day I feel like the problem
[Dm]is the people that control
It don't [Em]really come from here,
so they can't [Am]do nothing but look down on us
We look at them,
[F]we see somebody [Dm]that could help
They look at us and all they [Em]see is a nigga
[F]It don't rea[Am]lly matter anyway,
we all gon' die one day [Dm]man, one [F]day
[Bb]Do doves [F]cry

[Verse 5]
when the black man dies,
or do we croak with crows?
The young catch gun shots,
the old [G]catch the holy ghost
Ho [Am]I lov[F]e not,
I never seen no pot of gold
Just ball windows and six
fours [Em]with no [G]switches
Was broke with [F]no bitches,
she love me though
You'll kill me if it make you richer,
what you screaming, [G]you my brother for
Heart [Am]is where the hatred [F]is,
the brain that [Am]stained the love below
[F]And life is what you make it so
I'm makin' [Am]money for my [G]folks

[Verse 6]
I [Am]gotta be, [F]I gotta [Am]be, I gotta be the o[F]ne
To make it up to Heaven,
des[G]pite the things I've done
I [Am]gotta [F]be, I gotta be, I [Am]gotta be the [F]one
To make my momma proud,
feel [Em]like her only [G]son
I [Am]gotta be, I gotta [F]be, I [Am]gotta be the one
[F]With everything I need,
with [G]everything I want
I [Am]gotta be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one
[F]To do it like nobody has
[G]ever [F]done

[Verse 7]
When most people [Am]look at a person
who does what I do
They look at us with [F]these
preconceived no[Dm]tions as if
It's a [Em]set way for us all to be,
[G]but[Am] we all peo[F]ple at the end[Am]
Of the day so I wonder why we don't
treat each [F]other like [Dm]it
You're looking at a [Em]person telling
them that they story don't
Mat[F]ter when they're no [Am]better than me,
walkin' down the streets tryna shoot at [F]somebody
[Dm]'Cause all we got is these dreams [Em]man and y'all
ain't never had to [G]not have noth[Am]ing
And that's the last thing you
want from anybody
[Dm]Is to not really have noth[F]ing[Em][F]

[Verse 8]
[Am]I been through Hell and back,
[F]I seen my momma cry
Seen my father hit the crack
then [G]hit the set to flip a sack
I [F]done seen my [Am]homies [F]die then
went on [Am]rides [F]to kill 'em back
So how you say you feel me when
you never [G]had to get through that?
[F]We live for they amusement like they view
us from be[F]hind the glass
[Dm]No matter what we grow into,
[F]we nev[G]er gonna escape our past
[Am]So in this cage they made for me,
exactly where [F]you find me at
Whether it's my time to leave [G]or not,
I never turn my [Em]back[Am]

[Verse 9]
I got[F]ta be, I gotta be, I [Bb]gotta [F]be the one
To make it up to Heaven,
des[G]pite the [Em]things I've done
[Am]I gotta be, I gotta be,
I gotta [F]be the one
To make my momma proud,
feel [Em]like her only [G]son
[F]I gotta be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one
With everything I need,
[G]with [Em]everything I want
[F]I got[Am]ta be, I gotta be, I got[F]ta be the one
To do [Em]it like nobody has ever done