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[Verse 1] [Em]If I gotta burn in[G#dim] fire [Em]Feel the flame[Bm]s[Em] For my loved [G#m]ones t[Em]o excel in this game Then let [Bm]it bu[Em]rn[Bm] Let it burn [Em] [Verse 2] As I lay me down to [Bm]sleep [B]I pray to the Lord that my soul [Em]he keeps Nobody weeps when a G dies But like Maya Angelou still we rise Mama tried to keep me home at night But despite her attempts [B]I hung with the macks and the pimps Sidin' with the Rip's Not [Em]'cause I like blue if you like red I did it 'cause I never did like you And it said the good die young [B]I don't recognize myself what have I [Em]be come? Can you tell me why am I headed for a dead end? Why I got another dead friend? Why they surround me- dead men? Everywhere I look [B]right and left Flip another page in the book [Bm]of life and death It's comin'- [Em]I feel it breathin' down my back It got me runnin' Grim Reap ain't [G]cuttin' no slack [Em]What can I do where can I go Lord [B]forgive me for all I did 'cause I didn't [Em]know And when my heart beats it's last tick Somebody sat these three words in my casket: Lord have [B]mercy [Bm][chorus] Lord forgive [Verse 3] [Em] me for all the wrong that I [B]did All of the pain that I in[Em]flicted as a kid On Judgement Day consider this before you curse me I was only a child so Lord have mercy Forgive me for all the wrong that I've [B]done All of the pain I inflicted when I was [Bm]young On Judgement Day [Em]consider this before you curse me I was only a child [G]so Lord [Em]have mercy [Verse 4] Should I [Em]die before I wake [B]Don't shed a tear [Em]Mama 'cause I finally escaped No more drama no more blood sweat and tears No more pressure from my peers and no more fears I rest in peace- how long will it last [Bm]Fore I have to [B]an swer for what I did in the past [Bm]Illin' - willin' and dealin' [Em]cops always after me I call it survival and you call it misanthropy But let the record reflect circumstances were [B]suspect But you couldn't care [Em]less- mann While I struggle to survive You turned your eyes- plugged your up ears Ig[B]nored my cries [Em]Now Ms. America sayin' we scarin' her [B]But she can give me Liberty or Death- I'm [Bm]darin' her Either [Em]one'll set me free- that's all I want to be But that ain't what y'all want to see You'd rather see me killin' up my own in the ghetto Or [B]sellin' blow to anybody Black, Brown, or [Em]Yellow But forget that- I'm tryin' to get my head right Even if it mean I gotta get dead tonight Lord have mercy forgive me [Verse 5] [chorus] [Em]Forgive[B][Em] me for [B]the[Bm] [Em] [Bm]blood that his body bled [B]And all the tears that his Mom[Em]my shed Book says 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' But I done seen more [B]blood spilled [Em]Than the vets on Hamburger Hill- it's real Post War Syndrome- went to [B]see my homie But his Mama told me that the homie been gone [Bm]Everytime I turn aroun[Em]d it be another body on the ground With fresh gunshot wounds but he didn't hear a sound When he came out the room Nobody told him [B]he would be dead so [Em]soon But the gauge went boom Ms. America, I know you got a cure for AIDS But [B]we need a cure for [Em]Raid who on a rampage [B]Can you fee[Em]l it- the tensions in the air [B]thick Hate got me so high [Bm]I'm gettin' airsick Got my [B]people broke [Em]lookin for a buck to borrow Doin it one day at a time fuck your sorrow Fuck tomorrow I want revenge I got a Beretta [B]named Vendetta Time to answer for your [Em]sin- man When you meet your creator- tell him I apologize But I [B]gotta [Em]ride Lord have mercy forgive me... [Bm][chorus][B] [Outro 1] [Bm][Em] [Bm] [Em] [Bm] [Em]
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