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Madonna (and other mothers in the hood) Chords

Music by: Lupe Fiasco
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[Verse 1]
[Em]Immaculate mother
of the holy soul
On behalf of the [G]overdose[C]
We come to you uncom
[Em]fortable in our [Bm]ways[Am]
[C]Please don[Em]'t slam the door
all in my face

[Verse 2]
Tried to go to church, church ain't [Em]work
Still want to kill niggas
Tried to go work, but work ain't work
Work ain't work for the feel nig[Am]ga
Really make me feel like a field nigga
[Bm]Make me feel worse,
[B]really tryna' chill
But inside I feel like a [C]steel mill, [Em]nig ga
And it's hard when these
niggas steal mama
What, when you and [G]God gotta
mill still [Am]mama
Living off a meal deal mama,
can't stunt
With them [Bm]lil' wheels mama,
need a [C]real purse [B]real heels mama
How dem liquors and them pills feel [Em]mama,
lil' mama

[Verse 3]
No man shall [Em]prosper
Lord knows if I said it, it's gospel,
lil' [G]mama
[Am]Madonna[G][Bm]
[Em]
No man shall prosper
Lord knows if I said it, it's gospel,
your [G]momma[Am]
Madonna
[Bm][B][Am]

[Verse 4]
[C]
No man shall touch this
Lord said [Em]nobody can fuck with,
your momma
[D]Madon[G]na
[Am][G]

[Verse 5]
[C]I be just trying make it
I be just trying make it
[Em]I be just trying make it
I be just trying make it
[D]They be just trying break us
They be just trying break us
[Am]They be just trying break us

[Interlude 1]
They be just trying break us
[Am][G][Bm]

[Verse 6]
[Em]White T on they shoulders
What drags em off through the streets
In the whip wit' they soldiers
Stations of the police
[Am]Trying to stick all this time to me
Trying to stick all these crimes to me
[Bm]Could you just send a dime to [B]me
Mama please send a sign [G]to me
What's [Em]looking like life?
Is probation and a fine to me
Lawyer said I'd be alright
[G]But I think that he lying to me
They [Am]really wanna throw
those lines to me
Put me in a line, put the knives to me
[G]Put me in the sky, [C]put it to my [G]side
Then [B]push it in[Em]side of me

[Verse 7]
Holy mother of the [Em]blessed soul
They don't love you there,
they love you here
I [G]love you like I'm Mexico
Say, "Santa [Am]Maria, Madre de Dios
Ruega por nosotros pecadores
Ahora [B]y en la hora de [Am]nuestra [B]muerte,
[Em]amen[B][Em]

[Verse 8]
No man shall touch [Em]this
Lord said nobody can fuck with,
your [G]momma
Madon[Am]na[Bm][B]
[C]
No man shall touch this
Lord said [Em]nobody can fuck with,
your momma
Madon[D]na
[G][D][Am]

[Verse 9]
[G]
They sen[C]t them all to the slaughter
Baby mama, no father
He was [Em]hanging round
them murderers
And them prostitutes and them robbers,
[D]yeah
Them dope fiends and that water,
[Am]yeah
Wit' angel dust in they [C]nostrils,
[Em]yeah
[Bm]They hit e[B]m up wit' that chopper
[Bm]She was hold[Em]in' him, in he[Am]r hands
Just like Stigmata, [Em]yeah
Said you gon' live here forever
Salvation and treasure
[G]You gon' live here [B]forever, yeah
[Am]Died like Ricky on his mama couch
Right there in his mama house
[Em]Only [B]child,
the holy mama's your mama [Em]now

[Verse 10]
[Em]No man shall touch this
Lord said nobody can fuck with,
your [G]momma
Madon[Am]na[Bm][B]
[C]
No man shall touch this
Lord said [Em]nobody can fuck with,
your momma

[Verse 11]
Madonna
[Em]Mama said [D]my son never been no killer
Mama said my son never [Am]been no gangster
No drug dealer, no [G]gang member
[C]Mama said my son never
been no [Am]trouble[C]
[Em]Mama said my son never
been no trouble
[D]Mama said my son never been no killer
Mama said my son never [Am]been no gangster
No drug dealer, no gang [C]member
[G]Mama said [Bm]my son never
[Am]been no trouble
Mama said [Bm]my son never been no [Am]trouble
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