My Presidents Are Black Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]God in a[F]ll my flows,
[Am]heaven i[C]n my track[Am]s[F]
My kettles all [Am]gold,
my presidents are Black [C](bah)
See, Jacky on the front lines and
Richard's in [Am]the back
Remember when they told
us just to rap? Hmm
Over the [C]years, we've been ill ad[Am]vised
[C]They told us "Ju[Am]st one at [E]a t[F]ime",
[Am]that's the biggest lie
A wise man once asked "Who
ate all the [C]pies?"
And now he's [Am]lookin' at me [F]funny,
[Am]like I took his slice

[Verse 2]
Oh, [Am]what a life,
if I [F]can't war with no broken [Am]man
[C]They start wor[E]ryin', they've got war[Am]s to plan,
hmm, [C]aight, cool
[F]Jigga told me [Am]"Crabs [C]in a buck[Am]et",
I said I over[C]stand
[F]So you my [Am]brother,
you can hold my hand
[D]You wouldn't [Am]know [C]about the convos that
[Am]we had to [C]change [E]the rules
Did[F]n't know that I would [Am]give my
arm and leg to help you move
Didn't know we're [C]tryna implement
our history through the schools
[F]You can kee[Am]p the gems,
I [C]give you [Am]jewels, aight
We are the [C]needle

[Verse 3]
[Am]movers,
we are the table shakers
They gotta [F]move around [Am]us,
cah [Bb]nothin' [Am]moves without us
It can't be [C]you who found [Am]us,
we don't need you to crown us
I had a [F]crown before my song,
this is the [Am]mountain that I'm on
We set up [C]shop,
but never closed the shutter
[Am]I give you all the keys,
[F]don't matter [Am]if we know each other
My brother Enoch told me [C]"Bro,
you wasn't known to stutter"
So I got [F]rid of [Am]it,
I'm [F]smoother [Am]than some cocoa butter

[Verse 4]
Fluent, [Am]you can- , it's the
community provider
The multiple [E]diss track [F]survivor,
[Am]glory be to God, Jehovah Jireh
[C]How can I retire? The[Am] devil is a liar
[F]And shout my nigga Dave,
[Am]'cause we made it through the fire
Should've [F]left me out the polit[Am]ics
All [C]I know is feta cheese
and [Am]dollar chips
Niggas went from sellin' weed
to scholarships
They're [F]billin' me to holler [C]flicks
And [Am]know they [C]holler [E]flicks
to [F]get at [Am]me
I could be a Beatle if you let it [F]be,
I needed you to [F#dim]set me free[C][E]
[Am]Woo,

[Verse 5]
I just needed you to
[C]let me dream
[F]The pressure that I'm [Am]under does no
[C]favors for [E]my self- [Am]esteem
I wonder what they tell Rahim
Black boy fly, [F]black girl fly, [Am]we all fly
[E]If you try to rob[Am] them for their dreams,
of course I'm
Gonna put a [Dm]target on your [Am]back,
I'm [C]Hawkeye
[E]Beg you, leave [C]them [Am]yutes alone,
[C]this is [Am]my war c[C]ry
Just careful when you [F]fuck

[Verse 6]
around [F#dim]and take the piss
That [Am]could be my [E]little bro or [Am]baby [F]sis
Have to make a [Am]statement,
just in case it is
We're [F]products of the [F#dim]place we lived
[G]Yeah, we're [E]bustin' all your
favorite [F]myths
[Am]Nowadays, I pull up [F]on my [Am]Za die Smith
A [F]master

[Verse 7]
with a [F#dim]pen,
[Am]skin- [C]tone dar[E]ker tha[Am]n your skeng
Ah, you'd have to pull [D]it
up and start [F#dim]again
[D]Tell [F]Michael Grove that we got
[G]somethin' for your [E]nose
And we got [Am]champagne bottles
for them [Bb]boys at number ten
Oh, we gon' [F]party

[Verse 8]
through the bullshit
If [G#]you make a point, I'll rein[C]force it
If you take a stand, then we endorse it,
that's what [F]we do
If we ain't beside you,
[G#]then we're cheering
[Fm]This [C]is #Merky, this is God engin[Am]eerin',
[C]I swear
[F]

[Verse 9]
[F]Woo, [C]thi[F]s f[G]or [Am]my niggas
who ain't make it to the prem
[C]Hope they see the bigger[F] picture
when they frame it through their [Am]lens
I [C]pray my brothers make it in the [Dm]end
To be [C]fair, we never [F]had no olders
This for my [Am]Kofis and my Adeolas
You get the trophies when
you plan and focus
You're now [C]tuned into my
[F]magnum opus
They wanna [D]chat me whilst
they [G]sat on sofas
But I'm Ser[E]ena for you [F]Sharapovas
Win again and [Am]win again, like Wimbledon, I s[E]erve

[Verse 10]
[Am]
I promise you, I'm colder than
the [C]single that [Am]you heard
The [F]second one was stressful,
but it's [G]simple for my [E]third
[Am]Holy spirit, guide me to the
[D]things that you prefer
I'm still the [F]nicest with it
Go put [C]some commas on the [E]check
and try and [Am]'tice us with it
Put some rockets on our back
and put some [F]fire in it
[Am]This a bless[C]ing from our king,[E] you
can't ac[C]quire spirit
[Am]Hit 'em with the c[D]hoir spirit,
got [F]'em singing[F#dim][C][E]

[Verse 11]
[Am]Give me light, give me love[F][F#dim][D]
[Am]'Cause we've been through the fire, got the strength of a lion,
[F]oh[F#dim][Am][E][Am][D][F][C][Am]
Oh, yes, we [D]will, [Am]Lord[Am]

[Verse 12]
I'm a young Jazzy B,
I'm on my soul to soul
They're askin' if I [F]sold my soul
[C]Tell 'em it's the power of the [Am]holy ghost
[F]Tell 'em that he guides
me on this lonely road

[Verse 13]
So that's why I say For [F]the,
the road that you [Am]go on now,
is what you're pavin' the lane
It is this road [F]for[Am]
all these people to walk
And I think that's what's gonna
be one of the greats, [F]legacies
That, you know, togeth[Am]er we're leader,
the black English
A hundred percent
It's that, uh, [F]it's like a full circle,
we [Am]came all the way around