Stripper Documentary Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][Am][Em][G]
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[C][Em][Am][Em][G]
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[Verse 1]
[Am]She
marked the [C]line of being forced into a [Em]place that, if it was more to wanting more
than to face [Am]facts, meant pro[C]gression of the need
to sur[G]vive as [Em]a natural instinct for
Humans with [C]a life,
[Am]it's all inside her mind
[C]Temperature cold,
[Em]the same woman on the frozen lake from before
Dan[C]cing with the passion
coming from an odd [Am]place
But embarrassment and [Em]hide
behind a smile on her [G]face
I [C]knew that if she had a choice,
[Am]it would be voice
But immediately she needed a guarantee,
no remorse
An[C]d me being the aunt
she laughed that I [Em]am, I
Asked of her what
I knew before she [G]replied
[Am]Is this a dream and what
you wanted?
No offense, don't mean to
[Em]question your position
Went to judge, it's not my niche
[Am]She looked at me as if I
[Em]didn't have [G]a tip
Vanessa [Am]took it from my eyes,
all [Em]she had to say was [G]this
Oo[C]h, [Am]this [Em]is the
true life [G]of a [Am]stripper
[Em]This is the true life of a [Am]stripper
[Em]This is the true [G]life of a [Am]stripper
[Em]This is the true life [G]of a strip[C]per
Don't mean to bore you with my
[Em]stories and mistakes and the regrets
I package up and the choices I didn't [C]take
But if you must know, [G]and if you [C]really do
[Em]That ain't it, just a violent
part of what I [C]have to do
See, I was pregnant with a [G]child,
barely [Em]15
Molested by my stepfather,
he would [Am]threaten me
[C]I told my mother, she insisted that I lied
See, the [Em]tears never stopped going,
in seven years, I cried
[Am]My biological daddy, he died of drugs
I have nowhere to go,
no [Em]one to turn to [G]when I needed love
[Am]Only
Noah, my son, he'll be [G]eight soon
[Am]I left the following morning,
I never [G]finished school
[Am]I'm [C]a woman, yes, a woman that I a[G]m
No [Em]one would give a pregnant
teen [G]a chance to work with [C]them
I slept in cocks, [Em]for sex, I soaked my soul
They [Am]love to call her [Em]man,
how [G]I call her, never know
[Am]Oo h, th[Em]is is the true
[G]life of a [Am]stripper
[Em]This is the true [G]life of a [Am]stripper
[Em]This is the true life of a[G]
[C]stripper[Am][Em]
This is the true life [G]of a [C]stripper[Em]
See, [G]before [Am]today, I thought [C]it was hard [Am]for me trying [Em]to be a man,
it's out there [C]wrong.
[Em]But the hustle coming from a woman,
[Am]it's [Em]one of those things that my gender migh[G]t not be able to relate to.[Am]
You [G]never know [Am]what a person had [Em]to
go through to be [G]where they at right now.
[Am]In this thin[C]g called life,
we [Em]faced with choices
[G]And I'm a firm [Am]be liever of trying
[C]to under[Am]stand the [Em]misunderstood[G]
An[Am]d me personally,
[C]I have no right to ster[Em]eotype
[G]Hell, I wouldn't be [Am]here[Em]
this is the true life [G]of a [Am]stripper this
[Em]is the true life of a [C]stripper
[Am]this [Em]is the true life [G]of a[C]
[Am]stripper[Em]
[G]
you