The Bigger Picture Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Am]
[G](Se[G]ction 8 just straight cooked
this motherfucker [F]up)
Last night, people protestin'
in [E]Minneapolis escalated
As demonstrators were lashed
by [Am]tear gas and rubber bullets
The main message here,
the main message here,
the main [G]message here
Is that they want to see
those officers involved
They [F]want to see those officers arrested
Officers arrested
[E](I can't breathe, I can't breathe)

[Verse 1]
Trade my [Am]4x4 for a G63,
ain't no more free Lil Steve
I gave 'em [G]chance and chance
and chance again,
I even done told them please
I find it [F]crazy the police'll shoot you
and know that you dead,
but still tell you to freeze
Fucked up, I [E]seen what I seen
I guess that mean hold him down
if he say he can't breathe
It's too many [Am]mothers that's grievin'
They killin' us for no reason
Been goin' on for too long to get [G]even
Throw us in cages like dogs and hyenas
I went to court and they sent me to [F]prison
My mama was crushed
when they said I can't leave
First I was drunk, then I sobered up [E]quick
When I heard all that time
that they gave to Taleeb
He got a life sentence plus
[Am]We just some products of our environment
How the fuck they gon' blame us?
[G]You can't fight fire with fire, I know,
but at least we can turn up the flames some
[F]Every colored person ain't dumb
and all whites not [E]racist
I be judgin' by the mind and heart,
I ain't really into faces
[Am]Fucked up, the way that we livin'
is not gettin' better,
you gotta know how to survive
[G]Crazy, I had to tell all of my loved ones
to carry a gun when they goin' outside
[F]Stare in the mirror whenever you drive
Overprotective, go crazy for mine
[E]You gotta pay attention to the signs
Seem like the blind followin' the blind
[Am]Thinkin' 'bout everythin' that's goin' on
I boost security up at my home
[G]I'm with my kind if they right or they wrong
I call him now, he'll pick up the phone
And it's [F]five in the mornin',
he wakin' up on it
Tell 'em wherever I'm at, then they comin'
[E]I see blue lights, I get scared and start runnin'
That shit be crazy, they 'posed to protect us
[Am]Throw us in handcuffs and arrest us
While they go home at night,
that shit messed up
[G]Knowin' we needed help, they neglect us
One of them who gon' make them respect us
[F]'Cause I can see in your eye that you fed up
Fuck around, got my shot, I won't let up
[E]They know that we a problem together
They know that we can storm any weather

[Chorus 1]
It's [Am]bigger than black and white
It's a problem with the whole way of life
It can't [G]change overnight (nah)
But we gotta start somewhere
Might as well [F]gon' 'head start here
We done had a hell of a year
I'ma make it [E]count while I'm here

[Verse 2]
God is the only man I fear
[Am]Fuck it, I'm goin' on the front line
He gon' bust your ass
if you come past that gun line
You know when the [G]storm go away,
then the sun shine
You gotta put your head in the game
when it's crunch time
I want all my [F]sons to grow up to be monsters
I want all my daughters to show out in public
Seems like we [E]losin' our country
But we gotta stand up for somethin',
so this what it comes to
Every [Am]video I see on my conscience
I got power, now I gotta say somethin'
Corrupted [G]police been the problem
where I'm from, but I'd be lyin'
if I said it was all of them
I ain't do [F]this for the trend, I don't follow them
Altercations with the law, had a lot of them
People [E]speakin' for the people,
I'm proud of them
Stick together, we can get it up out of them
I can't lie [Am]like I don't rap
about killin' and dope,
but I'm tellin' my youngins to vote
I did what I [G]did 'cause
I didn't have no choice or no hope,
I was forced to just jump in and go
This bullshit is [F]all that we know,
but it's time for change
Got time to be serious, no time for no games
We ain't [E]takin' no more,
let us go from them chains
God bless they souls,
every one of them names

[Chorus 2]
It's [Am]bigger than black and white
It's a problem with the whole way of life
It can't [G]change overnight (nah)
But we gotta start somewhere
Might as well [F]gon' 'head start here
We done had a hell of a year
I'ma make it [E]count while I'm here
God is the only man I fear

[Verse 3]
They [Am]trainin' officers to kill us,
then shootin' protesters
with these rubber bullets
They regular [G]people, I know that they feel it
These scars too deep to heal us
What happened to COVID?
No[F]body remember It ain't makin' sense,
I'm just here to vent
It happen to one of your [E]people, it's different
We get it, the system is wicked,
just learn how to pick it
Knowledge is [Am]power, I swear I'm a witness,
I know that I'm gifted I won't go too deep
'cause I'm scared they'll [G]get me
Ain't scared to admit it,
some shit I can't mention
It's people who can, well, here's the [F]chance
I won't take the stand,
but I'll take a stand for what I believe
Must not be [E]breathin' the air that I breathe
You know that the way that I bleed,
you can bleed
I never [Am]been a fan of police
But my neighborhood know
I try to keep peace
So it's only [G]right that I get in the streets
March for a reason, not just on GP
Our people [F]died for us to be free
Fuck do you mean? This was a dream
Now we got the [E]power that we need to have
They don't want us with it
and that's why they mad, yeah

[Chorus 3]
It's [Am]bigger than black and white
It's a problem with the whole way of life
It can't [G]change overnight (nah)
But we gotta start somewhere
Might as well [F]gon' 'head start here
We done had a hell of a year
I'ma make it [E]count while I'm here
God is the only man I fear
It's bigger than black and white
It's a problem with the whole way of life
It can't change overnight (nah)
But we gotta start somewhere
Might as well gon' 'head start here
We done had a hell of a year
I'ma make it count while I'm here
God is the only man I fear