The Way I Am Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]
[Bm][Am][C]
[Am][G#dim][E][Am]
[Bm][Am][C]
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[Verse 1]
[Am]I sit back with this pack of zigzags[Bm]
and this bag of this weed
It gives me the shit [Am]needed to be
the most mean[C]est MC on this [Am]earth
And since birth,
[G#dim]I've been curs[E]ed with this curs[Am]e
to discurse and disperse this berserk
And bizar[Bm]re shit that works and it sells
and it helps in it[Am]self
To relieve all this tension,
[C]dispensing these sen[Am]tences
Getting dis[G#dim]tressed has
been [E]eating me
[Am]recently off of this chest
And I rest again peace[Bm]fully,
but at least have the [Am]decency in you
To leave [C]me alone
when [Am]you freaks see me
out in the [E]streets
When I'm eatin' or [Am]feedin' my daughter
to not come and speak to me
[Bm]I don't know you, and no,
I don't owe you a [Am]motherfuckin' thing
I'm not [C]Mr. Instinct,
I'm [Am]not what your friends think
I'm [E]not Mr. Friendly, I [Am]can be a prick
If you tempt me, my tank is on [Bm]empty
No patience is in me
And [Am]if you offend me,
I'm lift[C]in' you ten [Am]feet
In the air, I don't [E]care
[G#dim]who was there[E] and who saw m[Am]e
Just draw you or call you a lawyer
[Bm]File you a lawsuit,
I'll smile in the courtroom
When we [Am]buy you a wardrobe,
I'm tired [C]of all you do
[Am]I don't mean to be[E] mean,
but that's all I can [Am]be
It's just me and I am
whatever you say [Bm]I am
If I wasn't, then why would [Am]I say I am?
In the paper[C], the news, every d[Am]ay I am
Radi[E]o won't even p[Am]lay my jam
Cause I am whatever you say [Bm]I am
If I wasn't, then why would [Am]I say I am?
In the paper[C], the news, e[Am]very day I am
[E]I don't know,
it's just [Am]the way I am
Sometimes I just feel like my [Bm]father,
I hate to be bothered
With all of this [Am]nonsense
that's constantly
Oh, [C]it's this lyrical con[Am]tent
That's so guilty [E]conscious
[G#dim]That's go[E]tten such ro[Am]tten responses
And all of this controversy [Bm]circles me
[B]And it [Bm]seems like the media
imme[Am]diately
Points a finger [C]at me
[Am]So I point one back at h[E]im
But not the in[Am]dex or pinky
Or the ring or the thumb
It's the [Bm]one you put up
When you don't give a fuck
When you [Am]won't just put up
With the bullshit [C]they pour
Cause they [Am]full of shit too,
when [E]a d[G#dim]ude's gettin[E]g bullied
and [Am]shoots up your school
And they blame it on [Bm]Maryland,
and the heroin,
where were the parent[D]s at?[Am]
And look where it's at, [C]middle America,
[Am]now it's a tragedy,
[E]now it's so sad to see
[Am]An upper class city having
this happenin',
[Bm]then attack Eminem
cause I rap this way
[Am]But I'm glad cause they feed m[C]e
the fuel that I [Am]need for the fire to burn
[E]And it's burnin' and [Am]I am returnin',
I am whatever you say [Bm]I am
If I wasn't, then why would [Am]I say I am?
In the paper[C], the news,
every [Am]day I am
[G#m]Radi o[E] won't even pl[Am]ay my jam
Cause I am whatever you say [Bm]I am
If I wasn't, then why would [Am]I say I am?
In the paper[C], the news, every d[Am]ay I am
[E]I don't know,
it's just the way [Am]I am
I'm so sick and tired of [Bm]being admired
That I wish that I would
just [Am]die or get fired
And drop [C]from my label,
let's [Am]stop with the fables
I'm [E]not gonna be able to
[Am]top how my name is
And pigeonhole into some
[Bm]poppy sensation
That got me rotation at
[Am]rock and roll stations
And I [C]just do not got the [Am]pa tience
[E]To deal with these cocky [Am]Caucasians
Who think I'm some wigger
who just tries to be black
[Bm]Cause I talk with an accent
and grab on my [Am]balls
So they always keep asking
[C]the same fucking que[Am]stions
What [E]school did I go to?
What [Am]hood I grew up in?
And why the who, what, when,
and [Bm]where, and the how
Till I'm grabbin' my hair
and I'm [Am]tearin' it out
You been driv[C]in' me crazy
[Am]I can't take it, I'm racin[E]',
I'm pacin',
[Am]I stand and I sit
And I'm thankful for every [Bm]fan that I get
But I can't take a shit in the [Am]bathroom
without someone stand[C]in' by it
[Am]No, I won't sign your autograph,
[E]you can call me an ass[Am]hole
I'm black as I am,
whatever you say [Bm]I am
If I wasn't, then why would [Am]I say I am?
In the pa[C]per, the news,
[Am]every day I am
[E]Radio won't even [Am]play my jam
Cause I am whatever you say [Bm]I am
[B]If I was[Bm]n't, then why would [Am]I say I am?
In the pa[C]per, the news,
[Am]everyday I am
[E]I don't know, it's just the way I[Am] am[Bm][B][Bm]
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