Una Palabra Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Bm]This ain't a story 'bout [Em]race,
color or creed
[D]It's a sto[G]ry 'bout hate, envy and greed
[F#m]Talk about [D]ambitions[Em]
but don't want us to progress
[D]Ya talk abo[G]ut assistance
but all we get is the stress
[D]U don? t really wanna see[Em] me grow
Hating [G]on me choking on my flow
U say we rude,
don't [F#m]like our attit[Em]ude
We crude, ain't got no
gratit[G]ude
But I wasn't born to be low,
I was born to rise
[D]Wasn't bor[Bm]n to preten[Em]d
or keep my faith in disguise
[G]Ain't got no freedom of speech
No freedom [F#m]to teach - make
our [D]kids out of [Em]reach
Wanna break [G]ties - alienated
in their own land
Running [D]riot in the streets,
day [Em]by day getting out of [D]hand
U don't [G]want me to be an inspiration
U wanna [F#m]blame me for [D]agitation
[Em]How can u tell me 'bout particip[A]ation
[G]When all u really want is se [D]gregation

[Verse 2]
Una pa[Bm]lab [A]ra n[Em]o dice [D]nada[G]
[D]Y al mismo tiempo
[Em]Lo e[D]scon[G]de todo
[A]Co [D]mo aquel vi[Em]ento [G]que
escon[D]de el agua[F#m]
[D]Como [Em]las flores que [G]esco[A]nde el lodo

[Verse 3]
Is it [Em]my religion - u keep
seeing as a threat
U think [G]it's all about - murder,
[D]violence and [F#m]death
But do u [Em]care to find - find the truth
[D]Or is it easi[G]er to keep fronting
and oppressing our [D]youth
Is this [Em]why I'm a be awestruck?
Damn [G]these lies just make us stuck
Bow down to something [F#m]greater
[Bm]Nah forget t[Em]hat maybe later
[G]Really must be joking,
deceits and lies is all I [D]see
Should I [Em]be your enemy
or should I trust your lies
[D]Should your tre[G]atment of my peeps
make us forge them ties
[F#m]Got to tell m[Em]e the truth as it is
Or we'll be [G]keeping coming
back right here to this
Second [D]class cit[Em]izen in my own home
Been [A]30 years gone

[Verse 4]
[G]- and still no dome,
still gotta [F#m]stay strong
[Em]Thinking I'm thick trying to sell
me this [G]hy pocrisy
Heard it before, u must be kidding me!
[D]Wanna

[Verse 5]
dictate who I [Bm]marry
And even what my sis?
should wear
Then prevent her from a job
[D]Stuck on welfare - seem[Bm]s
To provoke and oppress [G]us [Bm]is ok - seems
[Em]Racism is cool - despite what [D]u say
[Bm]Wanna blam[G]e us for ya shortcomings

[Verse 6]
[Bm]Just want a [G]scapegoat
Still seeing [D]us like a problem
Like we just [Bm]off the boat
Guess u wanted cheap
labour to [D]build ya home

[Verse 7]
Una pa[Bm]lab [A]ra n[D]o dice nad[G]a[D]
Y al mismo tiempo
Lo [Bm]esconde todo
[D]Como [G]aquel viento que
esconde el agua
[D]Como las [Em]flores [G]que [D]esconde el lodo

[Verse 8]
[Bm]Una Mirada no [A]dice n[Em]ada[G]
[D]Y al [F#m]mismo [D]tie[Em]mpo
[D]Lo dice [G]todo
Co[D]mo [Em]la lluvia[G] sobre tu cara
[F#m]O el Viejo [G]map[Em]a de algún tes[G]oro
[A]Where the

[Verse 9]
[Bm]next Abu [Em]Dharr at?
Where the [D]next Khalid [G]Ibn
Walid aka [F#m]Sayf- Allah at?
[Em]Tell us how we fuel this crime
[G]Everyday statistics,
everyday media - plenty [D]of us doing [Em]time
Why should I take the blame or shame
[D]When I kno[G]w u just looking
for someone to frame
[F#m]My individ[Em]ual freedom; abused
[C]Red[G]icule of my deen, my beliefs,
guess I be the new [A]jew
I've become the new [Em]ni a of the world
Pro[D]duct of your so[G]ciety,
adopted your values in their en[F#m]tirety
Was[Em]n't born like this,
I was made this [G]way
U like it or not, player - I'm here to stay
[D]We walk the[A] same str[Em]eets,
breathe the same air
[G]Ad d to this state, but do u even [F#m]care?
Guess u [A]gotta recip[Em]rocate
Want us to be people [G]of faith
or people of hate?
U [Em]got your deen, I g[D]ot mine - okay?