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[Intro 1]
[Dm][Am][Dm][A5][Dm][A5]
[Am][A5][Dm]
[Am][A5][Dm]
[Am][Dm][Am][Dm]
[Am][Black Thought] Yo, where

[Verse 1]
the freaks at? Lookin' at me
[Dm]You want to see Black? Then jump on it
And to the [Am]chumps who think
[C]they might want it
[Am]I might spot your ride[G] and dump on i[C]t
[Am]And send

[Verse 2]
a couple of boys
to that corner of yours
And role out with a [F]nigga slumped on it
[Dm]You see Blac[Am]k fall back [G]son
[C]Me [Am]and Shock up in a black
Regal [C]no insurance

[Verse 3]
We [Am]like DEA serving [Dm]warrants
So tell the [Am]freaks you know
[Dm]to s[Am]top whorin
We goin' grab [G]the mics and get
[C]'em off the wall
[Am]So everybody in here c[G]an stop sn[Am]orin

[Verse 4]
Yo where the [Am]safe Money unlock it,
pull it [Dm]out your pocke[Am]t
Ben Banniker Bay with the Al Morrocan
Black [G]Thought on [Am]capitals
like the sovereign
Girls get your eyes back
up out the sockets

[Verse 5]
Focus, flawless. New York [Am]to Europe
To [Dm]lands where my feet a[Am]in't
even touch the soil yet
What a movement, the rap solution
It thumps [G]so hard we got
[Am]'em world wide usin them

[Verse 6]
[Am]Tracks from Black [Dm]for satisf[Am]action
The role of captain played
by Samuel L. Jackson
Yo ill insanity that's cold
and morbid
But when I'm in your [Gm]orbit you [C]soul absorb it

[Verse 7]
A [Am]real raw nigga won't
fold or forfeit
A thorough bred [Dm]gonna
enfor[Am]ce it
Tariq's where the beats at
[G]And where the peo[C]ple out
[Am]their seats at
For what? [C]Cause why'all on it [Am]I'm like

[Verse 8]
Aqua man and Brown Hornet
I'm like Imhotep but don't flaunt it

[Verse 9]
Dog, reintroducing master thespian
[Am]Ho- telling- e[C]st, [Am]elin- est,
emceein
Fuck getting money for real, get [Dm]freedom
Black on the grind from AM to the PM
Splash up crash up the X-
[A]5 B.M.
Motive entertainment the [Am]philly mob [A]we in

[Verse 10]
Weak hearts, [Am]yo we not them
[Dm]Waddup nigga T3 nigga bahtem
When the M- Ill get
home we're gonna win

[Verse 11]
First one [Dm]to fall cats with no chin
The mic [Am]the black hold re
[A]main [Dm]smokin'
And ladies up [Am]in the place is wide open
[Dm]For real you know what I'm talking about

[Verse 12]
Pull it out [C]your pocket[Dm]
[Am][Repeat: x 3]
[Chorus] You feel this shit soon as

[Verse 13]
[F]they
throw [Dm]it o[Am]n
You feel this joint this is your
[G]new favorite [C]song
[G]You [Am]at the dancehall, you
got it [F]go [Am]ing on
It's time to show [C]it off so
[Am]throw [C]your hand[Am]s up
Check it out yo
You feel this [Dm]shit soon [C]as
they [F]throw it [Dm]on[Am]
You [C]feel this [Am]joint [C]this is your
new [Am]favorite song
You at the [A]dancehall, you
[Am]got it going on
It's time to show [C]it off
[Am]why'all niggas know what's up
[C][Black Thought] Yo here go

[Verse 14]
[C]
the rapper of the year,
year of the rap
[F]Come from South [C]Philly where
the hammers are clapped huh?
[A]Violate and you will ans[F]wer to Black
You a thug not [C]really there's
the answer to that

[Verse 15]
[F]Lee ya, boxed [C]silly with
the hands skill attack
Cancel [Am]your check [A]flip,
dis[F]mantle your [A]trap huh?
Want to pack can't handle your strap
You a schmuck type,
shoot your man in the [Am]back

[Verse 16]
Meanwhile I'm outstanding
and I'm outspoken
Wild out [Dm]take fools out without [A]joking
[Am]If I run o[G]ut of shots
I'm [C]going out [Am]poking
On a date [G]with sis we [C]going
out [Am]stroking

[Verse 17]
And the shot is fantastic [Am]The fantastic
is the romantic
And to the freaks in the house if
you're ready to bounce
We can go to the flat then get tantric
[Am]Yeah.

[Verse 18]
you pronounce the name
Tariq, any questions?
Street hip- hop I bring forth
the essence
You see pulling [G]up five [C]deep
With nothing but [Am]dimes in
[C]side of my jeep
[Am]I'm not arguing

[Verse 19]
to get in VIP
[A]coc[Am]ksucker prick
Suck a [A]dick I'ma floss for the [Am]fuck of it
Girls say the [G]baw Black [C]be
on some [Am]other shit
Nigga [G]talk like you work for the [Am]government

[Verse 20]
My words worth like Barnes [Dm]& Noble
[Am]Spit hot [D]flames that'll [A]harm your vo[Am]cal
Spit thought [G]name I'm a
[C]bomb your loc[Am]al
[C]Neighborness, for a ten mile rad[Am]ius
Well every ghetto craving this new [Dm]an them My

[Verse 21]
brain un[C]stable and I'm
[Am]just too handsome
I bang with the [G]best [C]around
Who can [Am]test the ground
when I fin[G]esse the sound
[C]Here come the[Am] controller
[Chorus] You feel this shit soon [C]as

[Verse 22]
[F]they
[Am]throw it on
You feel this [C]joint this [Am]is
your new favorite [C]song
You at [Am]the d[C]ancehall, you
got it [F]going [Am]on
It's time [Dm]to show it off so
[Am]throw your hands up
Check it out yo
You feel this shit soon as
they throw it [Dm]on
[Am]You feel this joint this is
your new favorite [C]song
You at the dance[Am]hall, it's time to show
[Dm]it off you g[Am]ot it going on[C]
Why'all niggas [Am]know [C]what's[Am][C]
[Am][F]
[Am]up[C][Am]

[Outro 1]
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[C][Am][Am]
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