Key: F
Introduction: D
F
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Dm
This is war with no weapons,
Bb
Marchin with no steppin,
F
Murder with no killin,
A
Ill in every direction.
Dm
First, no sequel,
Bb
Do the math, no equal
F
A John with no Yoko,
A
More power, less people,
Dm
And no I'm not afraid of that,
F
Print it in your paperback,
G
Every rapper's made in fact,
Dm
To act as a delayed attack,
Dm
Every phrase a razorblade,
F
And save it till they play it back,
G
Dm
Slay em leave em layin on the paper bank, fade to black,
Dm
In the wastelands of today,
F
When there's nothing left to lose,
C
And there's nothing more to take,
Gm
But you force yourself to choose,
F
Dm
In the wastelands of today,
F
When tomorrow disappears,
C
When the future slips away,
Gm
And your hope turns into fear,
A
D
F
In the wastelands of today,
Dm
Bb
Roll credits, forget it, the show's done,
F
They're talking for just talkin,
A
Meaning they got none,
Dm
None of you come proper,
Bb
They talk like a shotgun,
F
A
But how many of you got bred with integrity, not one,
Dm
F
So no, I'm not afraid to see you suckas hold a blade to me,
G
Dm
Aint no way to shake the ground I built before you came to be,
Dm
F
Take it how you take it, I'm the opposite of vacancy,
G
Dm
And this not negotiation, I can hear you,
Wait and see...
Dm
In the wastelands of today,
F
When there's nothing left to lose,
C
And there's nothing more to take,
Gm
But you force yourself to choose,
F
Dm
In the wastelands of today,
F
When tomorrow disappears,
C
When the future slips away,
Gm
And your hope turns into fear,
Gm
And your hope turns into fear,
A
E
F
G
D
F
E G
D
F
Em G
Dm
Em
F
G
In the wastelands of today!
Am
Bb
In the wastelands of today,
F
When there's nothing left to lose,
Bb
And and there's nothing more to take,
F
But you force yourself to choose,
Am
Bb
In the wastelands of today,
F
When tomorrow disappears
Bb
When the future slips away,
F
And your hope turns into fear,
A
And your hope turns into fear,
D
F
D
In the wastelands of today!
F
D
F
D
In the wastelands of today!
F
D
In the wastelands of today!