Key: E
Introduction:
Em G Am
Akon
Em G Am
Mama hold her head and cry
Em G Am
Cause her son had been shut down on the streets and died
Em G Am
Oh why oh why?
C G Am
Is what she cries She cries.
Em G Am
The biggest problems in the cities
Em
Is them daddies ain't there
G Am
And if it ain't about the money
Em
Then nobody don't care
G Am C
And then I spoke to an OG trying ment to me said boy these streets
G Am
suck the love right out your heart
So don't believe that bullshit.
Em G Am
You know god damn well these niggaz won't show up
Em
(oh no no noo)
G Am
You know god damn well These bitches will grow up
Em G Am
I'm sinking down to the ground of the ghettos We can't get no lower
C G
So I' m askin' God How we can dig ourselves out?
Am
We can't afford a shovel
Em G Am Em
If there's a problem in the hood everybody comes together Just to solve that problem
G Am Em
But that's the problem in the hood nobody comes together unless she involved violence
G Am C
Cause we were taught to be the tough guys And we were told just to remake silence
G Am Em
The you got them niggaz telling on the next guys Stand and tell them what it takes to solve them
G Am Em
Is there a problem that I don't know about?
G Am Em
Is there a problem that I haven't heard about?
G Am
Sad sick kids are robbin each other Prostitues and drug dealers
C G Am
We won't get much further unless we start helping each other
But they're none believers will say
Em G Am
You know god damn well these niggaz won't show up
Em
(oh no no noo)
G Am
You know god damn well These bitches will grow up
Em G Am
I'm sinking down to the ground of the ghettos We can't get no lower
C G
So I' m askin' God How we can dig ourselves out?
Am
We can't afford a shovel
OG Boo Dirty
C G Am
Akon
Em G Am
You know god damn well these niggaz won't show up
Em
(oh no no noo)
G Am
You know god damn well These bitches will grow up
Em G Am
I'm sinking down to the ground of the ghettos We can't get no lower
C G
So I' m askin' God How we can dig ourselves out?
Am
We can't afford a shovel