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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1990529,"song":"Fear","artist":"Kendrick Lamar","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11445218-fear-chords-by-kendrick-lamar/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1990529?type=chord","rating":4.00623,"votes":4,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]D#[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]    \r\n    Poverty's paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]  \r\nI don’t think I could find a way to make it on this earth[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nI've been hungry all my life\r\n\r\n[Voicemail: Carl Duckworth]\r\nN.C.\r\nWhat's up, family? \r\nYeah, it’s yo cousin Carl, man, just givin' you a call, man. \r\nI know you been havin' a lot on yo mind lately, and I know you feel like, \r\nyou know, people ain't been prayin' for you. \r\nBut you have to understand this, man, that we are a cursed people. \r\nDeuteronomy 28:28 says, \"The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart.\" \r\nSee, family, that's why you feel like you feel like you got a chip on your shoulder. \r\nUntil you finally get the memo, you will always feel that way…\r\n\r\n[Bridge : Charles Edward Sydney Isom Jr.]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nWhy God, why God do I gotta suffer?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nPain in my heart carry burdens full of struggle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nWhy God, why God do I gotta bleed?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nEvery stone thrown at you restin' at my feet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nWhy God, why God do I gotta suffer?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nEarth is no more, won't you burn this muh’fucka?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI don’t think I could find a way to make it on this earth[/tab]\r\n(Reversed)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]              \r\nI beat yo ass, keep talkin' back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI beat yo ass, who bought you that?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nYou stole it, I beat yo ass if you say that game is broken[/tab]\r\nI beat yo ass if you jump on my couch\r\nI beat yo ass if you walk in this house\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nWith tears in your eyes, runnin’ from Poo Poo and Prentice[/tab]\r\nGo back outside, I beat yo ass, lil nigga\r\n[tab]               [ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nThat homework better be finished, I beat yo ass[/tab]\r\nYour teachers better not be bitchin' 'bout you in class\r\nThat pizza better not be wasted, you eat it all\r\nThat TV better not be loud if you got it on\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nThem Jordans better not get dirty when I just bought 'em[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nBetter not hear ’bout you humpin' on Keisha's daughter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nBetter not hear you got caught up[/tab]\r\nI beat yo ass, you better not run to your father\r\n[tab]                               [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI beat yo ass, you know my patience runnin' thin[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI got buku payments to make[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch](Let ring)\r\nCounty building's on my ass[/tab]\r\nTryna take my food stamps away\r\n[tab]  [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI beat yo ass if you tell them social workers he live here[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nI beat yo ass if I beat yo ass twice and you still here[/tab]\r\nSeven years old, think you run this house by yourself?\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nNigga, you gon' fear me if you don't fear no one else[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                                                   [ch]Dm[/ch](Let ring)\r\nIf I could smoke fear away, I'd roll that mothafucka up[/tab]\r\nAnd then I'd take two puffs\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI'm high now, I'm high now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI'm high now, I'm high now[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nLife's a bitch, pull them panties to the side now\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                                       \r\nI don't think I could find a way to make it on this earth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                       \r\nI'll prolly die anonymous[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI'll prolly die with promises[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nI'll prolly die walkin' back home from the candy house[/tab]\r\nI'll prolly die because these colors are standin' out\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI'll prolly die because I ain't know Demarcus was snitchin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]Cm[/ch]    \r\nI'll prolly die at these house parties, fuckin' with bitches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nI'll prolly die from witnesses leavin' me falsed accused[/tab]\r\nI'll prolly die from thinkin' that me and your hood was cool\r\nN.C.\r\nOr maybe die from pressin' the line, actin' too extra\r\nOr maybe die because these smokers\r\nAre more than desperate\r\nI'll prolly die from one of these bats and blue badges\r\nBody slammed on black and white paint, my bones snappin'\r\nOr maybe die from panic or die from bein' too lax\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nOr die from waitin' on it, die 'cause I'm movin' too fast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nI'll prolly die tryna buy weed at the apartments[/tab]\r\nI'll prolly die tryna diffuse two homies arguin'\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI'll prolly die 'cause that's what you do when you're 17[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAll worries in a hurry, I wish I controlled things[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]                                                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIf I could smoke fear away, I'd roll that mothafucka up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nAnd then I'd take two puffs[/tab]\r\nI've been hungry all my life\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI'm high now, I'm high now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI'm high now, I'm high now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nLife's a bitch, pull them panties to the side now[/tab]\r\nNow… [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nWhen I was 27, I grew accustomed to more fear[/tab]\r\nAccumulated 10 times over throughout the years\r\nMy newfound life made all of me magnified\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHow many accolades do I need to block denial?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nThe shock value of my success put bolts in me[/tab]\r\nAll this money, is God playin' a joke on me?\r\nIs it for the moment, and will he see me as Job?\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Cm[/ch]         \r\nTake it from me and leave me worse than I was before?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nAt 27, my biggest fear was losin' it all[/tab]\r\nScared to spend money, had me sleepin' from hall to hall\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\nScared to go back to Section 8 with my mama stressin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch]\r\n30 shows a month and I still won't buy me no Lexus[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nWhat is an advisor? Somebody that's holdin' my checks[/tab]\r\nJust to fuck me over and put my finances in debt?\r\nI read a case about Rihanna's accountant and wondered\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nHow did the Bad Girl feel when she looked at them numbers?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nThe type of shit'll make me flip out and just kill somethin'[/tab]\r\nDrill somethin', get ill and fill ratchets with a lil' somethin'\r\nI practiced runnin' from fear, guess I had some good luck\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAt 27 years old, my biggest fear was bein' judged[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nHow they look at me reflect on myself, my family, my city[/tab]\r\nWhat they say 'bout me reveal\r\nIf my reputation would miss me\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nWhat they see from me[/tab]\r\nWould trickle down generations in time\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhat they hear from me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWould make 'em highlight my simplest lines[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI'm talkin' fear, fear of losin' creativity[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI'm talkin' fear, fear of missin' out on you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI'm talkin' fear, fear of losin' loyalty from pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D#[/ch]     \r\n'Cause my DNA won't let me involve in the light of God[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI'm talkin' fear, fear that my humbleness is gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI'm talkin' fear, fear that love ain't livin' here no more[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI'm talkin' fear, fear that it's wickedness or weakness[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]Cm[/ch]        \r\nFear, whatever it is, both is distinctive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nFear, what happens on Earth stays on Earth[/tab]\r\nAnd I can't take these feelings with me\r\nSo hopefully they disperse\r\nWithin fourteen tracks, carried out over wax\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                          \r\nSearchin' for resolutions until somebody get back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nFear, what happens on Earth stays on Earth[/tab]\r\nAnd I can't take these feelings with me\r\nSo hopefully they disperse\r\n[tab]          [ch]D#[/ch] (Let ring)\r\nWithin fourteen tracks, carried out over wax[/tab]\r\nWonderin' if I'm livin' through fear or livin' through rap\r\nDamn\r\n\r\n[Bridge: Bēkon]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nGoddamn you[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nGoddamn me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nGoddamn us[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nGoddamn we[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nGoddamn us all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro: Carl Duckworth]\r\nVerse two says, \"You only have I known of all the families of the Earth, \r\ntherefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.\" \r\nSo until we come back to these commandments, until you come back to these commandments, \r\nwe're gonna feel this way, we're gonna be under this curse. Because He said He's gonna punish us, \r\nthe so-called Blacks, Hispanics, and Native American Indians, are the true children of Israel. \r\nWe are the Israelites, according to the Bible. The children of Israel, \r\nHe's gonna punish us for our iniquities, for our disobedience, \r\nbecause we chose to follow other gods that aren't His son, so the Lord, thy God, chasten thee. \r\nSo, just like you chasten your own son, He's gonna chastise you because He loves you. \r\nSo that's why we get chastised, that's why we're in the position we're in. \r\nUntil we come back to these laws, statutes, and commandments, and do what the Lord said, \r\nthese curses are gonna be upon us. We're gonna be at a lower state in this life that we live here in today, \r\nin the United States of America. I love you, son, and I pray for you. God bless you, shalom.","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\nN.C.\nI've been hungry all my life\n\n[Voicemail: Carl Duckworth]\nN.C.\nWhat's up, family? \nYeah, it’s yo cousin Carl, man, just givin' you a call, man. \nI know you been havin' a lot on yo mind lately, and I know you feel like, \nyou know, people ain't been prayin' for you. \nBut you have to understand this, man, that we are a cursed people. \nDeuteronomy 28:28 says, \"The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart.\" \nSee, family, that's why you feel like you feel like you got a chip on your shoulder. \nUntil you finally get the memo, you will always feel that way…\n\n[Bridge : Charles Edward Sydney Isom Jr.]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Reversed)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nI beat yo ass if you jump on my couch\nI beat yo ass if you walk in this house\n\nGo back outside, I beat yo ass, lil nigga\n\nYour teachers better not be bitchin' 'bout you in class\nThat pizza better not be wasted, you eat it all\nThat TV better not be loud if you got it on\n\n\n\nI beat yo ass, you better not run to your father\n\n\n\nTryna take my food stamps away\n\n\nSeven years old, think you run this house by yourself?\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\nAnd then I'd take two puffs\n\n\nN.C.\nLife's a bitch, pull them panties to the side now\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nI'll prolly die because these colors are standin' out\n\n\n\nI'll prolly die from thinkin' that me and your hood was cool\nN.C.\nOr maybe die from pressin' the line, actin' too extra\nOr maybe die because these smokers\nAre more than desperate\nI'll prolly die from one of these bats and blue badges\nBody slammed on black and white paint, my bones snappin'\nOr maybe die from panic or die from bein' too lax\n\n\nI'll prolly die tryna diffuse two homies arguin'\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\nI've been hungry all my life\n\n\n\nNow… D#\nDm    Cm\n\n[Verse 3]\n\nAccumulated 10 times over throughout the years\nMy newfound life made all of me magnified\n\n\nAll this money, is God playin' a joke on me?\nIs it for the moment, and will he see me as Job?\n\n\nScared to spend money, had me sleepin' from hall to hall\n\n\n\nJust to fuck me over and put my finances in debt?\nI read a case about Rihanna's accountant and wondered\n\n\nDrill somethin', get ill and fill ratchets with a lil' somethin'\nI practiced runnin' from fear, guess I had some good luck\n\n\nWhat they say 'bout me reveal\nIf my reputation would miss me\n\nWould trickle down generations in time\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd I can't take these feelings with me\nSo hopefully they disperse\nWithin fourteen tracks, carried out over wax\n\n\nAnd I can't take these feelings with me\nSo hopefully they disperse\n\nWonderin' if I'm livin' through fear or livin' through rap\nDamn\n\n[Bridge: Bēkon]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro: Carl Duckworth]\nVerse two says, \"You only have I known of all the families of the Earth, \ntherefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.\" \nSo until we come back to these commandments, until you come back to these commandments, \nwe're gonna feel this way, we're gonna be under this curse. Because He said He's gonna punish us, \nthe so-called Blacks, Hispanics, and Native American Indians, are the true children of Israel. \nWe are the Israelites, according to the Bible. The children of Israel, \nHe's gonna punish us for our iniquities, for our disobedience, \nbecause we chose to follow other gods that aren't His son, so the Lord, thy God, chasten thee. \nSo, just like you chasten your own son, He's gonna chastise you because He loves you. \nSo that's why we get chastised, that's why we're in the position we're in. \nUntil we come back to these laws, statutes, and commandments, and do what the Lord said, \nthese curses are gonna be upon us. We're gonna be at a lower state in this life that we live here in today, \nin the United States of America. I love you, son, and I pray for you. God bless you, shalom.","chords":["D#","Dm","C","Cm","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]}}}