{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2190095,"song":"For My People","artist":"Joey Bada$$","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11466912-for-my-people-chords-by-joey-bada/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2190095?type=chord","rating":4.20999,"votes":3,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYou know Yeah Always wanted to have super powers You know, uh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's for my people,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTryin' stay alive and just stay peaceful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo hard to survive a world so lethal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho will take a stand and be our hero[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nFor my people, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's for my people,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTryin' stay alive and just stay peaceful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo hard to survive a world so lethal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho will take a stand and be our hero[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nUh, now all heroes don't wear capes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n   And all villains don't get away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   But all limits eventually fade[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI don't wanna be good, nigga I'm tryin' to be great[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   It's hard when your back's against the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd if you got an order keep your feet up on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat's why I thank the Lord when I wake up in the morn'[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n'Cause through him you can see every reason I was born[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou can see the power when the mic is in my palm[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhen I storm across the room, hit the stage and perform[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWord is bond, don't be alarmed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nDon't let me have to sound a horn, and drop a bomb[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWant to get my mom a crib, with a lawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSomething that my future kids, can run up on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat's why I always do my best to carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHeaven's like game of chess, don't be a pawn my nigga[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's for my people,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTryin' stay alive and just stay peaceful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo hard to survive a world so lethal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho will take a stand and be our hero[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nFor my people, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's for my people,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTryin' stay alive and just stay peaceful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo hard to survive a world so lethal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho will take a stand and be our hero[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLook up in the sky, it's a bird it's a plane[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNo, it's the young black god livin' out his dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhat you mean I been up on an ultralight beam[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThey don't wanna see you fly, they just gonna shoot your wings[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEverything, ain't what it seem[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWishing all these dirty cops, would come clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStill swerving on these city blocks, for one thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI may just cop the 30 shot, protect the team, know what I mean?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  Music is a form of expression[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI'mma use mine just to teach you a lesson[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRule one: this microphone's a weapon[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI'm shootin' out the actions manifested in my passion[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNever restin', I'm surpassin' the expectancy of life in my direction[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nMan that section 8 depressin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHard to be progression through recession and oppression[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNot to mention that they had our soul blocked ever since an adolescent[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's for my people,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTryin' stay alive and just stay peaceful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo hard to survive a world so lethal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho will take a stand and be our hero[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nFor my people, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's for my people,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTryin' stay alive and just stay peaceful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo hard to survive a world so lethal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho will take a stand and be our hero[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nBm F#m\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nBm F#m\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nBm 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