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Reality Check
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Intro (0:00)
B
Hamonics riff (0:05)
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BIt's a Reality check from the streets of Southern California
DWith brothas always smokin' on the doja
EThe O.P.M., damn we rollin'
BHand on the mic till we decide about the sick life
Verse (0:26)
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DCalifornia where I raised till this very day
EHell to pay for the ways of the blaze
BEveryday a hundred miles an hour
BCause my soul's been devoured
DNever looked up above and push came to shove
EAs it usually does, keepin' with these thugs
BDoin' all of these drugs with no means of direction
BInfection, but here's my objection
Verse (0:46)
DRejection by your whole congregation
EWith no empathy for my situation
BNo place in society that's my reality
BAngry don't know who's the enemy
DI'm in deep, underneath the streets
EIt's hard to creep from city to city
With all these hitters and the heat
BKillin' me stealin from me, makes no sense to me
BSo I keep it tight with the homies in the family
Chorus (1:06)
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DHere's a reality check from the streets of california
EKeep your eyes wide open to what's really goin' on yo
BThings ain't always what they seem
BThings ain't always what they seem
DHere's a reality check from the streets of california
EKeep your eyes wide open to what's really goin' on yo
BThings ain't always what they seem
BThings ain't always what they seem
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Verse (1:36)
DWe're all smokin, tryin' broken homes
EChokin' locos, for pesos, slingin' dope by the case os
BSmokin' cocos, laced with dope and opium
BCities for niggaz causin' fuckin' pandemonium
DSpoiled by suburbia, Cottonmouth what then all the man
EFormin' corny reputations
BBustin' tracks from Kid Kreation me and the artists
BWho performed the hardest collaberations
Verse (1:56)
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DBorn and raised in the golden state
Don't invite no plates servin' up some dinner
EFor southern county serial sinner
BImperial, superial lyrical
In again, see the opium den,
We see the man who posed prohibitin'
DAnd drop a eight to eliminate a peaceful
EEvolution of man for your political pollution
BThere's no solution for these county criminal minds
BJust subliminal rhymes, hypnotizing mankind
Chorus (2:17)
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g--<7>-----------|------<7>-----<12>--|
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x2 x2
DHere's a reality check from the streets of california
EKeep your eyes wide open to what's really goin' on yo
BThings ain't always what they seem
BThings ain't always what they seem
DHere's a reality check from the streets of california
EKeep your eyes wide open to what's really goin' on yo
BThings ain't always what they seem
BThings ain't always what they seem
Bridge (2:37)
DHere's a reality check from the streets of califonia
Verse (2:43)
ESee california the major growth industry
Are private security and penitentiary
DRisin from the climatose cold war economies
That's why the pigs got my homies down on their knees
ELined up against the walls, so the community can see
That the po po won't go away, so please now
DOpen up your eyes and realize
The land of sunny skies, disguised as paradise, is a liEe
Chorus (3:07)
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x2 x2
DHere's a reality check from the streets of california
EKeep your eyes wide open to what's really goin' on yo
BThings ain't always what they seem
BThings ain't always what they seem
(from here play both riffs)
DHere's a reality check from the streets of california
EKeep your eyes wide open to what's really goin' on yo
BThings ain't always what they seem
BThings ain't always what they seem
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Reality Check
by OPM
Chords in this song · guitar
B
D
E
Intro (0:00)
B
Hamonics riff (0:05)
D E B
e-----<12>-------|---------<12>-------|
b----------<12>--|--------------------|
g--<7>-----------|------<7>-----<12>--|
d----------------|--<7>---------------|
a----------------|--------------------|
e----------------|--------------------|
x2 x2
B
It's a Reality check from the streets of Southern California
D
With brothas always smokin' on the doja
E
The O.P.M., damn we rollin'
B
Hand on the mic till we decide about the sick life
Verse (0:26)
D E B
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b-----------|--------------|-----|
g-----------|--------------|-----|
d-----------|--------------|-----|
a--2-2-0-2--|--2-2-0-2--5--|--2--|
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D
California where I raised till this very day
E
Hell to pay for the ways of the blaze
B
Everyday a hundred miles an hour
B
Cause my soul's been devoured
D
Never looked up above and push came to shove
E
As it usually does, keepin' with these thugs
B
Doin' all of these drugs with no means of direction
B
Infection, but here's my objection
Verse (0:46)
D
Rejection by your whole congregation
E
With no empathy for my situation
B
No place in society that's my reality
B
Angry don't know who's the enemy
D
I'm in deep, underneath the streets
E
It's hard to creep from city to city
With all these hitters and the heat
B
Killin' me stealin from me, makes no sense to me
B
So I keep it tight with the homies in the family
Chorus (1:06)
D E B
e-----<12>-------|---------<12>-------|
b----------<12>--|--------------------|
g--<7>-----------|------<7>-----<12>--|
d----------------|--<7>---------------|
a----------------|--------------------|
e----------------|--------------------|
x2 x2
D
Here's a reality check from the streets of california
E
Keep your eyes wide open to what's really goin' on yo
B
Things ain't always what they seem
B
Things ain't always what they seem
D
Here's a reality check from the streets of california
E
Keep your eyes wide open to what's really goin' on yo
B
Things ain't always what they seem
B
Things ain't always what they seem
D E B
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Verse (1:36)
D
We're all smokin, tryin' broken homes
E
Chokin' locos, for pesos, slingin' dope by the case os
B
Smokin' cocos, laced with dope and opium
B
Cities for niggaz causin' fuckin' pandemonium
D
Spoiled by suburbia, Cottonmouth what then all the man
E
Formin' corny reputations
B
Bustin' tracks from Kid Kreation me and the artists
B
Who performed the hardest collaberations
Verse (1:56)
D E B
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a--2-2-0-2--|--2-2-0-2--5--|--2--|
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D
Born and raised in the golden state
Don't invite no plates servin' up some dinner
E
For southern county serial sinner
B
Imperial, superial lyrical
In again, see the opium den,
We see the man who posed prohibitin'
D
And drop a eight to eliminate a peaceful
E
Evolution of man for your political pollution
B
There's no solution for these county criminal minds
B
Just subliminal rhymes, hypnotizing mankind
Chorus (2:17)
D E B
e-----<12>-------|---------<12>-------|
b----------<12>--|--------------------|
g--<7>-----------|------<7>-----<12>--|
d----------------|--<7>---------------|
a----------------|--------------------|
e----------------|--------------------|
x2 x2
D
Here's a reality check from the streets of california
E
Keep your eyes wide open to what's really goin' on yo
B
Things ain't always what they seem
B
Things ain't always what they seem
D
Here's a reality check from the streets of california
E
Keep your eyes wide open to what's really goin' on yo
B
Things ain't always what they seem
B
Things ain't always what they seem
Bridge (2:37)
D
Here's a reality check from the streets of califonia
Verse (2:43)
E
See california the major growth industry
Are private security and penitentiary
D
Risin from the climatose cold war economies
That's why the pigs got my homies down on their knees
E
Lined up against the walls, so the community can see
That the po po won't go away, so please now
D
Open up your eyes and realize
E
The land of sunny skies, disguised as paradise, is a lie
Chorus (3:07)
D E B
e-----<12>-------|---------<12>-------|
b----------<12>--|--------------------|
g--<7>-----------|------<7>-----<12>--|
d----------------|--<7>---------------|
a----------------|--------------------|
e----------------|--------------------|
x2 x2
D
Here's a reality check from the streets of california
E
Keep your eyes wide open to what's really goin' on yo
B
Things ain't always what they seem
B
Things ain't always what they seem
(from here play both riffs)
D
Here's a reality check from the streets of california
E
Keep your eyes wide open to what's really goin' on yo
B
Things ain't always what they seem
B
Things ain't always what they seem
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