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                          Akon feat. OG Boo Dirty - Show Up
Em    G    Am
Em[Akon]G  Am  
EmMama hold her Ghead and Amcry
Cause Emher son had Gbeen shut down on Amthe streets and died
    EmOh Gwhy oh Amwhy?
Is what Cshe cries      G  AmShe cries.
    EmThe biggest Gproblems in the citiAmes
Is them daddies ain't thereEm  
And if it Gain't about the moneAmy
Then nobody don't careEm  
And then I Gspoke to an OAmG trying ment to me said boy these Cstreets 
suck the Glove right out your Amheart
So don't believe that bullshit.
     EmYou know Ggod damn well these Amniggaz won't show up
(oh no no Emnoo)
You know Ggod damn well These Ambitches will grow up
I'm sinking Emdown to the ground of the Gghettos We can't Amget no lower
So I' m askin' CGod How we can dig ourselves Gout?
We can't afAmford a shovel
    EmIf there's a Gproblem in the hood everyAmbody comes together Just to solve that problemEm  
But that's the Gproblem in the hood noAmbody comes together unless she involved violenceEm  
Cause we were Gtaught to be the tough guys     AmAnd we were told just to remake silenceC  
The you got them niggaz Gtelling on the next guys     AmStand and tell them what it takes to solve themEm  
Is there a Gproblem that I don't Amknow about?Em  
Is there a Gproblem that I haven't Amheard about?Em  
Sad sick kids are Grobbin each other AmProstitues and drug dealers
We won't Cget much further unGless we start helping each Amother
But they're none believers will say
     EmYou know Ggod damn well these Amniggaz won't show up
(oh no no Emnoo)
You know Ggod damn well These Ambitches will grow up
I'm sinking Emdown to the ground of the Gghettos We can't Amget no lower
So I' m askin' CGod How we can dig ourselves Gout?
We can't afAmford a shovel
[OG Boo Dirty]
Em    G    Am
Em    G    Am
Em    G    Am
Em    G    Am
Em    G    Am
Em    G    Am
Em    G    Am
C     G    Am
[Akon]
     EmYou know Ggod damn well these Amniggaz won't show up
(oh no no Emnoo)
You know Ggod damn well These Ambitches will grow up
I'm sinking Emdown to the ground of the Gghettos We can't Amget no lower
So I' m askin' CGod How we can dig ourselves Gout?
We can't afAmford a shovel

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Akon feat. OG Boo Dirty - Show Up

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

Is them daddies ain't there

G Am

And if it ain't about the money

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

(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?

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

(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?

We can't afford a shovel

[OG Boo Dirty]

Em G Am

C G Am

[Akon]

Em G Am

You know god damn well these niggaz won't show up

(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?

We can't afford a shovel

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