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[Intro]
C Am Em F
  C     Am  EmOh, Fright...
[verse]
CCEO of the free world nAmow
Build your Emwalls up high and widFe
Make it raCin to keep them Amout
That woEmn't change what we are insFide
Pick the fruit of your Clabor
AmCultivate, plant your Emseeds now and watch them Fgrow
Man, I'll holla at you laCter
AmLet you find out what you're Emmade of
I'm just sayFing...
[Chorus]
Is that the look of freCedom, nAmow?
Is that the sound of frEmeedom, nFow?
'Cause it's plCain to see a man's inAmtegrity
By the way Emhe treats those he dFoes not need
And it's tiCme we talk abAmout it
Let's not wEmaste our common gFround
We will fCall for standing and watching, all in sEmilence
Dear Lord, are we nFumb? Where we going right noCw?
[Post Chorus]
No, not laAmter, no, no, no, not laEmter
Oh, right nFow, oh, right now
Now, not lCater, no, not later
No, no, no, not laFter
This can't wait, nCo
CCEO of the free world Amnow
Should we tEmeach our children haFtred?
Chase the iCnner cities, shoot them Amdown
It's like we're still running raceEms
I'm just saying...F  
[Chorus]
Is that the look of freCedom, nAmow?
Is that the sound of frEmeedom, nFow?
'Cause it's plCain to see a man's inAmtegrity
By the way Emhe treats those he dFoes not need
And it's tiCme we talk abAmout it
Let's not wEmaste our common gFround
We will fCall for standing and watching, all in sEmilence
Dear Lord, are we nFumb? Where we going right noCw?
[Post Chorus]
No, not laAmter, no, no, no, not laEmter
Oh, right nFow, oh, right now
Now, not lCater, no, not later
No, no, no, not laFter
This can't wait, nCo
Now, now, Cnow
Now, now, nAmow
Now or nEmever, we can work toFgether
Now, now, nCow
Now, now, Amnow
We only suFffer what we alClow
[Outro]
Now, now, nCow
For all the people
AmIn Puerto Rico
EmWay down in Houston
FIn Flint, Michigan
CAnd standing right here
AmWay down in New Orleans
FAll of the dreamers
The blFack lives that we've lost right nCow
AmNow, now, noEmw
This can't wFait, no
Oh, right nCow
AmNow, now, now
FNow, it can't wait, no
Now, now, Cnow
'CauAmse we are the look of freEmedom
FWe are the sound of fCreedom
Look aAmround
'Cause we are the look of fEmreedom
FNow, now, nCowAm  Em  F  

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Now

by Miguel

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

C Am Em F

Oh, right...

[verse]

C Am

CEO of the free world now

Em F

Build your walls up high and wide

C Am

Make it rain to keep them out

Em F

That won't change what we are inside

Pick the fruit of your labor

Am Em F

Cultivate, plant your seeds now and watch them grow

Man, I'll holla at you later

Am Em

Let you find out what you're made of

I'm just saying...

[Chorus]

C Am

Is that the look of freedom, now?

Em F

Is that the sound of freedom, now?

C Am

'Cause it's plain to see a man's integrity

Em F

By the way he treats those he does not need

C Am

And it's time we talk about it

Em F

Let's not waste our common ground

C Em

We will fall for standing and watching, all in silence

F C

Dear Lord, are we numb? Where we going right now?

[Post Chorus]

Am Em

No, not later, no, no, no, not later

Oh, right now, oh, right now

Now, not later, no, not later

No, no, no, not later

This can't wait, no

C Am

CEO of the free world now

Em F

Should we teach our children hatred?

C Am

Chase the inner cities, shoot them down

It's like we're still running races

I'm just saying...

[Chorus]

C Am

Is that the look of freedom, now?

Em F

Is that the sound of freedom, now?

C Am

'Cause it's plain to see a man's integrity

Em F

By the way he treats those he does not need

C Am

And it's time we talk about it

Em F

Let's not waste our common ground

C Em

We will fall for standing and watching, all in silence

F C

Dear Lord, are we numb? Where we going right now?

[Post Chorus]

Am Em

No, not later, no, no, no, not later

Oh, right now, oh, right now

Now, not later, no, not later

No, no, no, not later

This can't wait, no

Now, now, now

Em F

Now or never, we can work together

Now, now, now

F C

We only suffer what we allow

[Outro]

Now, now, now

For all the people

In Puerto Rico

Way down in Houston

In Flint, Michigan

And standing right here

Way down in New Orleans

All of the dreamers

F C

The black lives that we've lost right now

Am Em

Now, now, now

This can't wait, no

Oh, right now

Now, now, now

Now, it can't wait, no

Now, now, now

Am Em

'Cause we are the look of freedom

F C

We are the sound of freedom

Look around

'Cause we are the look of freedom

F C Am Em F

Now, now, now

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