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[Intro Swizz Beatz]
GmOh no, you Dmnever sell out
| Eb  Gm  
SomGmetimes you gotta talk that talk to them Nipsey
|Gm  
SomeDmtimes they can't handle it though
| Eb   F|Gm  
GmBut we don't care
[Verse: Nipsey]
CmYeah, it's a mGmoment this special
GmThis what happens stay down game bless you
GmThis what happens don't fold the game test you
If you pass it you gone they can't catch you and its permanent
GmI been down I deserve this shit
CmRuff Ryder Roc-A-FelFla on my MuGmrda shit
GmTryna threat me with the fame ain't concerned with it
GmOnly worry about the green I'm a herbalist
GmEven though next level look still achieving those
Seven digits model bGmitches and areBbna shows
CmHundred-thousand make a tEbransfer cause my visa low
GmEvery week I send a text like that to GSO
GmIn the back feeling like Jigga in the GS4
GmMe and Boogie on some need to know
GmWatching ATL nigga on the BbPS4
See they mCmad at us
They hating on us I don't even know
'Cause Nipsey HGmussle in a league his own
GmNiggas lame but to each his own
Changed the game, now I need a throne
GmHalf a mil to Uncle BbSam hate to see it go
All money in the squad nigga even though
[Outro: Swizz Beatz]
    CmMan it's hDmot like a keGmttle
CGmalling from the ghetto
GmLive from the ghetto
GmLive from the gGmhetto
We ain't like you
We don't like you
We don't like you
We ain't noCmthing like you
GoddGmamn we'd snipe you
GmCalling from the ghetto
GmCalling from the ghetto
GmWe need help down here food around here
GmOr we gon spray everything down here
    Cm  GmCalling from the ghetto
GmLive from the ghetto
Pick up my call from the ghetto
Pick up my call from the ghetto
GMWe ain't like you
We ain't never like you
We ain't even lCmike your type
Man we'll sDmnipe your typeEb  
EbLive from the ghetto
EbMan it's live from the gheGmtto
GmCame from nothing and made it something
Now I got the whole hood jumping
Tell me what you want now, Cmoh oh oh Gmoh
GmCalling from the ghetto
Got the block hot like a kettle
Can't eGmven come back to your hood
Everywhere and we here yeah we good yeah
[Outro]
| Ab   Bb| Eb|Eb  

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Been Down

by Nipsey Hussle

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Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro Swizz Beatz]

Gm Dm

Oh no, you never sell out

Eb Gm

Sometimes you gotta talk that talk to them Nipsey

Sometimes they can't handle it though

Eb F Gm

| |

But we don't care

[Verse: Nipsey]

Cm Gm

Yeah, it's a moment this special

This what happens stay down game bless you

This what happens don't fold the game test you

If you pass it you gone they can't catch you and its permanent

I been down I deserve this shit

Cm F Gm

Ruff Ryder Roc-A-Fella on my Murda shit

Tryna threat me with the fame ain't concerned with it

Only worry about the green I'm a herbalist

Even though next level look still achieving those

Gm Bb

Seven digits model bitches and arena shows

Cm Eb

Hundred-thousand make a transfer cause my visa low

Every week I send a text like that to GSO

In the back feeling like Jigga in the GS4

Me and Boogie on some need to know

Gm Bb

Watching ATL nigga on the PS4

See they mad at us

They hating on us I don't even know

'Cause Nipsey Hussle in a league his own

Niggas lame but to each his own

Changed the game, now I need a throne

Gm Bb

Half a mil to Uncle Sam hate to see it go

All money in the squad nigga even though

[Outro: Swizz Beatz]

Cm Dm Gm

Man it's hot like a kettle

Calling from the ghetto

Live from the ghetto

Gm Gm

Live from the ghetto

We ain't like you

We don't like you

We ain't nothing like you

Goddamn we'd snipe you

Calling from the ghetto

We need help down here food around here

Or we gon spray everything down here

Cm Gm

Calling from the ghetto

Live from the ghetto

Pick up my call from the ghetto

We ain't like you

We ain't never like you

We ain't even like your type

Dm Eb

Man we'll snipe your type

Live from the ghetto

Eb Gm

Man it's live from the ghetto

Came from nothing and made it something

Now I got the whole hood jumping

Cm Gm

Tell me what you want now, oh oh oh oh

Calling from the ghetto

Got the block hot like a kettle

Can't even come back to your hood

Everywhere and we here yeah we good yeah

[Outro]

Ab Bb Eb Eb

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