Black - Dave (Rapper) Chords
Chords: Dm, Am, Gm, C, C#m, A, F, A#, D, Em
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Genre: hip hop, rap, electronic
[Intro]
Dm Am (x2)
[Verse 1]
Dm
Look, black is beautiful, black is excellent
Gm
Black is pain, black is joy, black is evident
C
It's workin' twice as hard as the people you know you're better than
C#m A
'Cause you need to do double what they do so you can level them
Dm
Black is so much deeper than just African-American
Am
Our heritage been severed, you never got to experiment
Gm F
With family trees, 'cause they teach you 'bout famine and greed
A
And show you pictures of our fam on their knees
Dm
Tell us we used to be barbaric, we had actual queens
C
Black is watchin' child soldiers gettin' killed by other children
A#
Feelin' sick, like, "Oh shit, this could have happened to me"
A
Your mummy watchin' tellin' stories 'bout your dad and your niece
A#
The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice
F
A kid dies, the blacker the killer, the sweeter the news
A
And if he's white you give him a chance, he's ill and confused
Dm
If he's black he's probably armed, you see him and shoot
[Verse 2]
Dm
Look, black is growin' up around the barbershop
Am
Mummy sayin', "Stay away from trouble, you’re in yard a lot"
Gm F
Studying for ages, appreciatin' the chance you got
A
'Cause black is in your blood, and you ain't even got the heart to stop
Dm
Black is steppin' in for your mother because your father's gone
C
And standin' by your children when you haven't proven karma wrong
A#
Black is doin' all of the above then goin' corner shoppin'
F
Tryna help a lady cross the road to have her walkin' off
Dm
Black is growin' up around your family and makin' it
C
Then being forced to leave the place you love because there's hate in it
A#
People say you fake the shit, never stayed to change the shit
A
But black is bein' jealous, you'd be dead if you had stayed in it
A#
Black is strugglin' to find your history or trace the shit
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