Welcome To The Hood

A F#m E D
A F#m E D


[Verse 1]
                          F#m
And I say welcome to the hood
Welcome to the hood, welcome to the 
  A
place where nothing ever ends up 
good
                           E
And they say you're a disgrace if 
you can't find yourself a job
Around here there's either been a 
  D
draught and then there's been a 
flood
                     F#m
No one ever built an ark for anybody
 from the block
                            A
Man are trying to ring the heavens 
but God never gets in touch
                           E
For certain people it's a must to 
comе across as tough
                            D
Cos you don't want to be a victim 
when Berеttas start to bust
                          F#m
And I say welcome to the hood
Welcome to the hood where no one 
                A
teaches you to love because we're 
all products of lust
                    E
We learn to tell a lie before we 
even learn to trust
                            D
And then we see how people die as if
 the sorrow ain't enough
                  F#m
So-and-so killed so-and-so I 
struggle to keep up
              A
A victim of knife crime it hit him 
in the lung
                     E
The press are making articles 
expressing their disgust
                           D
But where there's no opportunity 
survival is a must
                          F#m
And I say welcome to the hood
Welcome to the hood where boredom 
             A
leads to depression, depression 
leads to drugs
                    E
And drugs numb the pain of all the 
fucked up stuff
                       D
That you have to see when you're 
forced into growing up
             F#m
Nobody's responsible everybody's 
corrupt
                         A
And school's a waste of time cos 
we're learning out of books
                    E
And when you're academic you get 
taken for a mug
                       D
Cos mathematics won't help when 
you're in a puddle of blood
                          F#m
And I say welcome to the hood
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Welcome to the hood feels like the 
       A
only thing that ever settles is the 
dust
                     E
We try and keep it clean but the 
stress builds up
                   D
And it was all a dream until Biggie 
got shot


[Chorus 1]
 F#m
Welcome to the place that I call 
home
    E                              
Be careful it don't turn your heart
      D
 to stone
 F#m                        A
Welcome to the war I'm battling
     E                             
You live or you die, you lose or 
   D
you win


[Verse 2]
                          F#m
And I say welcome to the hood
Welcome to the hood, the person they
              A
 call mental health is the person 
that we call Mum
                 E
We either don't have a dad or we 
have more than one
                           D
And we're told to fly the nest 
before we even learn to run
                   F#m
You don't have to be a soldier here 
to hold a gun
                           A
And watching other people suffer is 
what we consider fun
                      E
"Cause suffering is standard, you'll
 have to toughen up"
                           D
At least that's what your mother 
tells you when she's fully drunk
                    F#m
People steal for a living, and end 
up in the can
                      A
It's Miles easier in jail, but you 
wouldn't understand
          E
Being a criminal is not part of the 
plan
                             D
But how are you supposed to work 
when nobody will take you on
                         F#m
So I say welcome to the hood
Welcome to the hood, depression and 
   A
anxiety gets swept under the rug
                       E
These gangsters ain't family
Welcome to the club because there's 
           D
plenty of gangsters in a city full 
of thugs
                     F#m
Being born into the politics of 
poverty is rough
                        A
You can look down your nose holes 
but only God can judge
           E
Most of us are afraid to pray to the
 above
                     D
Cause Pac said there ain't no heaven
 for a thug
                F#m
Welcome to the hood, welcome to the 
hood
                 A
Welcome to the place when nothing 
ever ends up good
                                E
And they say that you're a disgrace 
if you can't find yourself a job
                            D
Around here there's either been a 
draught then there's been a flood


[Chorus 1]
 F#m
Welcome to the place that I call 
home
    E                              
Be careful it don't turn your heart
      D
 to stone
 F#m                        A
Welcome to the war I'm battling
     E                             
You live or you die, you lose or 
   D
you win


[Bridge]
              F#m                  
You see there ain't no heaven for a
   A
 thug
               E                   
Seems like my good ain't ever good 
  D
enough
                F#m                
Feels like I'm running running out 
    A
of love
     E                             
You live or you die you lose or you
  D
 win
               F#m                 
They say there ain't no heaven for 
    A
a thug
               E                   
Seems like my good ain't ever good 
  D
enough
                F#m                
Feels like I'm running running out 
    A
of love
     E                             
You live or you die, you lose or 
   D
you win


[Chorus 1]
 F#m                            
Welcome to the place that I call 
  A
home
    E                              
Be careful it don't turn your heart
      D
 to stone
 F#m                        A
Welcome to the war I'm battling
     E                             
You live or you die, you lose or 
   D                F#m
you win (lose or you win)