Chords
E|----------|Em 02200x
D xx023x
C x3201x
Bm x2443x
Capo 4th fret
[Verse 1]
N.C.
Mama Mavis, oh mama, they tried my patience
N.C.
Obama is gone, who is left to save us?
N.C.
So together we mourn, I'm praying for my neighbors
N.C.
They say the devil's at work and Trump is calling favors
EmDCBm
You say I'm dangerous, I speak for the nameless
CDEm
I fly with the vultures, I be with them bangers
EmDCBm
If change don't come, then the change won't come
CDEm
If the bands make 'em dance, then the rain gon' come (woo!)
[Chorus 1]
EmDCBm
Am I passin' into the light
CDEm
(Am I looking into mercy's eyes?) looking into your's eyes?
EmDCBm
All the world is out of your hands
CDEm
(Then ascending into the dark)
EmDCBm
You got to die a little
CDEm
(If you wanna live) if you wanna live
EmDCBmCDEm
Change, come change from the past
N.C.
You'd best be ready for it
[Post-Chorus 1]
EmDCBm
Something I've begun to fear
CDEm
Is about to change its form
EmDCBm
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a shift in time
CDEm
But I won't get tired at all
N.C.
Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out
[Verse 2]
EmDCBm
Look into my eyes, mama, tell me what you see
CDEm
Tell me there's a chance for me to make it off the streets
EmDCBm
Tell me that I won't die at the hands of the police
CDEm
Promise me I won't outlive my nephew and my niece
EmDCBm
Promise me my pastor isn't lyin' as he preach
CDEm
Tell me that they'll listen if it's lessons that I teach
EmDCBm
Tell me there's a heaven in the sky where there is peace
CDEm
But until then, I keep my piece at arm's reach (ah!)
[Chorus 2]
EmDCBm
Am I passin' into the light
CDEm
Am I looking into mercy's eyes? (let me out)
EmDCBm
All the world is out of your hands
CDEm
(Then ascending into the dark) another night
EmDCBm
You got to die a little
CDEm
(If you wanna live) if you wanna live
EmDCBmCDEm
Change, coming ----- heya hey
N.C.
You'd best be ready for it
[Post-Chorus 2]
EmDCBm
Something I've begun to fear
CDEm
Is about to change its form
EmDCBm
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a shift in time
CDEm
But I won't get tired at all
[Chorus 3]
EmDCBm
Am I passin' into the light
CDEm
Am I looking into mercy's eyes? (let me out)
EmDCBm
All the world is out of your hands
CDEm
(Then ascending into the dark) another night
EmDCBm
You got to die a little
CDEm
(If you wanna live) if you wanna live
EmDCBmCDEm
Change, oh change is coming
N.C.
You'd best be ready, ready, ready, ready
[Outro]
EmBmCBm
Be ready, ah-huh, ready for it, be ready
EmBmCBm
Be ready, oooh, oooh, oooh (let me out)