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The chord pattern for the whole song (except the intro) is
|DG|
|Em |
The D and G share a measure and the Em has it's own measure
I also like capo 3 C F G
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[Intro]
F#mGEmC
Oh yeah...
F#m
I got the perfect song for the kids to sing...
G
And all my people that's
[Chorus]
DG
Drug dealin' just to get by
EmDGEm
Stack your money 'til it get sky high
DG
We wasn't supposed to make it past 25
Em
Joke's on you, we still alive
DG
Throw your hands up in the sky and say
Em
"We don't care what people say"
[Verse 1]
DG
If this is your first time hearin' this
Em
You are about to experience somethin' so cold, man
DG
We never had nothin' handed, took nothin' for granted
Em
Took nothin' from no man, man, I'm my own man
DG
But as a shorty, I looked up to the dope man
Em
Only adult man I knew that wasn't broke, man
DG
Flickin' Starter coats, man, man, you don't know, man
Em
We don't care what people say
DG
This is for my niggas outside all winter
Em
'Cause this summer they ain't finna say, "Next summer, I'm finna"
DG
Sittin' in the hood like community colleges
Em
This dope money here is Lil' Trey's scholarship
DG
'Cause ain't no tuition for having no ambition
Em
And ain't no loans for sittin' your ass at home
DG
So we forced to sell crack, rap, and get a job
Em
You gotta do somethin' man, your ass is grown
[Chorus]
DG
Drug dealin' just to get by
EmDGEm
Stack your money 'til it get sky high (Kids, sing! Kids, sing!)
DG
We wasn't supposed to make it past 25
Em
Joke's on you, we still alive
DG
Throw your hands up in the sky and say
Em
"We don't care what people say"
[Verse 2]
DG
The second verse is for my dogs workin' 9 to 5 that still hustle
Em
'Cause a nigga can't shine off $6.55
DG
And everybody sellin' makeup, Jacob's
Em
And bootlegged tapes just to get they cake up
D
We put shit on layaway, then come back
Em
We claim other people kids on our income tax
DG
We take that money, cop work, then push packs to get paid
Em
And we don't care what people say
DG
Momma say she wanna move South
Em
Scratchin' lottery tickets, eyes on a new house
DG
'Round the same time, Doe ran up in dude house
Em
Couldn't get a job, so since he couldn't get work, he figured he'd take work
DG
The drug game bulimic, it's hard to get weight
Em
A nigga's money is homo, it's hard to get straight
DG
But we gon' keep bakin' til the day we get cake
Em
And "we don't care what people say"
[Chorus]
DG
Drug dealin' just to get by
EmDGEm
Stack your money 'til it get sky high (Kids, sing! Kids, sing!)
DG
We wasn't supposed to make it past 25
Em
Joke's on you, we still alive
DG
Throw your hands up in the sky and say
Em
"We don't care what people say"
[Verse 3]
DG
You know the kids' gon' act a fool
Em
When you,__stop the programs for after school
DG
And they__DCFS, some of 'em dyslexic
Em
They favorite 50 Cent song "12 Questions"
DG
We scream: "rocks, blow, weed, park"__ see, now we smart
Em
We ain't retards, the way teachers thought
DG
Hold up, hold fast, we make more cash
Em
Now tell my momma I belong in that slow class
DG
Sad enough we on welfare,__ they tryna put me on the school bus
Em
With the space for the wheelchair
DG
I'm tryna get the car with the chromie wheels here
Em
They tryna cut our lights out like we don't live here
DG
Look what was handed us, fathers abandoned us
Em
When we get them hammers, go on, call the ambulance
DG
Sometimes I feel no one in this world understands us
Em
But "we don't care what people say," my niggas
[Chorus]
DG
Drug dealin' just to get by
EmDGEm
Stack your money 'til it get sky high (Kids, sing! Kids, sing!)
DG
We wasn't supposed to make it past 25
Em
Joke's on you, we still alive
DG
Throw your hands up in the sky and say
Em
"We don't care what people say"