13Th Floor Growing Old

E
Conceive true deception multiplied a
 million fold
Dmaj7
Visualize the yin and yang in a 
battle so intense
E
That we get em confused
F#m
The resident evil specialize in 
misconstruing
E
We wanna be at a presidential 
level—what are we doing?
Dmaj9
Fooling ourselves, clowning 
ourselves, playing ourselves
E
By not being ourselves
F#m7
We can't babble no more than we can 
bob our head offbeat
E
Nimrod by the time we forty cause we
 can't get off meat
Dmaj7
While we ask no reason for the 
misplacement of the season
E
Look at the picture that's painted
F#m
Tainted as the mind who's blinded to
 the point
E
Where Sodomites get all the rights
Dmaj9
We fall for fights with fisticuffs
E
Get pissed enough to miss the bus
F#m9
It disgusts me to see my folks run 
up on
E
I say stand upon this section of 
time marked Revelations
Dmaj7
And recognize this mind-numbing 
reality of horror
E
Known as mankind
F#m
Jesus and his twelve disciples make 
thirteen
E
A righteous number of righteous men
Dmaj9
Even Judas the Betrayer came true in
 the end
E
The Devil say the end is the 
beginning
F#m7
They teach that we were the product 
of incest
E
Invest no level of self into their 
system of Paganomics
Dmaj9
Stand with us and don't look back 
upon it
E
Just face this mindstate
F#m7
Otherwise Babylon


[Interlude]
N.C.
Like memories of yesterday

E Dmaj7 E F#m E Dmaj9 E F#m7 

E Dmaj7 E F#m E Dmaj9 E F#m9

[Verse 1]
E
I bet you never heard of a playa 
with no game
Dmaj7
Told the truth to get what I want, 
but shot it with no shame
E
Take this music dead serious while 
others entertain
F#m
I see they're making their paper so 
I guess I can't complain
E
Or can I? I feel they're 
disrespecting the whole thang
Dmaj9
Them hooks like selling dope to 
black folks
E
And I choke when the food they 
serving ain't tasting right
F#m7
My stomach can't digest it even when
 I bless it
E
I'm confessing one more lesson from 
the South, we in the house tonight
Dmaj7
Now hootie who wants to oppose? 
Suppose
Continues after the ad
E
We rolls through Headland and Delowe
F#m
Where me and my niggas would pass 
the flow
E
And got down for ours like hind 
catchers
Dmaj9
My mind catches flashbacks to the 
black past
E
While mind close niggas laugh at
F#m9
The Southern slang, finger waves and
 Mojo chicken wangs
E
I grew up on booty shake we did not 
know no better thang
Dmaj7
So go 'head and, diss it, while real
 hop-hippers listen
E
Started by Afrika Bambaata, so you 
and your partner
F#m7
Gather your thoughts


[Hook]
E
Something's gotta change
                       Dmaj9    
Sounds of laughter and happiness 
                          E
turn my teardrops to rain
                  F#m           
Been bearing this burden for too 
                E
many of my days
                      Dmaj7      
Looks like breezes of Autumn done 
                   E
finally blew my way
F#m7
Like memories of yesterday


[Verse 2]
E
Uhh, born Antwan Patton but my 
partners they call me Big Boi
Dmaj7
It's the nigga the B-I-G, be 
speaking the truth not talking that 
shit boy
E
I'm thinking of checking my traps 
and busting my raps
F#m
And throwing them craps
E
7 Eleven is no convenience, you 
pumping your gas but watching your 
back
Dmaj9
For the robbing crew; thinking 
they're robbing you, you must be 
cautious
E
To staying up on your game and 
pimping these crows, you must be 
flawless
F#m7
Like Mortal Kombat, but fucking 
these wombats got you dizzy
E
My nigga you know if I wanna be 
playin
Dmaj7
But runnin up on me like you miss me
E
You catching the wrong vibe, packing
 your shit and rolling your eyes 
back
F#m
Flexin up on the corner tossin your 
dice and rollin your Cadillac
E
But man it seems I'm reaching out 
and touching the wrong nigga
Dmaj7
Don't expect it to be pimping get 
your index off the trigger
E
As we bust, us, we leavin em in the 
dust
F#m7
So keep that caine up out of your 
nose
E
I said my piece and then I hush
Dmaj9
As the calendar keeps flippin', 
niggas dippin'


[Hook]
E
Something's gotta change
                       Dmaj9    
Sounds of laughter and happiness 
                          E
turn my teardrops to rain
                  F#m           
Been bearing this burden for too 
                E
many of my days
                      Dmaj7      
Looks like breezes of Autumn done 
                   E
finally blew my way
F#m7
Like memories of yesterday


[Verse 3]
E
Our dearly beloved, we are gathered 
like soap is to lather we come clean
Dmaj7
Some issues need to be addressed 
like envelopes I mean
E
Oh, like Liberty Bells, yes them 
bullets keep on ringing
F#m
On fire like the Georgia Mass Choir,
 we keep on sanging
E
Bringing our folks closer together 
cause they severed us from the get 
green
Dmaj9
Light and we ain't gon' stop until 
we hit the big screen
E
Psych, because no one is free when 
others are oppressed
F#m7
So, we hit the stage and then we fly
 back to our nest
E
Like some eagles, people don't 
understand
Dmaj7
Just like their parents don't be 
caring
E
I'm speaking bout you playing with 
that phony stuff you sharing
F#m
In your raps Mercedes Benz and all 
your riches
E
Thinking you got it but get it, get 
it but you ain't pimping no bitches
Dmaj9
'Cause you flauging; falling like 
leaves into driveways
E
Isn't it lovely smoking good and 
sloppy head on highways
F#m9
Fridays are tight but Saturday just 
makes it old
E
Winter nights are hot warm enough to
 feed your soul
Dmaj7
Growing old


[Hook]
E
Something's gotta change
                       Dmaj9    
Sounds of laughter and happiness 
                          E
turn my teardrops to rain
                  F#m           
Been bearing this burden for too 
                E
many of my days
                      Dmaj7      
Looks like breezes of Autumn done 
                   E
finally blew my way
F#m7
Like memories of yesterdayx


[Other]
E
See all them leaves must fall down, 
growing old
Dmaj7
Fat titties turn to teardrops as fat
 ass turns to flab
E
Sores that was open wounds 
eventually turn to scab
F#m
Trees bright and green turn 
yellow-brown
E
Autumn caught em, see all them 
leaves must fall down, growin' old
Dmaj9
See all them leaves must fall down, 
growing old
E
Fat titties turn to teardrops as fat
 ass turns to flab
F#m7
Sores that was open wounds 
eventually turn to scab
E
Trees bright and green turn 
yellow-brown
Dmaj7
Autumn caught em, see all them 
leaves must fall down, growin' old
E
See all them leaves must fall down, 
growing old
F#m
Fat titties turn to teardrops as fat
 ass turns to flab
E
Sores that was open wounds 
eventually turn to scab
Dmaj9
Trees bright and green turn 
yellow-brown
E                            
Autumn caught em, see all them 
                        F#m9
leaves must fall down, growin' old