Born In Babylon

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Gm                           F
I came from nothing but not nothing 
like "nothing"
Gm                           F
"Nothing", like "nobody thought I 
was something"...
Gm                           F
"Nothing", like "called every name 
in the book",
         Eb
But for every second guess
         F
I never gave a second look
     Gm
Look, I fell myself
              F
"Don't let it get to me.
     Gm                       
cuz if the best the got is not 
      F
impressing me,
     Gm                            
then there's no reason they should 
         F
get the best of me,
                 Eb
While they were aiming at my words
                 F
They missed the rest of me


[Chorus]
Eb          F            Gm
How can I stop all these critics 
from their talking
Eb          F        Gm
the more I do, the more they say
Eb              F
But there's no way I'm stopping
Gm
so they just keep on talking
Eb         F                Gm
Who do you think I think I am?


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Gm                           F
I got the felling that there's more 
like me
Gm                           F
Born in Babylon but you just got to 
be free
Gm                                
Shackles on your feet that you and
  F
 me can't see,
              Eb
but you can feel them and they're 
heavy,
        F
so you need that key
Gm                           F
and now you're looking at your hand,
 saying
             Gm                    
"Man, if I ditch the system, these 
          F
could be mine"
     Gm                           
but then you hear a voice come up 
F
from behind,
              Eb                   
"Don't even think about stepping 
      F
out of line..."


[Chorus]

solo


Gm                           F
My friends are deep and they're all 
I got,
Gm                           F
and they stand up behind me if you 
like it or not
Gm                           F
and I'm telling you that the Fire's 
Hot,
         Eb
did you see that smoke
              F
and did you hear that shot...
Gm                           F
Cuz it's a war and in the middle I 
am
Gm                           F
So judge now with your pen in hand
Gm                           F
Cuz I'm too busy to judge another 
man,
               Eb
I'm trying to write the blueprint
              F
for all the world to understand

[Chorus x2]

this part of the song is sang whit 
the chorus.

The want stop talk, and I regret me 
giving you any little voice at all
But saving this world just come with
 a cost...
"... maybe they were right from the 
start..."
Maybe I should be myself, cuz I'm 
just giving
these critics help..."
And it makes me twist my stomach in 
half,
that my pen and his pen are put into
 the same breath.
If I never tried to do this at all,
Then I think he'd be out of a jov.
"... and maybe I just should've 
stayed in bed,
stay out of the booth and put all 
these guitars in the closet..."
"... maybe I should go back to 
school,
buy any more education just make me 
feel like a
fool..."
so I guess I Goot let critics talk, 
cuz I WONT
STOP!.