August Alsina – Benediction Chords

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ChorusG Started off in the streets
C We would take collEmection from the fiends
C People dyin' all aEmround me
C So I gave you my Dtestimony
G We were down from the beginnin'
C When the worlEmd wasn't listenin'
C Now that I got your aEmttention
C Let us end with the DbenedictionVerse IGWe are gathered here today
Paying our resCpects to bein' broke, hope Emhe's in a better place
Cause Clife out here ain't Emsweet, oh no
I would Cclose my eyes to sleep but didn't Ddream no more
So I Ghad to make a way for my home, you know
Now CI'm in a place where I ain't gotta scheEmme no more
The Cgood life, I'm done with the hood life
EmI did what I Ccould didn't always do what I should and DI was misunderstood
G So many nights I tried
To Chide how I felt, I would cry Eminside
And I Cran through the streets till my feet got Emtired
Cause I ain't Cwanna have my shoes on them power Dlines

Pre-ChorusBut I Gmade it, and it made me
I know I did Cwrong, I pray to God he Emforgave me
Cause I Cmade it, it didn't Emkill me
So it made me sCtronger, I pray to God that you Dfeel me, that you feel me...ChorusG Started off in the streets
C We would take collEmection from the fiends
C People dyin' all aEmround me
C So I gave you my Dtestimony
G We were down from the beginnin'
C When the worlEmd wasn't listenin'
C Now that I got your aEmttention
C Let us end with the Dbenediction Verse IIOur Gfather who art in heaven
I pray you free me from my Cdemons and keep me leveEml
I know you kept my out of Cprison where I was headin'
When I Emheard someone killed my Cbrother, one-eighty-seven
I Dhope he made it to your Gpresence, for me he was a blessin'
At least I know he's Crestin' and he ain't out here stressin'
EmTryna get to the Cgood life, and out of this hood life
I Empray that my sCtep-pops lay off that Emcrack pipe
So mama could sGleep at night, I know it's been hard on her
I was Cripping through the streets, it was Emhard for her
Now I'm Cup in hotels on the Emocean shore
When I was sCleepin' on the floor at the Dcorner storePre-ChorusBut I Gmade it, and it made me
I know I did Cwrong, I pray to God he Emforgave me
Cause I Cmade it, it didn't Emkill me
So it made me sCtronger, I pray to God that you Dfeel me, that you feel me...ChorusG Started off in the streets
C We would take collEmection from the fiends
C People dyin' all aEmround me
C So I gave you my Dtestimony
G We were down from the beginnin'
C When the worlEmd wasn't listenin'
C Now that I got your aEmttention
C Let us end with the DbenedictionVerse IIIGBottle after bottle, snatching Belaire out the bucket
CRightin' all my wrongs for these homies out here Emthuggin'
CPray for benediction, pretty women on my Empremise
CCondo out in Cabo, screaming "GABOS" to my Dnemesis
GGold around my neck I'm ballin' for these final minutes
CNothing lasts forever, for these sins I seek Emrepentance
CShots fired, another gone, I feel that Emman's pain
CDaddy sat me down and said: "that Dcame with the game"
GShake my head, roll up the window, turnin' up the music
So much Canger in these songs for these soldiers that we Emlosin'
A Cmastermind is one who's feedin' others off his Emtalent
I Cowe it to my city but it's time I Dpay my balance
I'm in GHolyfield's estate, I started with a pallet
I Cmade my first tape, I gave that s*** to EmKhaled
CThankful for my supporters, everyone that ever Embought us
CGrateful for every lesson these by any sDtreets taught usChorusG Started off in the streets
C We would take collEmection from the fiends
C People dyin' all aEmround me
C So I gave you my Dtestimony
G We were down from the beginnin'
C When the worlEmd wasn't listenin'
C Now that I got your aEmttention
C Let us end with the Dbenediction