CAPO on 3rd Fret
G 320033
Em 022000
C x32010
D xx0232
[Chorus]
G
Started off in the streets
C Em
We would take collection from the fiends
C Em
People dyin' all around me
C D
So I gave you my testimony
G
We were down from the beginnin'
C Em
When the world wasn't listenin'
C Em
Now that I got your attention
C D
Let us end with the benediction
[Verse I]
G
We are gathered here today
C Em
Paying our respects to bein' broke, hope he's in a better place
C Em
Cause life out here ain't sweet, oh no
C D
I would close my eyes to sleep but didn't dream no more
G
So I had to make a way for my home, you know
C Em
Now I'm in a place where I ain't gotta scheme no more
C
The good life, I'm done with the hood life
Em C D
I did what I could didn't always do what I should and I was misunderstood
G
So many nights I tried
C Em
To hide how I felt, I would cry inside
C Em
And I ran through the streets till my feet got tired
C D
Cause I ain't wanna have my shoes on them power lines
[Pre-Chorus]
G
But I made it, and it made me
C Em
I know I did wrong, I pray to God he forgave me
C Em
Cause I made it, it didn't kill me
C D
So it made me stronger, I pray to God that you feel me, that you feel me...
[Chorus]
G
Started off in the streets
C Em
We would take collection from the fiends
C Em
People dyin' all around me
C D
So I gave you my testimony
G
We were down from the beginnin'
C Em
When the world wasn't listenin'
C Em
Now that I got your attention
C D
Let us end with the benediction
[Verse II]
G
Our father who art in heaven
C Em
I pray you free me from my demons and keep me level
C
I know you kept my out of prison where I was headin'
Em C
When I heard someone killed my brother, one-eighty-seven
D G
I hope he made it to your presence, for me he was a blessin'
C
At least I know he's restin' and he ain't out here stressin'
Em C
Tryna get to the good life, and out of this hood life
Em C Em
I pray that my step-pops lay off that crack pipe
G
So mama could sleep at night, I know it's been hard on her
C Em
I was ripping through the streets, it was hard for her
C Em
Now I'm up in hotels on the ocean shore
C D
When I was sleepin' on the floor at the corner store
[Pre-Chorus]
G
But I made it, and it made me
C Em
I know I did wrong, I pray to God he forgave me
C Em
Cause I made it, it didn't kill me
C D
So it made me stronger, I pray to God that you feel me, that you feel me...
[Chorus]
G
Started off in the streets
C Em
We would take collection from the fiends
C Em
People dyin' all around me
C D
So I gave you my testimony
G
We were down from the beginnin'
C Em
When the world wasn't listenin'
C Em
Now that I got your attention
C D
Let us end with the benediction
[Verse III]
G
Bottle after bottle, snatching Belaire out the bucket
C Em
Rightin' all my wrongs for these homies out here thuggin'
C Em
Pray for benediction, pretty women on my premise
C D
Condo out in Cabo, screaming "GABOS" to my nemesis
G
Gold around my neck I'm ballin' for these final minutes
C Em
Nothing lasts forever, for these sins I seek repentance
C Em
Shots fired, another gone, I feel that man's pain
C D
Daddy sat me down and said: "that came with the game"
G
Shake my head, roll up the window, turnin' up the music
C Em
So much anger in these songs for these soldiers that we losin'
C Em
A mastermind is one who's feedin' others off his talent
C D
I owe it to my city but it's time I pay my balance
G
I'm in Holyfield's estate, I started with a pallet
C Em
I made my first tape, I gave that shit to Khaled
C Em
Thankful for my supporters, everyone that ever bought us
C D
Grateful for every lesson these by any streets taught us
[Chorus]
G
Started off in the streets
C Em
We would take collection from the fiends
C Em
People dyin' all around me
C D
So I gave you my testimony
G
We were down from the beginnin'
C Em
When the world wasn't listenin'
C Em
Now that I got your attention
C D
Let us end with the benediction
