chordband » Joey Bada$$ » Temptation
Album: All-Amerikkkan Bada$$Released: 2017
[Intro]
Am Em Am Dm Am
I come here today to talk about how I feel
And I feel like that we are treated differently than other people
And I don't like how we’re treated
Just because of our color doesn't mean anything to me
[Pre-Chorus]
F Em Dm
This just the way I feel
Dm Am
mind's been racing so long, yeah
F Em
It’s just no way to deal
Dm Am
With these problems alone
[Chorus]
F Am
And I really can't take it no more
Em
I've been fighting temptations, my Lord
Dm
I'm young and I'm restless
(And I really can't help it)
F
I never felt selfish before
Em
I've been living so reckless, I know
Dm
Tell me Lord, can you help me?
Am
(I said Lord, can you help me?)
[Verse 1]
F
Now everybody got problems, yeah
Em
But wouldn't know what way to solve ’em
Dm
I really came up from the bottom
Strugglin’, my momma on her last dollar
F
Hustlin' and I’ve been puttin' in these hours
Em
The government been tryna take away what's ours
Dm
It's really all about the money and the power
I just wanna see my people empowered
F
Uh, uh, tell me how we gon’ shape this vision
Em
Complainin' all day, but in the same condition
Dm
If you wanna make change, it's gon' take commitment
Some people enslaved by they religion
F
Can't emancipate them from the mental prisons
Em
What I seen through optics transform to wisdom
Dm
Watch me use my prophets, get 'em all to listen
I've been on a mission, ah
[Chorus]
F Am
And I really can't take it no more
Em
I've been fighting temptations, my Lord
Dm
I'm making them restless
(And I really can't help it)
F Am
I never felt selfish before
Em
I've been living so reckless, I know
Dm
Tell me Lord, can you help me?
(I said Lord, can you help me?)
[Verse 2]
F
Now everybody got vices, yeah
Am
But wouldn't know what good advice is
Dm
Until they leave 'em lifeless
Another mama cryin', it's another crisis
F
Lord knows we just tryna live righteous
Em
Are you willin' just to make the sacrifices?
Dm
I know we can't continue livin' like this
Am
And I'll never sell my soul 'cause that's priceless, uh, uh
F
Tell me how we gon' make a livin'
Em
Hustle on the block, who gon' save the children?
Dm
man it's all a plot and I'm just revealin'
The media just tryna make a villain
F
I just take the pain and a paint a picture
Em
Voices in my head, I hear the whispers
Dm
When I feel this way, inhale the swisher
Or I sip the liquor, ah
[Chorus]
F Am
And I really can't take it no more
Em
I've been fighting temptations, my Lord
Dm
I'm making them restless
(And I really can't help it)
F Am
I never felt selfish before
Em
I've been living so reckless, I know
Dm
Tell me Lord, can you help me?
(I said Lord, can you help me?)
[Pre-Chorus]
F Em Dm
This just the way I feel
Dm Am
mind's been racing so long, yeah
F Em
It’s just no way to deal
Dm Am
With these problems alone
[Chorus]
F Am
And I really can't take it no more
Em
I've been fighting temptations, my Lord
Dm
I'm making them restless
(And I really can't help it)
F Am
I never felt selfish before
Em
I've been living so reckless, I know
Dm
Tell me Lord, can you help me?
(I said Lord, can you help me?)
[Outro]
Do not stop
F
We are black people and we shouldn't have to feel like this
Em
We shouldn't have to protest because you are treating us wrong
Dm C
We do this because we need to and we have rights
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