Jay-Z – The Story Of Oj (Guitar Acoustic)

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Chords

D chord sounds best as an A barr chord on 5th fret in my opinion.
Play this little riff after each F chord:
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D|-3-2-------------------------------------------------------|
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[Intro: Nina Simone]
D            F
Skin is, skin, is

D     F         D       F
Skin black, my skin is black

                        F
My, black, my skin is yellow
[Chorus]
D            F                                  D
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga

             F                                  D
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga

F          D F          D       F
Still nigga, still nigga

D                       F
I like that second one

D            F                                  D
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga

              F                                 D
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga

F          D F          D       F
Still nigga, still nigga
[Interlude]
D            F                     D F
O.J. like, "I'm not black, I'm O.J." â¦okay
[Verse 1]
D                F
House nigga, don't fuck with me

D                F
I'm a field nigga, go shine cutlery

D                         F
Go play the quarters where the butlers be

D                         F
I'mma play the corners where the hustlers be

D                         F
I told him, "Please don't die over the neighborhood

D                F
That your mama rentin'

D                F
Take your drug money and buy the neighborhood

D                  F
That's how you rinse it"

D                  F
I bought every V12 engine

D                  F
Wish I could take it back to the beginnin'

D                  F
I coulda bought a place in Dumbo before it was Dumbo

D                  F
For like 2 million

D                  F
That same building today is worth 25 million

D                  F
Guess how I'm feelin'? Dumbo
[Chorus]
D            F                                  D
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga

             F                                  D
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga

F          D F          D       F
Still nigga, still nigga

D                       F
I like that second one

D            F                                  D
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga

              F                                 D
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga

F          D F          D       F
Still nigga, still nigga
[Interlude]
D                           F                                                D  F
You wanna know what's more important than throwin' away money at a strip club? Credit

D                           F                                   D  F
You ever wonder why Jewish people own all the property in America? This how they did it
[Verse 2]
D                F
Financial freedom my only hope

D                F
Fuck livin' rich and dyin' broke

D                F
I bought some artwork for 1 million

D                F
2 years later, that shit worth 2 million

D                F
Few years later, that shit worth 8 million

D                F
I can't wait to give this shit to my children

D                F
Y'all think it's bougie, I'm like, it's fine

D                F
But I'm tryin' to give you a million dollars worth of game for $9.99

D                F
I turned that 2 to a 4, 4 to an 8

D                F
I turned my life into a nice first week release date

D                F
Y'all out here still takin' advances, huh?

D                F
Me and my niggas takin' real chances, uh

D                F
Y'all on the 'Gram holdin' money to your ear

D                F
There's a disconnect, we don't call that money over here, yeah
[Chorus]
D            F                                  D
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga

             F                                  D
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga

F          D F          D       F
Still nigga, still nigga

D                       F
I like that second one

D            F                                  D
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga

              F                                 D
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga

F          D F          D       F
Still nigga, still nigga