Kendrick Lamar – Xxx (Guitar)

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[Intro: Bēkon & Kid Capri]
Bm            Em                 G
America, God bless you if it's good to you

  A7                       Bm
America, please take my hand

         Em
Can you help me underst—
New Kung Fu Kenny [Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
Bm(let ring)
Throw a steak off the ark
To a pool full of sharks, he'll take it Leave him in the wilderness With a sworn nemesis, he'll make it Take the gratitude from him I bet he'll show you somethin', whoa
Bm
I'll chip a nigga little bit of nothin'

Bm
I'll chip a nigga little bit of nothin'

Bm(let ring)
I'll chip a nigga little bit of nothin'
I'll chip a nigga, then throw the blower in his lap Walk myself to the court like, "Bitch, I did that!" X-rated
Bm
Johnny don't wanna go to school no mo', no mo'

Bm
Johnny said books ain't cool no mo' (no mo')

Bm
Johnny wanna be a rapper like his big cousin

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Johnny caught a body yesterday out hustlin'
God bless America, you know we all love him
Bm
Yesterday I got a call like from my dog like 101

           Bm
Said they killed his only son because of insufficient funds

        Bm
He was sobbin', he was mobbin', way belligerent and drunk

        Bm
Talkin' out his head, philosophin' on what the Lord had done

           Bm
He said: "K-Dot, can you pray for me?
It's been a fucked up day for me
   Bm
I know that you anointed, show me how to overcome."

        Bm
He was lookin' for some closure
Hopin' I could bring him closer
         Bm
To the spiritual, my spirit do no better, but I told him

           Bm
"I can't sugarcoat the answer for you, this is how I feel:
If somebody kill my son, that mean somebody gettin' killed." N.C. Tell me what you do for love, loyalty, and passion of All the memories collected, moments you could never touch
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I'll wait in front a niggas spot and watch him hit his block

        Bm
I'll catch a nigga leavin' service if that's all I got

     Bm
I'll chip a nigga, then throw the blower in his lap

        Bm
Walk myself to the court like, "Bitch, I did that!"
N.C. Ain't no Black Power when your baby killed by a coward
          Bm
I can't even keep the peace, don't you fuck with one of ours

         Bm
It be murder in the street, it be bodies in the hour

       Bm
Ghetto bird be on the street, paramedics on the dial

     Bm
Let somebody touch my mama

           Bm
Touch my sister, touch my woman

           Bm             Bm
Touch my daddy, touch my niece

          Bm       Bm  Bm  Bm
Touch my nephew, touch my brother

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You should chip a nigga, then throw the blower in his lap

        Bm
Matter fact, I'm 'bout to speak at this convention
Call you back— [Interlude: Kendrick Lamar]
Bm                     C#m
Alright, kids, we're gonna talk about gun control

Bm              C#m
(Pray for me) Damn!
[Chorus: Bono]
Bm           C#m
It's not a place

Bm            C#m        Bm                   C#m         
This country is to me a sound of drum and bass

                Bm             C#m
You close your eyes to look around
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
Bm          C#m
Hail Mary, Jesus and Joseph

            Bm              
The great American flag

                 C#m
Is wrapped and dragged with explosives

Bm                   C#m
Compulsive disorder, sons and daughters

Bm    
Barricaded blocks and borders

C#m
Look what you taught us!

            Bm                   C#m
It's murder on my street, your street, back streets

         Bm 
Wall Street, corporate offices

          C#m
Banks, employees, and bosses with

Bm                          C#m
Homicidal thoughts; Donald Trump's in office

        Bm                            C#m
We lost Barack and promised to never doubt him again

          Bm                     C#m
But is America honest, or do we bask in sin?

Bm                           C#m
Pass the gin, I mix it with American blood

     Bm                  C#m    
Then bash him in, you Crippin' or you married to blood?

Bm                    C#m
I'll ask again—oops—accident

         Bm                     C#m (till chorus)
It's nasty when you set us up
Then roll the dice, then bet us up You overnight the big rifles, then tell Fox to be scared of us Gang members or terrorists, et cetera, et cetera America's reflections of me, that's what a mirror does [Chorus: Bono]
Bm          C#m
It's not a place

Bm              C#m      Bm               C#m
This country is to me a sound of drum and bass

    Bm                
You close your eyes to look ar—