Thieves In The Night Chords by Black Star

[Start]

[Verse]
Dbm      Db7                                               
■   Give ■   me the fortune keep the fame said my man Louis
                                               Db7       
I agreed know what he mean because we live the truest lie
                                         Ab7       
I asked him why we follow the law of the bluest eye
                                                 Ab7         
He looked at me he thought about it was like I'm clueless why
                                          Ab7     
The question was rhetorical the answer is horrible
                                                      Ab7   
Our morals are out of place and got our lives full of sorrow
    Ab7                                
And so tomorrow coming later than usual
Ab7                                                                 
Waiting on someone to pity us while we finding beauty in the hideous
                 Gb7                                  
They say money's the root of all evil but I can't tell
                                       Dbm7                      
You know what I mean pesos francs yens cowrie shells dollar bills
                        Dbm7      
Or is it the mind state that's ill
                                                  Dbm7 
Creating crime rates to fill the new prisons they build
           Gb7                                     
Over money and religion there's more blood to spill
                                                      Gbm            
The wounds of slaves in cotton fields that never heal what's the deal
                                  Gbm           
A lot of cats who buy records are straight broke
                                           Db7      
But my language universal they be reciting my quotes
                                   Ab7                     
While R&B singers hit bad notes we rock the boat of thought
                                   Ab7     
That my man Louis' statements just provoked
                                           Ab7  
Caught up in conversations of our personal worth
                                                    Ab7         
Brought up through endangered species status on the planet Earth
                                       Ab7           
Survival tactics means busting gats to prove you hard
                               Dbm         
Your firearms are too short to box with God
                             Dbm        
Without faith all of that is illusionary


[Chorus]
                                       Db7      
Raise my son no vindication of manhood necessary
    Db7   
Not strong
    Db7 
Not free
                  Ab7        
Not compassionate only polite
    Gbm                  
Not good but well behaved
Ab7                            
Still living like mental slaves
                                      Ab7 
Hiding like thieves in the night from life
                                   Ab7  
Illusions of oasis making you look twice
                                      Ab7 
Hiding like thieves in the night from life
                                   Ab7  
Illusions of oasis making you look twice


[Verse]
                                         Ab7  
Yo I'm sure that everybody out listening agree
                                         Ab7  
That everything you see ain't really how it be
                                             Ab7      
A lot of jokers out running in place chasing the style
                                    Ab7  
Be a lot going on beneath the empty smile
                                   Ab7     
Most cats in my area be loving the hysteria
                                 Ab7     
Synthesized surface conceals the interior
                            Ab7                    
America land of opportunity mirages and camouflages
                  Ab7            
More than usually speaking loudly
Ab7                                          
Saying nothing you confusing me you losing me
Ab7                                                
Your game is twisted want me enlisted in your usury
Ab7                                         
Foolishly most men join the ranks cluelessly
Ab7                                                     
Buffoonishly accept the deception believe the perception
                                             Ab7              
Reflection rarely seen across the surface of the looking glass
                                         Ab7         
Walking the street wondering who they be looking past
                                           Ab7      
Looking gassed with them imported designer shades on
                                        Ab7     
Stars shine bright but the light rarely stays on
                                 Ab7        
Same song just remixed different arrangement
                                            Ab7       
Put you on a yacht but they won't call it a slave ship
                                       Ab7             
Strangeness you don't control this you barely hold this
                                             Ab7         
Screaming brand new when they just sanitized the old shit
                                      Ab7       
Suppose it's just another clever Jedi mind trick
                                                    Ab7      
That they been running across stars through all the time with
                                         Ab7      
I find it's distressing there's never no inbetween
                                               Dbm   
We either niggas or Kings we either bitches or Queens
                                        Ab7     
The deadly ritual seems immersed in the perverse
                                                      Ab7   
Full of short attention spans short tempers and short skirts
                                   Ab7         
Long barrel automatics released in short bursts
                                         Ab7        
The length of black life is treated with short worth
                                  Ab7      
Get yours first them other niggas secondary
                                           Ebm     
That type of illing that be filling up the cemetery
                                       Ab7    
This life is temporary but the soul is eternal
                                   Ab7         
Separate the real from the lie let me learn you
                                                 Ab7     
Not strong only aggressive cause the power ain't directed
                                               Ab7       
That's why we are subjected to the will of the oppressive
                                           Ab7     
Not free we only licensed not live we just exciting
                                          Ab7       
Cause the captors own the masters to what we writing
                                 Ab7         
Not compassionate only polite we well trained
                                               Ab7 
Our sincerity's rehearsed in stage it's just a game
                                           Ab7   
Not good but well behaved cause the camera survey
                                    Ab7   
Most of the things that we think do or say
                                              Ab7  
We chasing after death just to call ourselves brave
                                    Ab7        
But everyday next man meet with the grave/Great
                                Ab7      
I give a damn if any fan recall my legacy
                                        Dbm          B              
I'm trying to live life in the sight of God's memory like that y'all
                Ab7                                             
A lot of people ■   don't understand the true criteria of things
                      Ab7                                    
Can't just accept the appearance have to get the true essence
    Ab7   
Not strong
Ab7     
Not free
    Ab7                      
Not compassionate only polite
                  Amaj7  
Not good but well behaved
Ab7                            
Still living like mental slaves
                                      Ab7 
Hiding like thieves in the night from life
                                   Ab7  
Illusions of oasis making you look twice
                                      Ab7 
Hiding like thieves in the night from life
                                   Ab7  
Illusions of oasis making you look twice


[Chorus]
                             Ab7            
Stop hiding stop hiding stop hiding yo' face
                              Ab7                  
Stop hiding stop hiding cause ain't no hiding place
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[Outro]
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[End]