[Intro]
G#m
That's right album number ten Short Dawg's in the house
G#m
It's gettin' close to the end y'all
C#m
But we gonna kick it like this on the last album
[Verse]
F#m7 B C#m C#7 C# F#m
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
F#7 B C#7
■ ■ ■
C# F#m F# B
Now let me holler at you partner spit this game
C# C#7
In you ear for a minute quit complaining
F# F#7 B
'bout how you can't spend it 'cause you ain't got it
C#m C#7
You got what it takes but not enough to get started
F#m B
I hope you get the message no it's not a test it's
C#
Just me ridin' legit they can't arrest me or bust me
F# B
I'm still hungry I want some more stuff
C#m C#7
Get fat and watch my whole crew blow up
F# B
So get yours and buy my new album
C#m C#7
Peep the game and don't be like Calvin
F#m B
Get everything you want get real get you mail
C#m C#7
Get your girl to make bail and get your ass out of jail
[Chorus]
F#m7 F#7 B7
You should be gettin' it everything you want
C#m C#7
Everything you dreamed of never have to front
F#m F# B
You should be gettin' it gettin' money
C#m C#7
I'm talking 'bout you black don't laugh it ain't funny
F#m F#7 B
You should get a good lawyer like Johnny Cochran
C#m
Swear to tell the truth hell no I didn't pop him
F#7 B
Get your kids to school so they can get an education
C#m B A
Get a degree and take a vacation
F#m F#7 B
You see I got all my game from the streets of California
C#m C# C#7
Young millionaire with no high school diploma
F# B
Livin' real good taking care of my folks
C#m E
Roll up a fat one for the players to smoke
[Verse]
B7
Short dawg in the house I know you ain't trippin'
C#m7 C#
'cause Life is Too hort you gotta Get In Where You Fit In
F#m F# B
Stop looking for what you never seem to find
C#m
It ain't what you think you got to read between the lines
F# B
'cause life ain't long for a young black man
C# C#7
Tryin' to make money doing all he can
F#7
Sellin' dope don't ya hope he would go to class
C#7 A7
But the boy makes money and he makes it fast
F#7 B
With the twenties on top and the fifties on the bottom
C#7 C#
A flock a top notches oh yes we got 'em
F#
It's been a long time since I first got down
[Chorus]
C# F# B C#m
But I still keep makin' these funky sounds ■ ■
C#7 F#m7 F#7
Get your money mayne ■ ■
B C#m
■ Get yours
F#m
You should be gettin' it
B C#m C#m7
Get it while the gettin' is good get it while you can
C#m7
You should be gettin' it
F#m7 F#7 B C#
Get it while the gettin' is good
F#m7 F#7
You should be gettin' it
B7 C#7
Get it while the gettin' is good get it while you can
F#m7 F#7 B7
You should be ■ gettin' it
C#m B
Get it while the gettin' is good
F#m
You should be gettin' it
B C#m7 C#m C#7
Get it while the gettin' is good get it while you can
C#7
You should be gettin' it
F#m B
Get it while the gettin' is good
C#m
You should be gettin' it
F#m B7
Get it while the gettin' is good get it while you can
C#m
You should be gettin' it
F#m7 B B7
Get it while the gettin' is good ■
[Verse]
C#m F#7 C#7
■ Get your money mayne ■
Get yours
F#7
You should be gettin' ■ it
C#
I know you tired of being broke just hanging out
C#
You got a lot a dreams but you can't get out
C#
The first thing you need to do is set yourself some goals
C#7
Think positive everything else is old
C#7
And work hard never stop hustlin'
A#7
'cause they just love to see the black man strugglin' ■
F# B
It's time to come up put your dollar bills in the air
C#m C#7
He said meet me at the White House and I was there
F#m7 B
'cause I'm one in a million black man rising
C#m C#7
They wanna keep me down but I always surprise 'em
F#m B
Spend my money in the hood I know it's all good
C#m C#7
And you should do the same I told you peep the game
F#m F#7 B
From Too hort ■ you know I'm the man
C#m B A#m
I lend my brother a hand 'cause I know I can
F#7 B
I keep going and goin' but I'm not the pink bunny
C#m C#7
'stead of beatin' on a drum I never stop thinkin' money
F#m7 B
I'm gettin' all I can if you don't you slip
C#m
I can't wait to get to heaven just to have a grip
F#m B
When I was broke I couldn't afford a meal
C# C#7
But now I'm now rich I can't be fake I gots to keep it real
F#m
It's been a long time baby since I first got down
F#m
But it still keep making these funky sounds
F#m
You should be gettin' it
[Chorus]
B C#m
Get it while the gettin' is good get it while you can
C#m
You should be gettin' it
F#m7 F# B D#m
Get it while the gettin' ■ is good
D F#m
You should be gettin' it
B C# C#7
Get it while the gettin' is good get it while you can
F#m F#7
You should be gettin' it
F#7
Get it while the gettin' is good
C#m
You should be gettin' it
C#m
Get it while the gettin' is good get it while you can
F#m F# B C#m C#7
■ ■ ■ ■ ■
C#7
You should be gettin' it
C#7
Get it while the gettin' is good
F#m F# F#7 C#m C#7
You should be ■ gettin' it
C# F# B C#m C#7
Get it ■ ■ ■ while the gettin' is good get it while you can
F#m B7
You should ■ be gettin' it
C#m F#m F#7
Get it while the gettin' is good
[Outro]
C#7
I earned my respect in the street
F#7
The ghetto's been good to me
F#7
I'm never gonna to turn my back
C#7 F#
The true and living so I got to kick the facts
F#7 B
I earned my respect in the street
C#7
The ghetto's ■ been good to me
F#7
I'm never gonna to turn my back
B
The true and living so I got to kick the facts
C#
You should be gettin' it
C#7
Get it while the gettin' is good get it while you can
C#7
You should be gettin' it
F#7 C#
Get it while the gettin' is good ■
[End]
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