Thieves In The Night Chords by Black Star
- Key: Db
- BPM: 91
- Capo: no capo
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THIEVES IN THE NIGHT ACORDES
[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 Dbm Ab7 Db7 Ab7 Amaj7 Ab7 Db7 Ab7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro] Db7 Ab7 Db7 Gb Gb7 Gbm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]