Slippin' Chords by DMX

[Intro]
N.C.                 
Ha ha ha ha ha ha uhh
        Fm7         Ab  
Yo this life's shit yeah
     Ab                 
This life's shit is like
Bb                                           
Is like just bugged the fuck out son for real
            Bb          
See to live is to suffer


[Chorus]
    Db             
But to survive well
Db                                  
That's to find meaning in the suffer
                                         Fm
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
                 Fm7                       
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
                     Fm                      
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
               Dbmaj7                       
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
                 Db                        
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
                                         Fm7
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up 
                     Fm                      
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up


[Verse]
                  Dbmaj7                    
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
                      Db                                        
I've been through mad different phases like mazes to find my way
        Ab                                     
And now I know that happy days are not far away
       Fm7                                 Fm            
If I'm strong enough I'll live long enough to see my kids
      Dbmaj7                                               
Doing something more constructive with their time than bids
                                    Db      
I know because I been there now I'm in there
         Ab                                          
Sit back and look at what it took for me to get there
               Fm                             
First came the bullshit the drama with my mama
                    Dbmaj7                            
She got on some fly shit so I split and said that I'ma
             Db                               
Be that seed that doesn't need much to succeed
              Dbmaj7                     Fm7          
Strapped with mad greed and a heart that doesn't bleed
                  Fm7                              
I'm ready for the world or at least I thought I was
                      Dbmaj7       
Bagging niggas when I caught a buzz
Dbmaj7                            
For thinking about how short I was
          Db                                          
Goin' too fast it wouldn't last but yo I couldn't tell
            Db                                       
Group homes and institutions prepared my ass for jail
         Fm7               Fm                    
They put me in a situation forcing me to be a man
       Dbmaj7                               Db          
When I was just learning to stand without a helping hand
     Db                             
Damn was it my fault something I did
                       Db                                       
To make a father leave his first kid at seven doin' my first bid
            Fm7                      Fm    
Back on the scene at fourteen with a scheme
                  Dbmaj7                       
To get more cream than I'd ever seen in a dream
                   Db                             
And by all means I will be livin' high off the hog
                   Db                        
And I never gave a fuck about much but my dog
                Fm7                             
That's the only mothafucka I had offered my last
                 Dbmaj7               Db  
Just another lil nigga headed nowhere fast


[Chorus]
                 Db                        
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
                 Ab7                       
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
                 Fm7                         
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
                  Dbmaj7                    
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
                 Db                        
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
                 Ab                      Fm
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
                 Fm7         Fm              
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
                  Dbmaj7                    
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up


[Verse]
                    Db                            
That ain't the half shit gets worse as I get older
        Ab                            
Actions become bolder heart got colder
           Fm7                              Fm   
Chip on my shoulder that I dared a nigga to touch
                     Dbmaj7                           
Didn't need a clique 'cause I scared a nigga that much
                  Db                         
One deep with the pit startin' shit for kicks
                                         Ab         
Catchin' vics throwin' bricks gettin' by bein' slick
            Fm7                
Used to get high just to get by
Fm                      Dbmaj7                                    
Used to have to puff my ■      L in the morning before I could fly
    Db                                                  
Ate somethin' a couple of forties made me hate somethin'
                              Fm               
After some coke now I'm ready to take somethin'
      Fm7         Fm                     
Three years later showin' signs of stress
               Dbmaj7                               
Didn't keep my hair cut or give a fuck how I dressed
                 Db                                    
I'm possessed by the darker side livin' the cruddy life
     Db                                        
Shit like this kept a nigga with a bloody knife
      Fm7                             Fm
Wanna make records but I'm fuckin' it up
             Dbmaj7                    
I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up


[Chorus]
                     Db                    
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
                                         Fm7
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up 
                 Fm7                         
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
                  Dbmaj7                    
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
                 Dbmaj7                    
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
                                         Fm7
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up 
                 Fm7                         
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
                  Dbmaj7                    
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up


[Verse]
Db                                  
Wasn't long before I hit rock bottom
               Ab                           Fm7         
Niggas talkin' shit like Damn look how that rock got him
                      Fm       
Open like a window no more indo
          Dbmaj7                                          Db       
Look at a video sayin' to myself: That coulda been yo ass on the TV
Db                         
Believe me it could be done
                                                 Fm7           
Somethin's got to give gots to change 'cause now I've got a son
       Fm7                             
I gots to do the right thing for shorty
                  Dbmaj7                           
And that means no more gettin' high drinkin' fortys
              Db                      
So I get back lookin' type slick again
                                 Fm   
Fake niggas jump back on my dick again
                 Fm7            Fm              
Nothin' but love for those that know how it feel
                 Dbmaj7                            
And much respect to all my niggas that kept it real
             Db                                  
Kept a nigga strong kept a nigga from doin' wrong
                     Ab                              
Niggas know who they is and this is your fuckin' song
          Fm7                        Fm     
And to my boo who stuck with a nigga through
                 Dbmaj7                           
All the bullshit you'll get yours because it's due


[Chorus]
                 Db                        
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
                                         Fm7
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up 
                 Fm7                         
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
                  Dbmaj7                    
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
                     Db                    
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
                                         Fm7
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up 
                     Fm7                     
Ayo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
                  Dbmaj7                  Db Fm7
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit ■  up 
            Fm   Dbmaj7 Db                   Fm7 
See this is that ■      ■  shit this is that shit
                     Dbmaj7       
That all real niggas can relate to


[Outro]
Db Ab Fm Fm7 Fm F7 Dbmaj7 F7
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