Father Time Chords by Kendrick Lamar

[Start]

[Intro]
Csus4 G                           
■     You really need some therapy
                                Dm               
Real nigga need no therapy fuck you talkin' about
Dm                              
Nah nah you sound stupid as fuck
               Dsus4 
Shit everybody stupid
                           Dm7       
Yeah well you need to talk to someone
Asus4                Csus4
Reach out to Eckhart ■    


[Verse]
Gm7               Gm7                B                                            
■   I come from a generation of home invasions and I got daddy issues that's on me
A#m                                                           
Everything them four walls had taught me made habits bury deep
              B                                                
That man knew a lot but not enough to keep me past them streets
             F#maj7                       F7              
My life is a plot twisted from directions that I can't see
Bmaj7            A#m                               
Daddy issues run across my head told me Fuck a foul
              D#m                                        
I'm tearyeyed wanna throw my hands I won't think out loud
                A#m                                  
A foolish pride if I lose again won't go in the house
                 G#m           D#m7       D#m                    
I stayed outside laughin' with my friends they don't know my life
A#m7                                                     
Daddy issues made me learn losses I don't take those well
          D#m                                           
Mama said That boy is exhausted he said Go fuck yourself
           Bmaj7              A#m      A#m7          
If he give up now that's gon' cost him life's a bitch
                     D#m7                                 
You could be a bitch or step out the margin I got up quick
             D#m                                             
I'm chargin' baskets and falling backwards tryna keep balance
            Fm7               F#        F#7         
Oh this the part where mental stability meets talent
            A#7               D#m                       
Oh this the part he breaks my humility just for practice
           C#               F#                              
Tactics we learned together sore losers forever daddy issues


[Chorus]
      Bmaj7        A#m                      
Early mornin' wake ups practicin' on dayoffs
G#m        D#m                 
Tough love bottled up no chaser
     Bmaj7 A#m                  
Neat no    chaser neat no chaser
                    G#m     
Neat no chaser neat no chase
D#m           Bmaj7      A#m7                     
Early mornin' ■     wake ups practicin' on dayoffs
G#m        D#m                 
Tough love bottled up no chaser
Bmaj7               A#m      
Neat no chaser neat no chaser
G#m7    D#m                   Bmaj7
Neat no chaser neat no chaser ■    


[Verse]
                          D#m  
I got daddy issues that's on me
G#m                    D#m                             
Lookin' for I love you rarely empathizin' for my relief
  Bmaj7           A#m                                         
A child that grew accustomed jumping up when I scraped my knee
       G#m        D#m                                        
'cause if I cried about it he'd surely tell me not to be weak
A#7          D#m                                   
Daddy issues hid my emotions never expressed myself
Fm                    C#             F#                    
Man should never show feelings being sensitive never helped
    A#7               D#m                                  
His mama died I asked him why he goin' back to work so soon
    C#                                  F#                       
His first reply was Son that's life and bills got no silver spoon
Bmaj7             A#m                            
Daddy issues fuck everybody go get your money son
G#m                    D#m                       
Protect yourself trust nobody only your mama'n'em
Bmaj7                        A#m                          
This made relationships seem cloudy never attached to none
G#m                         D#m                              
So if you took some likings around me I might reject the love
Bmaj7                A#m7                           
Daddy issues kept me competitive that's a fact nigga
G#m                            D#m                      
I don't give a fuck what's the narrative I am that nigga
Bmaj7                    A#m7                         
When Kanye got back with Drake I was slightly confused
G#m7                      D#m7                        
Guess I'm not mature as I think got some healin' to do
Bmaj7               A#m7                    
Egotistic zerogiven fucks and to be specific
     G#m7            G#m           D#m7      
Need assistance with the way I was brought up
                           Bmaj7                      
What's the difference when your heart is made of stone
    A#m7                     
And your mind is made of gold
G#m7                             D#m                        
And your tongue is made of sword but it may weaken your soul
   Bmaj7                          A#m7               
My niggas ain't got no daddy grow up overcompensatin'
      G#m                        D#m                         
Learn shit 'bout bein' a man and disguise it as bein' gangsta
Bmaj7                           A#m7                  
I love my father for tellin' me to take off the gloves
G#m7                        G#m                      
'cause everything he didn't want was everything I was
A#7                             D#m                    
And to my partners that figured it out without a father
C#                                                         
I salute you may your blessings be neutral to your toddlers
     A#7                           D#m                
It's crucial they can't stop us if we see the mistakes
C#                                                    B            A#m
'til then let's give the women a break grown men with daddy issues ■  


[Chorus]
A#7 B                                           
■   Early mornin' wake ups practicin' on dayoffs
A#7                            
Tough love bottled up no chaser
     B7             A#7      
Neat no chaser neat no chaser
     A#7                     
Neat no chaser neat no chaser