Snow On Tha Bluff

Tom : C#m
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Niggas be thinkin' I'm deep, intelligent, fooled by my college degree
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My IQ is average, there's a young lady out there, she way smarter than me
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I scrolled through her timeline in these wild times, and I started to read
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She mad at these crackers, she mad at these capitalists, mad at these murder police
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She mad at my niggas, she mad at our ignorance, she wear her heart on her sleeve
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She mad at the celebrities, lowkey I be thinkin' she talkin' 'bout me
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Now I ain't no dummy to think I'm above criticism
So when I see something that's valid, I listen
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But shit, it's something about the queen tone that's botherin' me
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She strike me as somebody blessed enough to grow up in conscious environment
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With parents that know 'bout the struggle for liberation and in turn they provide her with
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A perspective and awareness of the system and unfairness that afflicts 'em
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And the clearest understandin' of what we gotta do to get free
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And the frustration that fills her words seems to come from the fact that most people don't see
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Just 'cause you woke and I'm not, that shit ain't no reason to talk like you better than me
G#m7
How you gon' lead, when you attackin' the very same niggas that really do need the shit that
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you sayin'?
Instead of conveying you holier, come help get us up to speed
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Shit, it's a reason it took like two hundred years for our ancestors just to get freed
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These shackles be lockin' the mental way more than the physical
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I look at freedom like trees, can't grow a forest like overnight
Hit the ghetto and slowly start plantin' your seeds
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Fuck is the point of you preaching your message to those that already believe what you believe?
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I'm on some "Fuck a retweet," most people is sheep
You got all the answers but how you gon' reach?
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If I could make one more suggestion respectfully
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I would say it's more effective to treat people like children
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Understandin' the time and love and patience that's needed to grow
This change is inevitable but ain't none of us seen this before
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Therefore we just gotta learn everything as we go
I struggle with thoughts on the daily
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Feel like a slave that somehow done saved enough coins to buy his way up outta slavery
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Thinkin' just maybe, in my pursuit to make life so much better for me and my babies
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I done betrayed the very same people that look at me like I'm some kind of a hero
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Because of the zeros that's next to the commas
But look here, I promise I'm not who you think
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Ran into this nigga outside of the store yesterday
He said something that had me like, "Wait"
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He was like "Cole, 'preciate what you been doin', my nigga, that's real"
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But damn, why I feel faker than Snow on Tha Bluff?
Well, maybe 'cause deep down I know I ain't doing enough
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G#m7 G#m7 (2x)

[Bridge]
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The sun is shinin' today
C#m7 C#m7 G#m7 G#m7
The sun is shinin' today
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The sun is shinin' today

[Outro]
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Can you walk with me?
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I hope we'll find the reason why we often sob, go on, cry
G#m7
Painful memories fuck up the vibe
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Though I be tryin' to let the time heal my mind
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I was once a child, I've gotten older
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Still, I know I'm just a boy in God's eyes
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Fill me up with wisdom and some courage
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Plus endurance to survive, help mine thrive