[Verse]
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N.C.
Mama Mavis, oh
N.C.
Mama, they tried my patience
[(G#m)]Obama is gone, who is left to save us?[G#m]
We mourn, I'm praying for my neighbors
They say the devil's at work and [(G#m)]Trump is calling favors
[G#m]You say I'm dangerous, I speak for the nameless
[G#m]I fly with the vultures, I be with them bangers
[G#m]If change don't come, then the change won't come
[G#m]If the bands make them dance, then the rain gon' come
[Chorus]
[G#]Am I [B/F#]passin' in[E]to the [G#m/D#]light?
Am I [C#m]looking into [B/D#]mercy's [G#m]eyes? (Look into your eyes)
[G#m] All the [B/F#]world is [E]out of your [G#m/D#]hands
I [C#m]ascend and a[B/D#]nother dies[G#m]
[G#m] [B/F#]You got to [E]die a litt[G#m/D#]le
[C#m] If you [B/D#]wanna live[G#m]
[G#m] [B/F#]Change [E]come to [G#m/D#]pass
[C#m] You'd best be [B/D#]ready for it[G#m]
[G#]Something [B/F#]I've be[E]gun to [G#m/D#]fear
Is a[C#m]bout to [B/D#]change it [G#m]all
[G#]Yeah, yeah, [B/F#]yeah, it's a [E]shift in [G#m/D#]time
But I [C#m]won't get [B/D#]tired at [G#m]all
[Verse]
[G#m]Look into my eyes, mama, tell me what you see
[G#m]Tell me there's a chance for me to make it off the streets
[G#m]Tell me that I won't die at the hands of the police
[G#m]Promise me I won't outlive my nephew and my niece
[G#m]Promise me my pastor isn't lyin' as he preach
[G#m]Tell me that they'll listen if it's lessons that I teach
[G#m]Tell me there's a heaven in the sky where there is peace
[G#m]But until then, I keep my piece in arm's reach
(Yeah!)
[[Chorus]
[G#]Am I [B/F#]passin' in[E]to the [G#m/D#]light?
Am I [C#m]looking into [B/D#]mercy's [G#m]eyes? (Look into your eyes)
[G#m] All the [B/F#]world is [E]out of your [G#m/D#]hands
I [C#m]ascend and a[B/D#]nother dies[G#m]
[G#m] [B/F#]You got to [E]die a litt[G#m/D#]le
[C#m] If you [B/D#]wanna live[G#m]
[G#m] [B/F#]Change [E]come to [G#m/D#]pass
[C#m] You'd best be [B/D#]ready for it[G#m]
[G#]Something [B/F#]I've be[E]gun to [G#m/D#]fear
Is a[C#m]bout to [B/D#]change it [G#m]all
[G#]Yeah, yeah, [B/F#]yeah, it's a [E]shift in [G#m/D#]time
But I [C#m]won't get [B/D#]tired at [G#m]all
[Chorus]
[G#]Am I [B/F#]passin' in[E]to the [G#m/D#]light?
Am I [C#m]looking into [B/D#]mercy's [G#m]eyes? (Let me out)
[G#m] All the [B/F#]world is [E]out of your [G#m/D#]hands
(I [C#m]ascend and a[B/D#]nother dies[G#m])
[G#m] [B/F#]You got to [E]die a litt[G#m/D#]le
[C#m] (If you [B/D#]wanna live[G#m]) If you wanna live
[G#m] [B/F#]Change [E]come to [G#m/D#]pass
Oh, a change is comin'[C#m][B/D#]
You'd best be ready[G#m]
[A#m] Be ready for it (Uh huh)[B]
Ready for i[A#m]t
Be ready[G#]
Be Ready[F#] (Ohh)
[E]Ohh
[D#]Ohh
N.C.
(Let me out)
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N.C.
Mama Mavis, oh
N.C.
Mama, they tried my patience
[(G#m)]Obama is gone, who is left to save us?[G#m]
We mourn, I'm praying for my neighbors
They say the devil's at work and [(G#m)]Trump is calling favors
[G#m]You say I'm dangerous, I speak for the nameless
[G#m]I fly with the vultures, I be with them bangers
[G#m]If change don't come, then the change won't come
[G#m]If the bands make them dance, then the rain gon' come
[Chorus]
[G#]Am I [B/F#]passin' in[E]to the [G#m/D#]light?
Am I [C#m]looking into [B/D#]mercy's [G#m]eyes? (Look into your eyes)
[G#m] All the [B/F#]world is [E]out of your [G#m/D#]hands
I [C#m]ascend and a[B/D#]nother dies[G#m]
[G#m] [B/F#]You got to [E]die a litt[G#m/D#]le
[C#m] If you [B/D#]wanna live[G#m]
[G#m] [B/F#]Change [E]come to [G#m/D#]pass
[C#m] You'd best be [B/D#]ready for it[G#m]
[G#]Something [B/F#]I've be[E]gun to [G#m/D#]fear
Is a[C#m]bout to [B/D#]change it [G#m]all
[G#]Yeah, yeah, [B/F#]yeah, it's a [E]shift in [G#m/D#]time
But I [C#m]won't get [B/D#]tired at [G#m]all
[Verse]
[G#m]Look into my eyes, mama, tell me what you see
[G#m]Tell me there's a chance for me to make it off the streets
[G#m]Tell me that I won't die at the hands of the police
[G#m]Promise me I won't outlive my nephew and my niece
[G#m]Promise me my pastor isn't lyin' as he preach
[G#m]Tell me that they'll listen if it's lessons that I teach
[G#m]Tell me there's a heaven in the sky where there is peace
[G#m]But until then, I keep my piece in arm's reach
(Yeah!)
[[Chorus]
[G#]Am I [B/F#]passin' in[E]to the [G#m/D#]light?
Am I [C#m]looking into [B/D#]mercy's [G#m]eyes? (Look into your eyes)
[G#m] All the [B/F#]world is [E]out of your [G#m/D#]hands
I [C#m]ascend and a[B/D#]nother dies[G#m]
[G#m] [B/F#]You got to [E]die a litt[G#m/D#]le
[C#m] If you [B/D#]wanna live[G#m]
[G#m] [B/F#]Change [E]come to [G#m/D#]pass
[C#m] You'd best be [B/D#]ready for it[G#m]
[G#]Something [B/F#]I've be[E]gun to [G#m/D#]fear
Is a[C#m]bout to [B/D#]change it [G#m]all
[G#]Yeah, yeah, [B/F#]yeah, it's a [E]shift in [G#m/D#]time
But I [C#m]won't get [B/D#]tired at [G#m]all
[Chorus]
[G#]Am I [B/F#]passin' in[E]to the [G#m/D#]light?
Am I [C#m]looking into [B/D#]mercy's [G#m]eyes? (Let me out)
[G#m] All the [B/F#]world is [E]out of your [G#m/D#]hands
(I [C#m]ascend and a[B/D#]nother dies[G#m])
[G#m] [B/F#]You got to [E]die a litt[G#m/D#]le
[C#m] (If you [B/D#]wanna live[G#m]) If you wanna live
[G#m] [B/F#]Change [E]come to [G#m/D#]pass
Oh, a change is comin'[C#m][B/D#]
You'd best be ready[G#m]
[A#m] Be ready for it (Uh huh)[B]
Ready for i[A#m]t
Be ready[G#]
Be Ready[F#] (Ohh)
[E]Ohh
[D#]Ohh
N.C.
(Let me out)
