2020 Riots: How Many Times Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[F]Hmm[C][Am]
I just gotta get some things off
[F]my chest
Tough times, I hope y'all holdin' up
[C]We gon' be aight 'cause
we always [F]is
But I'm feelin' like this
[C]How many mothers have

[Verse 2]
[Am]to cry?
How many brothers gotta [F]die?
How many more times?
[C]How many more tim[F]es?
[C]How many more mar[Am]ches?
How many more [F]signs?
How many more lives?
[C]How many more tim[F]es?[C]
Take a [Am]look around, can you

[Verse 3]
[Am]
see it now?
Don't be col[F]orblind,
'cause when they're killin' mine
They'll try to jus[C]tify it
[F]Oh, each and every tim[C]e
Playin' in a [Am]park, takin' your jog
Sittin' on the couch,
[F]in your own house
Never seem to matter [C]what we [F]do
You think we don't matter[C], but we do
You got a problem,
'cause the city on [Am]fire
But you quiet when niggas [F]die
Let the soul up out that body
[C]that we buried
You with [F]God now you no
[C]longer have to worry
It's so hard to sing
these word[Am]s out loud
All these beautiful, [F]precious black lives
Lost in the name of sense
[C]less white pride
Tears [F]fallin' from my [C]eyes

[Verse 4]
How many mothers have [C]to cry?[Am]
How many brothers gotta [F]die?
How many more times?
[C]How many more tim[F]es?
[C]How many more mar[Am]ches?
How many more [F]signs?
How many more lives?
[C]How many more tim[F]es?[C]

[Verse 5]
Tell [C]me how can [Am]you be quiet?
You know the language of
[F]the unheard, is a riot
All we ever see from you
[C]is violence [F](true)
You know you ain't no better if you [C]silent
You talking 'bout the city on fire
[Am](oh, oh)
Where your rage when [F]my people die?
We ain't slaves,
let my people [C]fly (oh, yeah)
Now [F]it's time, watch my people rise
[C]How many mothers have

[Verse 6]
[C]to cry?
[Am](Ooh, how?)
How many brothers gotta die?
[F](Ooh, how?)
How many more times?
[C](Ooh, how?)
How many more [F]times?
[C](How many times?)
How many more marches?
[Am](Ooh, how?)
How many more [F]signs?
(Ooh, how?)
How many more lives? (Ooh, how?)
[C]How many more [F]times?
[C](How many times?)

[Verse 7]
How many mothers have [C]to cry?
(Tell me? Ooh, how?)
How many brothers gotta die? (Tell me? Ooh,
how?)
How many more [C]times? (Oh no,
ooh, how?)
How many more [C]times?
(How many times?)
How many more marches? (All across the world,
ooh, how?)
How many more signs? (Whoa,
[F]oh, o[C]h, ooh, how?)
How many more lives? (Shame I gotta ask,
ooh, how?)
How many more times?
(How many times?)
I'll leave you with [C]that (yes, yeah)