Contradiction chords and lyrics - MACKLEMORE

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[Intro 1]
[D]
[Bm]
[G][D][Bm]
[G][D]
The other [Bm]day, me 'n'

[Verse 1]
[G]
XP opened for Souls Mischief
[D]I'm like "Yo, let's get on some angry
[Bm]MC showmanship and hit 'em"
[G]Even a couple dissin' women callin' 'em "groupies",
"hoes" an[D]d "bitches"
Got off stage,
and I'm like "Yo, I know that we killed it"
Ran into a familiar face, a [G]female
who comes in and supports [D]us
I said "Peace!"
She said "Wait! Let me
talk to you for a minute"
"I know it's [Bm]none of my business,
but I [G]wasn't impressed by [D]your performance"
I said "Word? Shit,
[Bm]I love [G]feedback and criticism"
She said "I [D]miss the passionate spirit,
your political vision"
"Quite honestly I wasn't [Bm]offended by those
references to [G]women"
"But you're only continuing
[D]society's conditioning"
[Bm]It hit the heart of [G]me
I told her [D]that this was part of me
I stand up for human rights,
and treat [Bm]others how I [D]would wanna be treated
But [G]every [D]song can't be
seepin' with freedom
'Cause the other side of me is sexist [G]then[D]
people will feel that I'm preachin'
"Everything's peace and love?"
[G]Uhh, that's [D]somewhat misleading
Because this [Bm]world is fucked up and
I'm a pro[G]duct to what I'm seeing
[D]Not to justify, but just [G]to touch on my being
I [D]learn from theses and my [G]purpose
[D]gets surfaced with demons
I am [G]sexist, I'm prejudice,
I [D]put that in my mu[Bm]sic
She said she heard that perspective,
[G]but[D] before she turned around she said
"We have a [Bm]flame, your fire's ignited
with sound"
"Are you [G]building [D]the empire up, or using
your fire to burn it down?"
[Bm]Consumption, contradiction I'm conflicted

[Verse 2]
[G]
[D]with being a hypocrite
And through these songs
you can witness [Bm]it
The differences, I admit this shit,
[G]because I'm [D]just like you
Walking a fine line between saying
[Bm]and living it

[Verse 3]
[G]Consum[D]ption, contradiction
I'm conflicted with being a [Bm]hypocrite
And [D]through these songs you
[G]can [D]witness it
The differences, [Bm]I adm[G]it this [D]shit,
because I'm [Bm]just [G]like you
[D]Walking a fine line between
saying and living it
Light it up [Bm]to burn it down, light

[Verse 4]
[G]
it up to burn it down
Light it [D]up to burn it down, down,
down
Light it up to burn [F#]it down, light
[G]it up to bur[D]n it down
Light it up to [G]burn it... [D]down, down,
down, down, [G]down, down, down
[D]Now one

[Verse 5]
[Bm]thing [D]that
I've al[G]ways [D]struggled on
Is [G]how to [D]incorporate drugs and alcohol into
my music [G]outside [D]of sober songs.
'Cause [G]on [D]that perspective[Bm],
that's all over my records
But [G]the other side isn't represented
[D]unless it sessions with XP
How can I admit that I love
to smoke weed
Knowing the [Bm]kids are listening
and many [G]of 'em look up to me?
[D]Not to say that I'm a role model, but

[Verse 6]
[D]
I know that words [Bm]are power
And if I condone bottles [G]and chronic,
I am sending out [D]the
Message "It's okay",
yeah I believe that it is
Chronic can be [Bm]medicine but it's all
about your relationship with [G]it
See, I'm either off [D]in the wagon riding
[Bm]and everyday with the spliff
Constantly looking for a bal[G]ance
but habit turns to [D]addiction
And Hip- Hop music and weed?
They're inseparable
So [F#]MCs that don't smoke or drink, talking

[Verse 7]
[G]
about it [D]to me seems questionable
It proves how much people
just want to be accepted
[Bm]And not [D]seem straight- edge [G]to their audience,
[D]so keeping it real is neglected
[G]'Cause when I'm smoking, I wouldn't wanna
[D]bump a song like this
Put on some Dev and break out
the Swishers, and a bong and some licks
[Bm]See that's a par[D]t of m[G]e too
And I know [D]that I would make more
money if I wasn't as true
[G]To all the [D]stuggles of the blunted
consumption I'm going through
Make music for the party, and
the people support you
I burn Brother Ali and buy 50, what
does that say to you?
Bring it back around, am I building the empire
up or using my fire to burn it down?

[Verse 8]
Consumption, contradiction [D]I'm
conflicted with being a hypocrite
And through these songs you can witness it
The differences, I admit this shit, because
I'm just like you
Walking a fine line between saying
and living it

[Verse 9]
Consumption, contradiction I'm [D]conflicted
with being a hypocrite
And through these songs you can witness it
The differences, I admit this shit, because
I'm just like you
Walking a fine line between saying it
And living it
Light it up to burn it down, light it up to burn it down
Light it up to burn it down,
down, down

[Verse 10]
Light it up to burn it down,
[D]
light it up to burn it down
Light it up to burn it... down, down, down, down, down, down, down