December 4th Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
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[Em]Shawn Carter
was [D]born December [C]4th
[G]Weighing in at 10 [C]pounds 8 ounces
[D]He was the last of [G]my four children
The only [Bm]one who did[Em]n't give me
any pain [D]when I gave birth to him
[C]And that's how I knew tha[G]t he was a
[Bm]special child

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
They say [Am]"they never really miss
you til you dead or you gone"
So on [D]that note I'm leaving
after this song
So you ain't gotta [Am]feel no
way about Jay, so long
At [D]least let me tell you why I'm this way,
hold on
I was [Am]con ceived by Gloria Carter
and Adaness Revees
Who made [D]love under
the Sycamore tree
Which makes me
[Am]A more sicker emcee than
my momma would claim
At ten [D]pounds when I was born
I didn't give her no pain
[Am]Although through the years I gave
her her fair share
I gave her her [D]first real scare
I made it from birth and I got here
She knows [Am]my purpose wasn't purpose
I ain't perfect I care
But I [D]feel worthless cause my shirts
wasn't matching my gear
Now [Am]I'm just scratching the surface
cause what's buried under there
Was [D]a kid torn apart once
his pop disappeared
I went to school got good grades could
behave when I wanted
But I had demons deep inside that
would raise when confron[Am]ted
Hold [G]on
Shawn was a very shy [Bm]child grow

[Verse 3]
[Em]
ing up
He was [D]into sports
And [C]a funny story [G]is
At [C]four he taught his self [D]how to ride a bike
[G]A two wheeler at that
[Bm]Isn't that[Em] special?
[D]But[C], I noticed a change in [G]him whe[Bm]n
[Am]me a[D]nd my husband broke up

[Verse 4]
Now all the [Am]teachers couldn't reach me
And my momma couldn't beat me
Hard [D]enough to match the pain
of my pop not seeing me, so
[Am]With that disdain in my membrane
Got on [D]my pimp game
Fuck the world my defense came
[Am]Then Dahaven introduced
me to the game
Span[D]ish Jose introduced
me to cane
I'm a hustler now
[Am]My gear is in and I'm in the in crowd
And all [D]the wavy light skinned
girls is loving me now
My self [Am]esteem went through
the roof man I got my swag
Got [D]a vocal from this girl when
her man got bagged
Plus I [Am]hit my momma with cash
from a show that I had
Sup[D]posedly knowing nobody
paid Jaz wack ass
I'm [Am]getting ahead of myself,
by the way, I could rap
That [D]came second to
me moving this crack
Gimme a second I swear
I will say about my rap career
Til '96 came niggas I'm here
Good-bye

[Verse 5]
Shawn [G]Shawn use to be in the kitchen
Beat[Bm]ing on [Em]the table and [D]rapping
And [C]um, until the wee
hours [G]of the morning
[C]And then I bought him a b[D]oom box
[G]And his sisters and brothers said
[Bm]that he would [Em]drive them [D]nuts
But [C]that was my way [G]to keep him
close [Am]to me and out of trouble
[D]Good-bye to to the

[Verse 6]
[Am]game all the spoils,
the adrenaline rush
Your blood [D]boils you in a spot
knowing cops could rush
And you [Am]in a drop your so easy to touch
No two days are alike
[D]Except the first and fifteenth
pretty much
[Am]And "trust" is a word
you seldom hear from us
Hust[D]lers we don't sleep we rest
one eye up
And a drought [Am]can define a man,
when the well dries up
You learn [D]to work the water without working,
of thirst you'll die yup
[Am]And niggas get tied up for product
And little brothers ring [D]fin
gers get cut up
To show mothers they really got 'em
[Am]And this was the stress I
live with til I decided
To try [D]this rap shit for a living
I pray I'm forgiven
[Am]For every bad decision I made
Every sister I played
[D]Cause I'm still paranoid to this day
And it's nobody fault I made the
decisions I made
This is the life I chose or rather
the life that chose me

[Verse 7]
If you [G]can't respect that your whole
perspective is [Bm]wack
Maybe [Em]you'll love me when
I fade to [D]black

[Verse 8]
If you [C]can't respect that your whole
perspective is [G]wack
Maybe [Am]you'll love me when
I [C]fade [D]to black

[Verse 9]
If you [G]can't respect that your whole
perspective is [Bm]wack
Maybe [Em]you'll love me when
I [Am]fade to [D]black

[Verse 10]
If you [C]can't respect that your whole
[Bm]per spective is wack
Maybe [Am]you'll love me when I fade to [D]black

[Outro 1]
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