Dope Man Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em](Feat. Serena Altschul)
{*[D]Sound of

[Verse 2]
[Am]a camera taking a
picture*}

[Verse 3]
[Jay] Millenium [Bm]flow
[MTV] Serena Altschul's here live [Em]outside
the criminal [D]courthouse
[Jay] This is {bullshit} y'all
[MTV] in New York City for [Am]the first
day in the [Bm]trial of
[Jay] I'm gone {*car speeds
off*}
[MTV] the State vs. Shawn [Em]Carter,
a.k.a. Jay- Z
[Jay] Uhh, uh- huh- uh, uhh, uh- huh-
uh, uhh
[MTV] Whatever the verdict
in this trial may be
The effects will undoubtedly

[Verse 4]
be felt worldwide
[Em][Jay- Z]
Aiyyo, stand forward,
[D]'fore you take notice
Or wit[Am]ness to me killin [Bm]the track
Testify 'til me spillin the smack
Now they got me [Em]for traffickin, racketeerin, audio
[Bm]crack
{Hook:} They [Em]call me Dope Man,
Dope [D]Man
I try to tell em I'm [Am]where hope,
floats man
[Bm]Ghetto spokes- man
A broke man,
approachin the bench with intent
[Em]To bury me u[Bm]nder the cell,
fingered me as the [Em]toast man
Evid[D]ence stemmin from ninety- six
[Am]They say the world ain't re
[Bm]covered from his fix
While they was usin cut I was
on some oth[Em]er shit
Gave it to you raw and they [Bm]just
discovered [Em]it
Nowaday, [D]the jury got they brow raised
[Am]Listenin to testimony
[Bm]about my foul ways
Exhib[Em]it A: "Reasonable Doubt"
They say this was the first thing that turned
the [Bm]peoples out
[MTV] You can [Em]feel the

[Verse 5]
tension building here
[D]As an unprecedented number
of people [Am]have turned out
For what [Bm]may be the "Trial o[Em]f the
Cen[Bm]tury"[Em][Bm][Em]
{Hook}
[Jay- Z] How come, [D]you label

[Verse 6]
your
brand of [Am]dope
"Volume [Bm]1" and spread it
through the slums?
[Em]Fed it to the young with
total [Bm]disreg[Em] ard
[Bm]Your honor, the State seek[Em]s the
max[Bm]im um[Em] cha[Bm]rge[Em]
And how could [D]you, turn right around
And re[Am]lease a lethal dosage
[Bm]called "Volume 2"
And is true you operate
[Em]the criminal enterprise
Known as Roc- a- Fella in charge
of [Bm]his meteoric rise?
[Em]And do you deny you're respons
[D]ible for the demise
[Am]Of record execs, [Bm]and do you object?
Your distribution's Polygram, and
through your connects
[Em]Def Jam, y[Bm]ou pushed over five
[Em]million SoundScan
And not to mention,
[D]your co- horts and henchmen
Dame, [Am]Biggs,
[Bm]Lyor, Kev' and Russell Simmons
And we ain't gon' [Em]talk
about Murder, Inc.
That just establishes a darker
[Bm]deeper criminal link
[MTV] The State [Em]is seeking

[Verse 7]
the maximum penalty
[D]And with the overwhelming
amount of evidence
[Am]The D.A.'s presented,
[Bm]things aren't looking [Em]good[Bm]
{Hook}
[Em][MTV] Despite the grim
outlook at this [D]point
The rapper has been known
to [Am]emerge triumphant
In the [Bm]face of [Em]adversity
{Hook}
[MTV] Jay- [Bm]Z is
taking the stand
[Jay- Z] [Em]Right hand

[Verse 8]
on the Bible,
[D]left hand in the air
Before [Am]I spoke one wor[F]d,
[Am]made sure [Bm]my throat was clear
A- hem, I'm a prisoner of circum[Em]stance
[Bm]Frai[Em]l nigga,
[Bm]I couldn't [Em]much [Bm]work with my hands
But my [Em]mind was strong,
I grew where you [D]hold your blacks up
[Am]Trap us, expect us not
[Bm]to pick gats up
Where you drop your cracks
off by the Mack trucks
[Em]Destroy our dreams of law
[Bm]yers and [Em]actors
Keep us [D]spiralin, goin backwards
[Am]At age nine, saw my fi[Bm]rst hate crime
Blind[Em]folded,
expected to walk [Bm]a straight line
[Em]Mind [Bm]molded, taught [Em]to love
you and hate [Bm]mine
[Em]Climbed over it, at a early [D]age, Jay shined
Fuck the [Am]system at Lady
[Bm]Justice I blaze nine
Your Honor, [Em]I no lon[Bm]ger ki[Em]ll my people,
I raise mine
The soul [Bm]of Mumia in this
modern day time
[Em][MTV] While the

[Verse 9]
jury is
inside [D]deliberating
Outside [Am]the crowd is [D]frozen [Am]with
[Bm]anticipation[Em][Bm]
[Em]{Hook}
[MTV] Well the verdict has just
[D]been announced: NOT GUILTY!
It [Am]is complete pan[Bm]demonium out here!
{Hook; Serena keeps speaking}
People are cheer[Em]ing and
hugging [Bm]- there [Em]he is
Jay- Z is exiting the
courtroom [Bm]right now
There [Em]is a swarm of cameras surrounding
him {*pop bulbs flashing*}
And [D]people are just rushing up to him
Let's [Am]try and make our way over [Bm]there,
Jay- Z! Jay- Z!
{*sounds of cam[Em]eras keep flashing*, *music fades*}

[Outro 1]
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