Music For Life Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]***NEXT
MESSAGE***
Yo, I don't know where to [Em]start,
Uh check it out, [D]music [Am]is - my total
existence dawg straight up,
Everything in [Em]my life
revolves around music,
[Am]It's like. you can't get a
relationship 'cuz...
I'm still [Em]with. my first love [Am]which is music,
You know what I'm sayin'? fo 'real,
The reason I'm here [Em]is. is J.Dilla just like [F]that [Em]peac[Am]e,
[Em]***END OF MESSAGE***
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[D]Yea, yea
[Em]It started with [Am]rhythms I heard listenin' to the wall,
The bouncin' [Em]of basketballs on playgrounds a[Bm]n' all,
The empty bottles [Am]that's hollow,
wind blowin' inside 'em,
The flow and the [Em]rhymin' got my
alignment to a Science,
Mixin' with my moms in the kitchen
them spoons [Am]rattlin',
Pots and pans [Em]faucet water pourin'
tunes managin',
To come from all the [F]fussin'
and ramblin'
What I [Am]noticed was [Em]- pure music
untampered with,
By things [D]show biz [Am]does; older
thugs showed us stuff,
Like how to hold a plug,
juice from the [Em]street light,
It almost could [Bm]have blowed us up,
Crates of [Am]records; great sessions
had the whole hood jammin',
Large speakers fresh [Em]made; smell
the [Am]wood sandin',
Father did his blues smooth
legendary jazz man,
Saw his wife [Em]secondary to
his true passion,
Started with [F]my crew rappin' new
jacks [Am]in '[Em]82,
Never looked back now [D]look what
it changed me to. [Am]music.
We gotta believe [Em]the future,
We gotta be[Bm]lieve the pas[Em]t,
[Am]
We gotta believe in more,
[Em]Didn't know that we ha[Am]aave,
We gotta believe each other,
[Em]We gotta open up our minds,
[F]Cause music is [Am]for liiif[Em]e.
[D]for life
***NEXT MESSAGE***
Uh, [Bm]what's the dif[Em]ference
between [Am]me and you?
It's I'ma real kind [Em]show this
rap shit [Bm]I'd really do it,
My whole [Am]life man is really music,
Through my base line I'm livin'
through [Em]it,
Another expression [Am]of life
I couldn't live without,
[D]I like my music pur[Am]e - not
[Em]watered down,
Damn! it felt good to [F]fulfill the dreams
of gettin' [Am]out the hood,
[Em]Kept me busy gave ma a chance
[D]to stop sellin' drugs,
[Bm]Spinnin' [Am]time in the basement
kept me from actin' up,
Zonin' [Em]out; wishing Dre
[Bm]could check it out,
[Am]I'm here now I can't believe
it; proof in the Puddin',
[Em]Everything happened for a reason,
[Am]Through this music I'm
able to feed the family,
When I'm stressed [Em]out
it's [Am]my sanity,
[Em]It's a life style all [F]in the streets
and in [Am]Hollywood,
[Em]Music in [D]my DNA - it's
my livelihood. [Am]music.
We gotta believe [Em]the children,
We gotta believe [Am]in hope,
We gotta believe in more,
[Em]Didn't know that we'd know[Am],
See we gotta believe each other,
[Em]We gotta open up our minds,
[F]Cause music is [Am]for liiif[Em]e. for life
[D]***NEXT MESSAGE***
Keep the music [Em]alive,
The good and [Am]the strong survive,
I closed my eyes and imagined
I was Jack[Bm]son Five,
[Am]Randy and Michael goin'
through life cycle,
Music alive leader - let life go
So vital to a youngster comin' up
amongst street hustlers
The big be the toucher's since
such a special place
Giv[Em]in' the ghetto [F]a taste of what
freedom is [Am]like,
[Em]I reached a point in my life where I
[D]was needin' the mic',
No second [Am]guessin' self- expression an' lessons learned,
Agression became sessions
where session[Em]s burned,
Put [Bm]my soul [Am]in to it,
now my feet is firm,
And the game - where name
is hard to earn,
And hot cat's careers [Em]get scarred
[Am]and burned through the years,
mine took a godly [Em]turn,
this is the story of [F]my life here
trapped in a [Am]verse,
No matter [Em]money or the movies
- music is [D]first, [Am]yea.
We gotta believe [Em]the future,
We gotta believe the pas[Am]t,
We gotta believe in more,
[Em]didn't know that we had [Am]it,
We gotta believe each other,
[Em]We gotta open up our minds,
[F]cause music is [Am]for
[Em]liiife. [D]for li- [Am]i- ife,
So we gotta believe the children,
We [Em]gotta [Bm]believe in hope,
[Am]We gotta believe in more t[Em]han all we knoow,
[Am]
So we [Em]gotta be[Am]lieve each other,
We gotta [Em]open up our minds,
[F]Cause music is[Am][Em][D][Am]
for liiiife.

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