Palmdale Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Am][G][G]
[Am][Am][G][G]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Just like bums we used to stay
In the slums of la by the way
[G]Gang bangers killin' each other for rep
Sellin' rock cocaine on my doorstep
Had a [Am]ball to bounce plus a bike to ride
But my mamma never
would let me play outside
But [G]when I got enrolled in elementary school
Started bangin' like a fucking fool
So cool throwin' [Am]up gang signs
to the gangster beat
Shot an enemy from across the street
[G]Mamma came home, said she got a good job
Daddy did too, now they don't squab
Fi[Am]nancially, we improvin'
Two months later, son, we movin'
[G]No more duckin' from shotgun shells
Bought a two-story house in east palmdale

[Chorus 1]
Give it
[Am](to me now) Palmdale
(Hell yeah) Come back [G]to me
(I need you and I love you, [Am]baby)
Palmdale, come back [G]to me

[Verse 2]
(Check it out, check it out, check it out)
[Am]No more rats and no more roaches
Livin' next door to football coaches
[G]Now I got a new place to sell me crack
Now I got little white kids to jack
I [Am]stopped wearin' blue, wasn't trippin' on red
Too busy squabbin' with the skinheads
[G]Stupid questions, distract the class
Rubbin' little white girls on the ass
[Am]I didn't really care if I passed or failed
I knew I was headed for the NFL
Until the [G]playoff game, shoulder got hurt
I thought about my future, layin' in the dirt
[Am]I can't jump, I can't flinch
Superstar player, ridin' the bench
Gradu[G]ate from school don't make me laugh

[Chorus 2]
I got an F plus in basic math, give it
[Am](to me now) Palmdale
(Hell yeah) Come back [G]to me
(I gotta do one song for my neighborhood)
[Am]Palmdale, come back to m[G]e
(Check it out)

[Verse 3]
I [Am]knew I couldn't make it
in the white man's world
So I bought me some khakis and a geri curl
I [G]knew I couldn't make it to the NFL
I went to east palmdale
and started slingin' yeyo
Fo' [Am]sho' I was makin' crazy dough
Shoulda dropped outta school a long time ago
[G]Bought a cell phone, like a nut
Now I deliver like pizza hut
[Am]I drunk whiskey and Bacardi,
I sold dope to anybody
[G]Me and my homies sold dubs and dimes
Took turns bustin' rhymes
just to pass the time
A [Am]white man drove up to my spot
He said, "Hey, homeboy, what you got?"
I [G]put a fat rock inside his hand
And about 25 sheriffs jumped

[Chorus 3]
out the van get down
[Am](punk) Palmdale
(Hell, yeah) Come back [G]to me
(I need you and I love you, [Am]baby)
Palmdale, come back [G]to me

[Verse 4]
(Check it out, check it out, check it out)
[Am]Can't get drunk, can't get blunted
LA county, 95 hundred
[G]Crips wanna take my all-stars
Bloods wanna eat my snicker bars
Them [Am]pecker woods don't want none
But the Mexicans straight own one
Them [G]essays, catorces,
treces always try to test me
So I [Am]jumped off the bed
'cause I ain't no punk
Jammed his head up against the bunk
[G]Socked that cholo in his chin
Black muthafucking scared to jump in
[Am]Sheriff broke it up when we hit the floor
I kept talkin' shit 'cause I want some more
[G]Back in town, we get along with the brown
Now I'm in jail, they tryin' to beat me down
[Am]Jail is hell, but I'll adapt,
won't hesitate to get in a scrap
'Cause I'm [G]down for mine,
and that's for certain
Sittin' in the hole with my knuckles hurtin'

[Chorus 4]
[Am]Palmdale, Palmdale (Hell, yeah)
Come back [G]to me
(I need you and I love you, [Am]baby)
Palmdale, come back [G]to me

[Verse 5]
(Yeah check it out, homeboy)
[Am]Now I got a fucking up life,
two bad kids and a naggin' wife
[G]Dead end job at the airport
check too short to pay the house note
Turn [Am]on the TV, then I see different homeboys
that went to school with me
[G]Playin' in the NFL
we used to kick back in east palmdale
[Am]Rodney Williams, Lorenz tate
Zeno plays for Colorado state
I [G]wish my homeboys much success
But at the same time, I still get depressed
[Am]Walkin' through the wind with a cup full of gin
Thinkin' 'bout things that coulda,
woulda, shoulda [G]been
I wipe my tears, sip my beers,
wish good luck to my peers

[Chorus 5]
Palm[Am]dale, Palmdale
Come back [G]to me
(I need you and I love you, [Am]baby)
Palmdale, Palmdale
Come back [G]to me
('Cause that's where my heartache
be[Am]gan, heartache be[G]gan)

[Chorus 6]
[Am]Palmdale, Palmdale
Come back [G]to me
(I need you and I love you, [Am]baby)
Palmdale (Oh yeah)
Come back [G]to me
('Cause that's where my heartache
be[Am]gan, heartache be[G]gan)

[Chorus 7]
[Am]Palmdale (Yeah)
Come back [G]to me
(Hey, all the homeboys on the football team,
where y'all at man, yeah)
[Am](Hey, wherever you at in the world,
I don't care if you in Japan, Africa)
[G](Hey you know how we used to do it,
man hey, hey, hey)

[Bridge 1]
Yo, let me get a [Am]palm (Palm)
Yo, let me get a dale (Dale)
Yo, what do we [G]sell? (Yeyo)
Yo, where we fittin' to go?
(We fittin' to go back)
Yo, let me get a [Am]palm (Palm)
Yo, let me get a dale (Dale)
Yo, what do we [G]sell? (Yeyo)
Yo, where we fittin' to go?
(We fittin' to go back)
Yo, let me get a [Am]palm (Palm)
Yo, let me get a dale (Dale)
Yo, what do we [G]sell? (Yeyo)
Yo, where we fittin' to go?
(We fittin' to go back)
Yo, let me get a [Am]palm (Palm)
Yo, let me get a dale (Dale)
Yo, what do we [G]sell? (Yeyo)
Yo, where we fittin' to go?

[Outro 1]
(We fittin' to go back to jail)
[Am]Dale, yeah palm[G]dale (Hey, come on)
(Everybody just clap your hands)
[Am]Dale, you're palm[G]dale (C'mon, c'mon, c'mon)
[Am]Dale, you're palm[G]dale (What, what, what)
(Yo fuck AV come on y'all)
[Am]Dale (Where them falcons at?)
You're palm[G]dale
(It ain't over 'til the fat man sings)
[Am]Dale
(Little rock can't get none, what, what, what)
You're palm[G]dale
[Am]Dale, you're palm[G]dale
(Little rock can't get none)
[Fade out]