The Cold Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Kot[Am]a (Statik Selektah)
[Em]Uh, [G]yeah

[Verse 2]
[Am]Santa Monica,
livin' and losing followers
Gim[Em]micks doin' a lot for the dollars,
I don't acknowledge 'em
[Am]Al coholics Anonymous,
livin' like hippopotamus
[Bm]Fuckin' 'round with the Oculus,
digital me is wildin', I'm [Am]free
God watchin',
I'm gettin' hit by the breeze
I [Em]tend to stumble and slip but
never fought on my knees
I'm [Am]liv ing my life in tandem
with all the shit I believe
[Em]Movin' in unison with my spirit,
toward the dream
[Am]Take it to the block,
always focused on the scheme
[Em]BNEs, greener weed, all the possibilities
All the [Am]soldiers on the Ave fallen,
somethin' like the leaves
In [Bm]between, we crack a laugh,
then remember how it be
Branch[Am]in' off,
because really they don't got nothin' for me
Hear [Em]a lot of people talk,
but ain't sayin' what they mean
I [Am]just focus on they walk,
notice if they hit the lean
If [Em]I'm missin' what they sayin',

[Verse 3]
'cause they brushing when they speak, yeah
[Am]Water in my soul, pressure on [Em]my back
Pushing through my lows
I go [Am]fifty on my road,
no one on my [Bm]back
Reapin' what I sow
They [Am]wonder where I go when I
get in my [Em]bag
But they can never know
[Am]Fires in the cold,
flying to the goal (uh, yeah, yeah)
[Em]Separate the diamonds from the cold,

[Verse 4]
the cold
[Am]Never actin', no stuntin',
I really want the action
[Em]Still authentic,
I plan to get it and get to prac[Am]tice
If I said it, I meant it, print it,
copy and fax [Bm]it
Lotta people just focus on how
empty they glass [Am]is
Income comin' aggressive,
ironically it's pass[Em]ive
I play my new shit but they are still
dissectin' my last [Am]shit
I'm a force, I be solo- dolo inside a habit
[Em]Shawty tryna love me, she's saddened
'cause living made me cal[Am]lous
Came out the dungeon and then
we took the palace
[Em]I'm at the function for minutes,
feel like I'm movin' backward[Am]s
I'm on my legacy,
put my children ahead of me
[Bm]Guardin' my woman from all of the garbage
that turned me savage
I'm fo[Am]cusin' past the physical,
hear it and take it literal
[Em]Every syllable, audible,
hear it and see the visual
[Am]Wrote it like, yeah,
I thought it, you spittin' somethin' despicable
[Em]Flowin' shit is nautical,

[Verse 5]
savin' little for interviews
[Em]Water in [Bm]my soul,
[Am]pressure on my b[Em]ack
Pushing through my lows
I go [Am]fifty on my road,
no one on my [Bm]back
Reapin' what I sow
They [Am]wonder where I go when I
get in my [Em]bag
But they can never know
[Am]Fires in the cold,
flying to the goal [Em](yeah)
Separate the diamonds from the cold,

[Verse 6]
the cold (yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Am]New year, new issues,
don't ever let 'em get you
[Em]Trust enough and look at my woman,
I'm wondering who sent you
[Am]Got the bag and fumbled it
and woke up in a sweat pool
[Bm]Niggas couldn't kill me if they killed
me like I'm [Am]Deadpool
Made this shit for youngins
mixin' vodka with the Red Bull
[Em]I write the future,
if you was wonderin' what my pen do
[Am]Thought I'd be a loser, misguided,
hungry, disheveled
[Em]I'm running shit so crazy,
don't need the trophies and medals
[Am]I'm brushin' off the dust
and layin' verse before it settle
Got 'em [Em]mimickin' my moves,
now they call me Geppetto
I [Am]was sittin' in my room,
sippin' Sour Amarettos
[Bm]Dropping classic after classic,
stacking bangers like they [Am]LEGOs
Childish, higher learning,
I ain't go to college
[Em]Couldn't read me 'cause they couldn't
see me through my eyelids
[Am]I be that example how
the pressure make a diamond
And [Em]de pression make a legend,
live progressive on my island, yeah
Water in my soul, [Am]the pressure on

[Verse 7]
[Em]
my back
Pushing through my lows
I go [Am]fifty on my road,
no one on my [Bm]back
Reapin' what I sow
They [Am]wonder where I go
(go) when I get in my [Em]bag
But they can never know
[Am]Fires in the cold, flying to the goal
[Em]Separate the diamonds
from the cold, the cold