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The Story of O.J. Chords

Music by: Jay-Z
Tone D minor BPM 83 Views 20
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[Verse 1]
[Am]Skin[G] is,[Bm] skin,[Am][C]
[Am][D][Am][G][D][Am][G]
[D]is[Am][G][D][Am][G]
[D]
[Am]Skin black[G], my s[D]kin [Am]is black[G]
[D]My, [Em]blac[G]k,
[Em]my s[Am]kin is y[G]ellow[Am]

[Verse 2]
Light nigga, dark [Dm]nigga,
[D]faux nigga, [A]real nigga
[Am]Rich nigga, poor [D]nigga,
house nigga, [Em]field [Am]nigga
Still [E]nigga, [Am]still nigga
[G]I l[Dm]ike t[Am]hat second one[Bm]
[Am]Light nigga, dark [G]nigga,
faux nigga, real [D]nigga
[A]Rich [Am]nigga, poor [G]nigga,
house nigga, field [D]nigga
[Am]Still nigg[G]a, still[D] n[Am]igga[Em][G]
[D]O.J. like,[Am]

[Verse 3]
"I'm not [G]black,
[Am]I'm [G]O.J.[D]"[Am][G]
[Am]Okay
House nigga, don't [G]fuck with me
[D]I'm a f[Am]ield nigga wit[G]h shined
cutlery
[D]Gold-plated [Em]quarters [Am]quart[Em]ers
[Dm]where the butlers [Am]be
I'mma play the corners
where the hustlers be
I told him, "Please [D]don't die
over the neighbor[Am]hood
That your momma [Em]rentin'[D][Em][Am]
Take your drug money and
[Em]buy the neighborhood
[Am]That's how you rinse it"[Dm]
I bought [Am]every V12 engine
Wish I could take [Bm]it back to the beginnin'
[Am]I coulda bought a place in
[G]Dumbo before [D]it was [Am]Dumbo
For like [G]two million[Am][D]
[Am]That same building today[C] is wo[G]rth
twenty-five mil[D]lion
million
[Am]Guess how I'm feelin'?
[G]Dum[Am]bo
Light nigga, dark [G]nigga, faux

[Verse 4]
nigga, real [D]nigga
[Am]Rich nigga, poor [G]nigga,
house nigga, [D]field nig[Am]ga
Still [G]nigga, [D]sti[Am]ll nig[G]ga[D]
[Em][Dm][Em][Am]
Light nigga, dark [Dm]nigga,
[D]faux [Dm]nigga, [D]real [Am]nigga
Rich nigga, poor [D]nigga,
house [Em]nigga, [Am]field nigga
Still nig[Em]ga, s[Am]till[G] nigga[Dm]
You wanna [Am]know what's

[Verse 5]
more important [Em]than throwin'
away money at a strip [Am]club? [Em]Cred[Bm]it[Em]
[Am]You ever wonder why Jewi[G]sh people own all the proper
[Em]ty in [A]Amer[Am]ica? [G]This how they did it[D][Dm]
[Am]Financial [G]freedom my only hope[D][Am]
Fuck [G]livin' rich and dyin' [D]broke[Am]
I bought [G]some artwork for one million
[Am]Two year[G]s later, that
shit worth [D]two million
[Am]Few years late[G]r, that
shit worth [Am]eight million
I [G]can't wait to give
this shit to my children
[Em]Y'al[Am]l think it'[Dm]s bougie,
I'm like, it's fine
[Am]But I'm tryin' to give you a million dol
[G]lars worth [Am]of game for nine ninety-nine
I I turned [Em]that two to a four,
[D]four to an eight
[Am]I turned my life [Em]into a nice [D]first week release [Am]date,
mm
Y'all out here still takin' advances, huh?
Me and my niggas tak[Bm]in' real [Dm]chances,
uh
Y'all on the 'gram [Am]holdin'
money to your ear
There's a disconnect,
we don't [Bm]call that money over here, [Am]yeah

[Verse 6]
Light nigga, dark [G]nigga,
faux nigga, real [D]nig[A]ga
Rich nigga, poor [G]nigga,
house nigga, field [D]nigga
[Am]Still nigg[G]a,
[D]sti[Am]ll nigga[G][D][Am]
[G][D][Am][G][D]
[Am]Light nigga, dark [G]nigga,
faux nigga, real [D]nigga
[Am]Rich nigga, [D]poor [G]nigga,
house nig[D]ga, field nigga
[Em]Still nigg[Am]a, still[Em] nigga[G][Am][Em]

[Outro 1]
[D][Am]
[Em][Am][Em]
[Am][Em][Dm][Am]
[Em][Am][Em][Bm]
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