These Are Our Heroes Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Thi[A]s a[F#m]in't f[A]or every[B]body[Em]
[G]Y'a[Em]ll who y'a[G]ll are
[F#m]Yeah y[G]ou, y[A]ou know who you a[B]re
These are our [Em]heroes, ha [G]ha

[Verse 2]
Let's hear it, [G]one for the [Em]coons[A]
[B]on [Em]UPN 9 and [G]WB
Who 'Yes Massa' on TV
What ever happened to [A]Wheezy?
[B]The Red[Em]d Fox[B]x's[Em]?
Never got Emmy's but were [G]real to me
Let's hear it, [F#m]two fo[Em]r the spook
[A]s w[B]ho do c[Em]artw[B]heels[Em]
Cause they [G]said they [Em]played
[G]they parts well
[F#m]Now they claim caviar[A],
[B]hate that oxtail
[Em]Lambda Sigma [G]Phi badge on lapel
Whitey always [A]tell him, "Ooh,
he [B]speak so well"
Are [Em]you the one we l[G]ook to,
the [C]de [G]cent [F#m]Negro?
[A]The acceptable [B]Negro? Hell nah
But [Em]they say "These are our [G]heroes"

[Verse 3]
Uh, Massa [F#m]used to breed us to
[A]be big[B]ger to go play
[Em]Ath letes [G]of today in the
NBA, make [A]me proud
But there's [B]somethin' they don't say
Keep [Em]gettin' accused for ab
[G]usin' white pussy
[F#m]From O[A]J to Kobe,
uh [B]let's call him Tobe
[Em]First [G]he played his life
cool [C]just [G]like Michael
Now he rock [A]ice too [B]just like I do
[Em]Yo, you can't do bette[G]r than that?
The [F#m]hotel [A]clerk who adjusts
the [B]bathroom mat?
Now you [Em]lose [G]spo[Em]nsor[G]ships that
you thought [Em]had [G]your back
[F#m]Yeah, you [A]beat [F#m]the ra[A]p[B]
jiggaboo, fake nigga [Em]you
You turn around then you
shit on [G]Shaq
[F#m]Who woulda knew, [A]Mr Goodie- [B]Two- Shoes
He love a [Em]little [G]butt crack,
got [C]enough [G]cash
Little kids [A]with they [G]bus
[A]pass who [B]look up to you
To do [Em]something for the youth,
[G]stupid spoof
[Em]But you [G]let them u[Em]se
[A]you as an ex[B]ample
They would [Em]rep,
[G]but our heroes got they hands full

[Verse 4]
Let's hear it, [F#m]one fo[G]r the co[A]ons
[B]on [Em]UPN 9 and WB
Who [G]'Yes Massa' on TV
What ever happened to [Em]Wheezy?
[G]The[B] Redd F[G]oxx's[B]?[Em]
Never got [G]Emmy's but were [C]real [G]to me
Let's hear it, two for the [A]spooks
[B]who do car[Em]twheels
Cause they said they
[G]played they parts well
Now they claim [A]caviar, [B]hate that oxtail
[Em]Lambda [G]Sigma Phi badge on lapel
Whitey always tell him, [B]"Ooh,
he speak so well"
[Em]Are you the one we look to,
the [A]decent [F#m]Negro?
[G]The ac[A]ceptable Negro? Hell [G]nah
[Em]But they say "These are our hero[G]es"

[Verse 5]
You Homey The [G]Clown,
[A]bowtie, apple pie[B], Bo Jangles
But [Em]we love Bo Jangles,
[G]we know what he came through
But what's your [A]excuse,
[B]duke? You talk Black
But your [Em]album [G]sound [Em]like
[G]you give your nuts for a plaque
You don't [F#m]ride f[G]or the f[A]acts like u[B]m,
say Scarface
[Em]You don't know what you feel,
[G]y'all [Em]too [G]safe
Election [F#m]done c[A]ame and went,
[B]y'all worked so hard for it
[Em]Huh, [G]and in the end we all[C] got[G] dicked
These are our heroes, [Em]thanks a lot,
[B]public school systems still [Em]rot
Still harassed by [G]cops,
snitches on blocks
[F#m]Selling [A]they peoples out,
[B]some real folks with clo[Em]ut[G]
[Em]Tavis S[G]miley, [Em]Michael Eric [G]Dyson
Stokely Carmi[F#m]chael,
[A]let's try[B] to be like them
[Em]Nicky Giovanni poet[G]ical black female
[Em]Jim [F#m]Brown to the people[A][B]
who sing well [Em]from
[C]Fela to Miri[G]am Makeba
The mirror says [A]you are the
next [B]American leader
So [Em]don't be, accepting new 'We
[G]are the World' records
These pickaninnies get with
[A]any[B]thing to sell records
[Em]Cause [G]it's trendy to be the [Em]conscious MC
[G]But next yea[A]r,
who knows what we'll [B]see?
Ha- [Em]ha these are our heroes

[Verse 6]
Let's hear it, [G]one for the [Em]coon
[A]s o[B]n U[Em]PN 9 and WB
Who [G]'Yes Massa' on TV
What ever happened to [Em]Wheezy?
[A]The[B] Redd Foxx's[Em]?
Never got Emmy's but were [G]real to me
Let's hear it,
[F#m]two fo[G]r the spooks who do[G] ca[Em]rtwheels
[G]Cause they said they
played they [G]parts well
[F#m]Now they claim caviar[G], hate that oxtail
[Em]Lambda Sigma Phi b[G]adge on lapel
Whitey always tell him, [A]"Ooh,
he [B]speak so well"
Are [Em]you the [G]one we look to,
the [C]de [G]cent [F#m]Negro?
[A]The acceptable [B]Negro? Hell nah
But [Em]they say "These are [G]our her[Em]oes"

[Verse 7]
[F#m]Yeah, [G]I wanna give a spe[A]cial
[B]sho[Em]ut- out[B] to the[Em] y'kn[G]ow
[Em]The [G]crew doin' they [Em]thing
[G]out there reppin' us [A]hard
[B]Big up to Tiger Woods
[Em]Yeah, ya don't stop[F#m][A]
Big up to [B]Cuba Gooding [Em]Jr
Y'[C]know, [G]yeah,
[F#m]y'know
[A]Taye Digg[B]s, what up my nigga,
[Em]yeah, ha- [G]ha
And you don't quit, and ya don't quit
[B]And ya don[Em]'t sto[G]p and ya don[Em]'t qui[G]t

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