What It Means Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Gsus2]
[D][Gsus2][D][Gsus2]
[D]He [Gsus2]was

[Verse 1]
[D]
running down the street
When they shot him in his tracks
About the [Gsus2]only thing agreed upon
[G]Is [Gsus2]he ain't coming[G] back
[Gsus2]There won[G]'t be any trial[D]
So the air it won't be cleared
There's just two [G]sides calling [D]names
Out of [Gsus2]anger out of fear
[D]If you [Gsus2]say it wa[D]sn't racial
When they shot him in his tracks
Well I [Gsus2]guess tha[D]t means
that you ain't black
It [Gsus2]means tha[G]t you[Gsus2] ain't black
[G]I m[D]ean Barack Obama won
And you can choose where to eat
But you don't [G]see too many [D]white kids
Lying [Gsus2]bleeding on the street

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][Gsus2][D][Gsus2]
[D]

[Verse 2]
In some [D]town in Missouri
But it could be anywhere
It could [Gsus2]be right here
on [D]Ruth Street
[Gsus2]In fact it's happened h[D]ere
And it happened where
you're sitting
Wherever that might be
And it [Gsus2]happened last week[D]end
And it will [Gsus2]hap pen again next week[G]
[D]And when they turned him over
They were surprised there was no gun
I mean he [Gsus2]must have done some[D]thing
Or else why [Gsus2]would he have run[G]
[D]And they'll spin it for the anchors
On the television screen
So we can [Gsus2]shrug and let it happen
[D]Without [Gsus2]asking what it means
[D]What it

[Verse 3]
[Gsus2]means?[D][Gsus2]
[D]What it means?

[Interlude 2]
[D][Gsus2][D][Gsus2][D]

[Verse 4]
Then I [D]guess there was protesting
And some looting in some stores
And [Gsus2]someone was rem[D]inded that
They ain't called colored [Gsus2]folks no more
[D]I mean we try to be politically
Correct when we call names
But what's the point
[Gsus2]of post-racial
[D]When When old pre[Gsus2]judice re[D]mains?
And that guy who killed that kid
Down in Florida standing ground
Is free [Gsus2]to beat up on his girlf[D]riend
And wave his [Gsus2]brand new gun around
[D]While some kid is dead and buried
And laying in the ground
With a [Gsus2]pocket full of skittles
[D][Gsus2]

[Verse 5]
[G]What [Gsus2]it means?[D][Gsus2][D][Gsus2]
[D][Gsus2][D][Gsus2]
[A]
[Asus4][Bm][Gsus2]
[A][D][Asus4][Bm][D][Gsus2][G][Gsus2][D][G]
What [Gsus2]it means?

[Interlude 3]
[D][Gsus2]
[Asus4][D]
[Gsus2]
[D]Astrophysics

[Verse 6]
at our fingertips
And we're standing at the summit
And some [Gsus2]man with a joystick
Lands a rocket on a comet
We're [D]living in an age
Where limitations are forgotten
The outer [Gsus2]edges move and dazzle us
But the core is something rotten
And we're [D]standing on the precipice
Of prejudice and fear
We trust sci[Gsus2]ence just as long
As it tells us what we want to hear
We want [D]our truths all fair and balanced
As long as our notions lie within it
There's no sunlight [Gsus2]in our ass'
And our heads are stuck up in it
And [D]our heroes may be rapists
Who watch us while we dream
But don't [Gsus2]look to me for answer[D]s
Cuz I [Gsus2]don't know what it means
[D]What it

[Verse 7]
[Gsus2]means?[D][Gsus2]
What [D]it means?

[Outro 1]
[Gsus2][D][Gsus2][D]
[Gsus2][D][Gsus2][G][D]
[Gsus2][D][Gsus2]
[D][Gsus2][D][Gsus2]
[D][Gsus2][D][Gsus2]
[G][D]