Zeke's Poem (I Am The One) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]
[A][F]
Boom [Am]then crash,
the shattering of glass
I [C]di ve to the floor, [D]busting my ass
[F#m]The hell was that[D]
[Am]Was all that I say
Then I [D]see the pool [Am]of blood
[D]Then I see my mom she's dead
[C]No emotion in the commotion
I wasn't even [Am]sad, even when
I learned the bullet was meant for my [A]dad
[G]Vietnam made pops crazy
[D]he was already half- dead
So why couldn't that'd be him that got
shot in the head?
All the [Am]news that fits the print
Momma's death went un
[Em]reported not a whiff or word or hint
[D]They don't care about us [F#m]niggers is
how my pops explained it
[G]But I didn't know [Am]I was a nigga
till my dad proclaimed it
Six months later my pops is dead too
[D]Drug- related shots fired his skin
turned cold blue
On the news that night the Presid
[Am]ent's wife got a new hair- do
The news guy said "I like it how about
you?"
[D]No word about my pops in the Post or on
CBS, why was that you ask?
[Am]Take a fucking guess
And yeah why is that,
[D]that's what politicians should be asking
But who got time for questions
when you all skiing up on [G]Aspen?
Broads get [Am]gunshots to the head and all y'all
serving us is Asprin
My momma [G]so lovely
[C]she'd have made your head [D]spin
Level the playing field and y'all will see who'll
really win
And yeah I got [F#m]anger
[Am]But I don't let it take me down,
my momma taught me better
And she holds [G]me up when I fall
[C]down[G][D]
Rest in peace moms,
don't [F]worry about your son
Some day I'll make you proud because
yeah I am [G]the one[D]