Misc Your Songs - Theme macquen - plague rising

^EmEvery t^Cime I wri^Gte things ^EmI check you, I f^Cear you ^{D Em}That is why I l^Cearned to a^Gvoid Cuz th^Emat is the f^Dair w^Gay

^AmHeed citations o^Bne last time ^EmTheft! I don’t w^Cant no theft ^GIdentity theft is when ^DWhole work is pinch^Emed

All this^C work is claimed^G by me Baby there’s a^G price to pay ^Em Then I’^Emll just get some of the p^Ciece ^GA little section or a ph^Drase

^EmCopycat, You should d^Co that never ^GAin’t gonna make you safe ^Dno never ^EmYou should never ever pla^Cgiarize ^GOops I did it^A again (bye,bye,bye)

^EmThen I’ll just change so^Cme lines ^GBut maybe keep some together ^EmA little there, a little^C here ^GYou’re cherry-pick my dear.

^EmI’ve walked this ceasele^Css street ^GI’ll just use the same t^Dext I’ve made in years ^EmBut I’ll be sure to see ^{C G}That I’ll cite myself, to avoid mitosis ^Em

Or m^Emaybe use just a part of it ^D Maybe ne^Ded not cite me ^C S^Ctay back baby please Cause you shou^Dldn’t recycle.

^DYou should go think this through ^Em Paraphr^Case and then brew ^{G Am}Take up everythi^Emng You want and ^Cneed ^G

^DBut don’t you da^Emre say it’s your own ^{C G}heard by your ears ^{D Em}Don’t forget to cite eac^Ch ^GSource, pioneers^D.

^DDon’t you dare c^Emlaim it’s your own ^{C G}For you might be called ^{D Em}A writer that re^Cmix and borrow ^{G D}

^EmHey there Delila^Ch What’s it like i^Gn Ghost Cite city? ^GYou’re books a thousand ^Emmiles away ^C And your words s^Geem a little phony I said it’s too ^Emfake to plagiari^Cze. ^G

Cite som^Am7e sources, Do it for some mo^Dre Do it pr^Em7operly Apply it to four ^Bm7more ^Em7

Forget some sou^Am7rces Cut it by the th^Dread As if it was so^Em7mething that you ^Bm7haven’t even r^Em7ead

Half-n-h^Dalf it’s^Em just another wa^Cy to lie. ^{G G}You know I’d understand each word

^EmMisinterpretatio^Cn that’s unacceptable ^GWarping it with cherries on top.

That’s not the right tra^Emck, baby stand o^Cn the righ^Gt way

I ^Emknew it was troubled when I passed it ^{C D} Cause I’m happy ^{Em C} I did ci^Gte Though I^Em barely ^C Placed m^Gy side ^D

Why you ^Emgotta be mosaic ^{C G}Don’t you know how to think

^EmC’mon C’mon place your own form ^Con ^GIt’s time to place your ^Dmirror off Gotta do^Em each line, put a pattern on ^{C G}Make our own, not reflections.

^GBeware not to miscue, ^GBe… beware not to miscue It’s when you mi^Emstake ^CAnd place the wr^Gong link

Half-hearted ^Em Everything seems right t^Cill the middle ^G When your mind tends to ^Dtwiddle ^Em And you mistook ^Cthe tiny details like a ^Gneedle

^DSo why won’t you ride wi^Emth me, ride with me ^{C G}See where you went wrong Make sure what y^Gou make is free What you make is^C free Free from plagia^Gry