Vic Mensa - We could be free

We could be ^F#m7free ^{F#m B B}If we only knew we were ^C#mslaves to the pains of ^Bmeach o^Ather One day, I bel^F#mieve I'd ^Blearn To see my ^C#menemy ^Bas my ^Abrother Then we could be ^F#mfree, tru^Bly And love could ^C#mwash away our s^Borro^Aws I'm not afraid to ^F#m7bleed ^F#mIf it mea^Bns, we'll make them ^C#mbetter today not^B tom^Aorrow

^F#mOne day I dream of telling my ^Bmomma "You ain't gotta work no more" ^C#mSame for my father, ^Bborn^A in Ghana, down on that dirt road floor ^F#mAs far as he came I can't comp^Blain, but pain is so subjective ^C#mSpend so much time counting iss^Bues,^A I forget to count My blessings ^F#mWatch my cousins back at home, ^Bgetting water out a well While I ^C#mwatch my brother stacking s^Btone^A, whipping water by the scale Tryna' get a ^F#m7mill' on the ^F#mother side They ain't got a ^Bmeal, we don't recognize we in heaven ^C#mSo we think we live in hell It's been ^Bgetting kinda ^Ahard to tell ^C#mBut

^F#m7Sometimes I wake up and I ^Blook up at the sky Asking ^C#mwhy I'm alive when the ^Arealest niggas died And my ^F#m7pride won't let me ^F#mgive up, lord as ^Bhard as I try In those ^C#mtimes I try to rem^Aember

Then ^C#mwe could be ^F#m7free ^{F#m B B}If we only knew we were ^C#mslaves to the pains of ^Bmeach o^Ather One day, I bel^F#mieve I'd ^Blearn To see my ^C#menemy ^Bas my ^Abrother Then we could be ^F#mfree, tru^Bly And love could ^C#mwash away our s^Borro^Aws I'm not afraid to ^F#m7bleed ^F#mIf it mea^Bns, we'll make them ^C#mbetter today not^B tom^Aorrow

^F#m7I don't want to wait for the ^F#mafterlife I don't ^Bwant a vigil by candle light ^C#mI don't want to be the new sacrifice ^AI don't want to turn into a poltergeist Be a ^F#m7ghost at night full of ^F#mbroken dreams ^BMomma crying at an open casket ^C#mCold as ice in a suit, 3 piece ^AAll dressed up for ^C#Sunday masses ^F#m7Pastor said put ^F#mfaith in ^EGod But ^Bfaith alone can't make things right Who the ^C#mfuck is you to patronize Some^Abody's son whose daddy died? ^F#m7Why they flood ^F#mBaton Rouge? ^BWhy the city singing Alton's blues? ^C#mWhy, why, why, why? I fee^Bl li^Ake Jadakiss every time I watch the news ^F#mWhat the fuck I got to lose? So I'm down to ^Bbleed if it means things improve You ^C#mfools, saying "all lives matter" But it's ^Ablack lives you refuse include ^F#mBlocked from the polls Locked in the hood, trying to ^Bstop you from voting and stop you from growing And ^C#mcops keep blowing and blowing Keep black people ^Alocked into cotton They don't ^C#want you to own, but

^F#mSometimes I wake up and I ^Blook up in the sky Asking ^C#mwhy I survived all the ^Adays that I could have died Who am ^F#mI in my place To ^Bcontemplate suicide? ^AIn those times I try to remember

^AThat ^G#we could be ^F#m7free, ^{F#m B}truly If we'd only knew we were ^C#mslaves to the pains of each ^Aother But I ^F#m7believe^F#m I'd ^Blearn To see my ^C#menemy as my ^Abrother Then we could be ^F#m7free, ^{F#m B}truly And we could ^C#mwash away our ^Asorrows I'm not afraid to ^F#m7bleed,^{F#m B} if it means We'll make them ^C#mbetter today not tom^Aorrow ^F#mLove (love) ^BLove (love) To love my ^C#menemy as my ^Abrother ^F#m(Yeah yeah yeah) ^BMake a better today not tomorrow