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A|-3-------3-------|
E|-----------------|

repeat this anytime ive marked 'riff'

* = single strum
** = single note

[Intro: Ameer]
(riff throughout)
I ain't the same nigga that I once was
I lost my fucking mind and then I fell in love
I did a bunch of drugs, because I couldn't sleep
I lost a couple months, I chipped my fucking teeth
And there's a couple women, and they know some things
About lies that I done told and shit that I done said
And niggas that I robbed, so I'm real paranoid
I have voices in my head

[Verse: MERLYN]
C                        F
Hi, my name is Merlyn, I just applied for food stamps
Am
I just moved to California, with my boy band
C                             F
Dropped out of a good school, hippies in my commune
   Am
I left 'fore the rent was due, used to want a briefcase
C                     F
And a short commute, used to wanna sell coke
Am
And whip an Audi coupe, crazy if I did that
C
Wouldn't be talking to you
F                       Am
Walking through the pit falls of a college student
                       C                              F
Crazy how you get them letters and that make you feel accepted
                           Am
Til you walking 'round the campus and you the only African
            C                                F
Nobody with passion, just cats that take direction well
     Am
Take acid trips to find themselves, well...


[Hook: Kevin]
C           F               Am
I gotta get better at being me

(Being who I am)
C           F           Am
I gotta get better at everything

(Being who I am)
C             F                      Am
I just want a friend that I can hang out with

(Being who I am)
C             F                     Am
Someone I can sit around, lay on my couch with

(Being who I am)



[Verse 3: Kevin]
(riff)
Ever since I moved out, I've been broke
(riff)
Ever since I grew up, I've been ugly
C                         F                     Am
Ooh, I need get me some dollar, dollar, dollar bills y'all
C                           F                           Am
Ever since I left my momma house, I've been mad as hell at the world
C                          F                   Am
Sometimes you don't gotta rhyme when you feel it
C                        F                  Am
Sometimes I barely ever feel a fucking thang
C                                F                       Am
Sometimes I wish that my fucking phone would fucking ring

And go off, and wake a nigga up
    C                          F
I'm used to being sad and I'm used to being down
    Am
I'm used to being used, I miss my boy being around



[Hook: Kevin]
C           F               Am
I gotta get better at being me

(Being who I am)
C           F           Am
I gotta get better at everything

(Being who I am)
C             F                      Am
I just want a friend that I can hang out with

(Being who I am)
C             F                     Am
Someone I can sit around, lay on my couch with

(Being who I am)


[Bridge: Matt]
C*                         F*
Droppin' all I got on this one day
Am*
I just wanna be somebody someday
C*                          F*
Droppin' all I got on this one way
Am*
I just wanna be somebody someday
C                          F
Droppin' all I got on this one day
Am
I just wanna be somebody someday
C                          F
Droppin' all I got on this one way
Am
I just wanna be somebody someday


[Hook: Kevin]
C           F               Am
I gotta get better at being me

(Being who I am)
C           F           Am
I gotta get better at everything

(Being who I am)
C             F                      Am
I just want a friend that I can hang out with

(Being who I am)
C             F                     Am
Someone I can sit around, lay on my couch with

(Being who I am)

 
[Outro: Dom]
               C*                    F*
I'm trying to look for motivation of smaller things
         Am*
But baby steps to my atonement when I foster dreams
          C*                               F*
I've been told I'm too transparent with my thoughts sometimes
           Am*
So I wrote songs until they pass, and I can fall in line
         C*                                  F*
I fell apart the moment that you thought you found yourself
                Am*
Cause I knew at that point, I couldn't be in the equation anymore
           C*                   F*
But moving on with open, broken hearts
                             Am*
Will show you everything you need to see about yourself to start moving forward
C*               F*                               Am*
So many things I wanna say that I'm not sure need to be known
                                         C*
But everybody swears they fucking know me
                F*                         Am*
So why, don't I lay every card I'm holding on the table?
                                          C*
At that point I wonder what they'd show me
                 F*               Am*
I almost lost my father, still surreal for me to think about
                            C*
Considering how many of my friends have lost theirs
        F*                             Am*
I never know if what I'm saying is the right thing
                                               C*
If not, I'm ready more than ever for the crosshairs
                            F*
It's all fair when it's not you
     Am*
Some people have angels, what if only shadows follow you?
    C*                                 F*
And all the ghosts inside that seem to hollow you
                            Am*
The branches of the weeping willow start to swallow you
                            C**                                F**
And then you realize you're exactly where you're supposed to be
                   A**                C** F** A**
The horizon clears, you wipe the tears
                           N.C
And all the skeletons are ready for your story