Slippin Cifras

From the album "Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood" (1998)
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/9Ww-TQUeA3E
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/740gNyGWKk98gy8nJLhHrv?si=1efcf5aa5976453e
 
 
[Intro]
     Cm  Cm7  Fm              Fsus4
Ah-ah, uh,      This life shit, this life shit is like
                             Cm
Is like bugged the fuck out, son, for real
                   Cm7
See, to live is to suffer
Fm         Fsus4
 But to survive, well, that's to find meaning in the suffering
 
 
[Chorus]
          Cm
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up,
          Cm                                  Cm7
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
          Fm                      Fsus4
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up, get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
          Cm
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
          Cm                                  Cm7
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
          Fm                      Fsus4
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up, get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
 
 
[Verse 1]
                  Cm
I've been through mad different phases like mazes to find my way
Cm                                  Cm7
 And now I know that happy days are not far away
Fm                               Fsus4
 If I'm strong enough, I'll live long enough to see my kids
Fsus4
 Doing something more constructive with their time than bids
Cm
 I know because I been there, now I'm in there
Cm                                           Cm7
 Sit back and look at what it took for me to get there
Fm                            Fsus4
 First came the bullshit, the drama with my mama, she got on some fly shit, so I split and said that I'ma
        Cm
Be that seed that doesn't need much to succeed
 Cm                                              Cm7
Strapped with mad greed and a heart that doesn't bleed
    Fm                        Fsus4
I'm ready for the world or at least I thought I was
        Fsus4
Bagging niggas when I caught a buzz for thinking about how short I was
Cm
 Goin' too fast, it wouldn't last, but yo I couldn't tell
Cm                                        Cm7
 Group homes and institutions prepared my ass for jail
Fm                  Fsus4
 They put me in a situation forcing me to be a man when I was just learning to stand without a helping hand
Cm
 Damn, was it my fault, something I did
          Cm                                           Cm7
To make a father leave his first kid at seven doin' my first bid?
Fm                        Fsus4
 Back on the scene at fourteen with a scheme to get more cream than I'd ever seen in a dream
       Cm
And by all means I will be livin' high off the hog
      Cm                                  Cm7
And I never gave a fuck about much but my dog
          Fm                    Fsus4
That's my only mothafucka I hit off with my last, just another lil nigga headed nowhere fast
 
 
[Chorus]
          Cm
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up,
          Cm                                  Cm7
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
          Fm                      Fsus4
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up, get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
          Cm
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
          Cm                                  Cm7
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
          Fm                      Fsus4
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up, get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
 
 
[Verse 2]
               Cm
That ain't the half, shit gets worse as I get older
  Cm                             Cm7
Actions become bolder, heart got colder
     Fm                            Fsus4
Chip on my shoulder that I dared a nigga to touch, didn't need a clique 'cause I scared a nigga that much
    Cm
One deep with the pit startin' shit for kicks
         Cm                                       Cm7
Catchin' vics, throwin' bricks, gettin' by bein' slick
Fm                        Fsus4
Used to get high, just to get by, used to have to puff my L in the morning before I could fly
Cm
 Ate somethin', a couple of forties made me hate somethin'
Cm                                 Cm7
 I did some coke, now I'm ready to take somethin'
Fm                         Fsus4
 Three years later showin' signs of stress, didn't keep my hair cut or give a fuck how I dressed
       Cm
I'm possessed by the darker side, livin' the cruddy life
Cm                                  Cm7
 Shit like this kept a nigga with a bloody knife
Fm                          Fsus4
 Wanna make records but I'm fuckin' it up, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
 
 
[Chorus]
          Cm
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up,
          Cm                                  Cm7
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
          Fm                      Fsus4
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up, get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
          Cm
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
          Cm                                  Cm7
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
          Fm                      Fsus4
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up, get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
 
 
[Verse 3]
Cm
 Wasn't long before I hit rock bottom
       Cm                                            Cm7
Niggas talkin' shit, like, "Damn, look how that rock got him!"
Fm              Fsus4
 Open like a window, no more indo, look at a video, sayin' to myself: "That coulda been yo
Cm
 Ass on the TV", believe me, it could be done
Cm                                                      Cm7
 Somethin's got to give, gots to change 'cause now I've got a son
Fm                      Fsus4
 I gots to do the right thing for shorty and that means no more gettin' high, drinkin' 40s
     Cm
So I get back lookin' type slick again
     Cm                           Cm7
Fake niggas jump back on my dick again
            Fm                  Fsus4
Nothin' but love for those that know how it feel and much respect to all my niggas that kept it real
       Cm
Kept a nigga strong, kept a nigga from doin' wrong
       Cm                                        Cm7
Niggas know who they is and this is your fuckin' song
    Fm             Fsus4
And to my boo who stuck with a nigga through, all the bullshit, you'll get yours because it's due
 
 
[Chorus]
          Cm
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up,
          Cm                                  Cm7
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
          Fm                      Fsus4
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up, get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
          Cm
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
          Cm                                  Cm7
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
          Fm                      Fsus4
Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up, get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
 
 
[Outro]
Cm                      Cm7           Fm
 See, this is that shit, this is that shit
     Fsus4
That all real niggas can relate to
Cm
 This is from the heart, baby
             Cm7    Fm
Don't get it twisted
Fsus4
 Ah, X, baby
| Cm        | Cm  Cm7   | Fm  Fsus4 | Fsus4     |
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