Intro:
G# Fm / G Cm D#
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Verse:
G#
(Remember when) When it was 1992
Fm / G
Two little kids stealing records, skipping school
Cm
We must have been like only ten
D#
Taking life for granted till we learn it had an end
G#
(Remember when) And time is something they say
Fm / G
You never appreciate till you age
Cm
And to this day you never knew
D#
I wanted to be just like you
Chorus:
Cm Fm G#
If I only knew
A# Cm
Then what I know now
Fm D# G#
Then what I know now
Cm Fm G#
If I only knew
A# Cm
Then what I know now
Fm D# G#
Then what I know now
Verse:
G#
(Remember when) When it was 2002
Fm / G
You started slinging coke and got the dopest pair of shoes
Cm
But yo this house just ain't a home
D#
Since our father hit the bottle and our mother hit the road
G#
And time is something they say
Fm / G
You never appreciate till you age
Cm
And to this day you never knew
D#
I wanted to be just like you
Chorus:
Cm Fm G#
If I only knew
A# Cm
Then what I know now
Fm D# G#
Then what I know now
Cm Fm G#
If I only knew
A# Cm
Then what I know now
Fm D# G#
Then what I know now
Cm Fm
And now I'm tired of the violence
D# G#
I'm so tired of the sirens
Cm Fm D# G#
And it's better me, better me than you (than you)
Cm Fm
And now I'm tired of the violence
D# G#
I'm so tired of the sirens
Cm Fm D# G#
And it's better me, better me than you (than you)
Bridge:
G#
Slipping and we're falling
Fm /
Slipping and we're falling through our lives
G Cm
Slipping and we're falling
D# G# Fm / G Cm D#
Don't know where we're going with our lives
Chorus:
Cm Fm G#
If I only knew
A# Cm
Then what I know now
Fm D# G#
Then what I know now
Cm Fm G#
If I only knew
A# Cm
Then what I know now
Fm D# G#
Then what I know now
Cm Fm
Now I'm tired of the violence
D# G#
I'm so tired of the sirens
Cm Fm D# G#
And it's better me, better me than you (than you)
Cm Fm
Now I'm tired of the violence
D# G#
I'm so tired of the sirens
Cm Fm D# G#
And it's better me, better me than you (REmember when)
Outro:
G#
Slipping and we're falling
Fm /
Slipping and we're falling through our lives
G Cm
Slipping and we're falling
D#
Don't know where we're going with our lives
G#
Slipping and we're falling
Fm / G
Slipping and we're falling through our lives
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