Verse
F#
Damned if I do
F
Damned if I don't
A#m
You know I got a girl back home
C#
You got a man what you want, what you want
F#
What these bitches want from a nigga
F
On some DMX shit
A#m
I know them other niggas love tricking
C#
On some BMX shit
F#
But not me
F
Now I'm sure you done heard about me
A#m
F# black star, Mos Def, Kweli
C#
Good so them bad hoes try me, they try me
F#
This is Martin Luther King in the club
F
Getting dubs, with a bad bitch
A#m
In his ear sayin' that she down for whatever
C#
In the back of his mind is Coretta
[Hook 1]
F# F
She knows, she knows
A#m C#
And I know she knows, and I know she knows
F# F
And deep down she knows, she knows
A#m C#
And I know she knows, and I know she knows
F#
Well alright
A#m C#
Oh I, oh I-I-I
F
I can't be what you want from me
Well alright
F#
Well alright
A#m C#
Oh I, oh I-I-I
F /D#/C#
I can't be what you want from me
Well alright
[Verse 2]
F#
Damned if I do
F
Damned if I don't
A#m
I'm passing up on bad hoes
C#
Trying to be the man that she want, what she want
F#
What she want from a nigga
F
To put a ring on it
A#m
Got a bitch on my dick right now
C#
And she just want to sing on it
F#
Got me up so high
A#m
Trying to get a piece of that apple pie
C#
I be up so high
F
Trying to get a piece of that apple pie
F#
Dancehall vibes with my pants on fire
A#m
Cause I told her I was sleeping
C#
Cause I creep with this pretty young thing that I chose
F
That she could be doing the same thing I suppose
[Hook 1]
F# F
She knows, she knows
A#m C#
And I know she knows, and I know she knows
F# F
And deep down she knows, she knows
A#m C#
And I know she knows, and I know she knows
F#
Well alright
A#m C#
Oh I, oh I-I-I
F
I can't be what you want from me
Well alright
F#
Well alright
A#m C#
Oh I, oh I-I-I
F /D#/C#
I can't be what you want from me
Well alright
[Hook 2]
F#
Niggas say turn up, hoes say turn up
F
Only bad thing about a star is they burn up
A#m
Niggas say turn up, hoes say turn up
C#
Only bad thing about a star is they burn up
F#
Rest in peace to Aaliyah
F
Rest in peace to Left Eye
A#m
Michael Jackson, I'll see ya
C#
Just as soon as I die
F# A#m
Got me up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pie
C# F /D#/C#
I be up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pie
F# A#m
Got me up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pie
C# F /D#/C#
I be up so high, trying to get a piece of that apple pie
[Outro]
F#
Well alright
A#m C#
Oh I, oh I-I-I
F
I can't be what you want from me
Well alright
F#
Well alright
A#m C#
Oh I, oh I-I-I
F /D#/C#
I can't be what you want from me
Well alright