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