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