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