Tonalità: G# minor
Verse 1
Dm
(Feat. Serena Altschul)
C
{*Sound of
Verse 2
Gm
a camera taking a
picture*}
Verse 3
Am
[Jay] Millenium flow
Dm
[MTV] Serena Altschul's here live outside
C
the criminal courthouse
[Jay] This is {bullshit} y'all
Gm
[MTV] in New York City for the first
Am
day in the trial of
[Jay] I'm gone {*car speeds
off*}
Dm
[MTV] the State vs. Shawn Carter,
a.k.a. Jay- Z
[Jay] Uhh, uh- huh- uh, uhh, uh- huh-
uh, uhh
[MTV] Whatever the verdict
in this trial may be
The effects will undoubtedly
Verse 4
be felt worldwide
Dm
[Jay- Z]
Aiyyo, stand forward,
C
'fore you take notice
Gm
Am
Or witness to me killin the track
Testify 'til me spillin the smack
Dm
Now they got me for traffickin, racketeerin, audio
Am
crack
Dm
{Hook:} They call me Dope Man,
C
Dope Man
Gm
I try to tell em I'm where hope,
floats man
Am
Ghetto spokes- man
A broke man,
approachin the bench with intent
Dm
Am
To bury me under the cell,
Dm
fingered me as the toast man
C
Evidence stemmin from ninety- six
Gm
They say the world ain't re
Am
covered from his fix
While they was usin cut I was
Dm
on some other shit
Am
Gave it to you raw and they just
Dm
discovered it
C
Nowaday, the jury got they brow raised
Gm
Listenin to testimony
Am
about my foul ways
Dm
Exhibit A: "Reasonable Doubt"
They say this was the first thing that turned
Am
the peoples out
Dm
[MTV] You can feel the
Verse 5
tension building here
C
As an unprecedented number
Gm
of people have turned out
Am
Dm
For what may be the "Trial of the
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
Century"
{Hook}
C
[Jay- Z] How come, you label
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your
Gm
brand of dope
Am
"Volume 1" and spread it
through the slums?
Dm
Fed it to the young with
Am
Dm
total disregard
Am
Dm
Your honor, the State seeks the
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
maxim um charge
C
And how could you, turn right around
Gm
And release a lethal dosage
Am
called "Volume 2"
And is true you operate
Dm
the criminal enterprise
Known as Roc- a- Fella in charge
Am
of his meteoric rise?
Dm
And do you deny you're respons
C
ible for the demise
Gm
Am
Of record execs, and do you object?
Your distribution's Polygram, and
through your connects
Dm
Am
Def Jam, you pushed over five
Dm
million SoundScan
And not to mention,
C
your co- horts and henchmen
Gm
Dame, Biggs,
Am
Lyor, Kev' and Russell Simmons
Dm
And we ain't gon' talk
about Murder, Inc.
That just establishes a darker
Am
deeper criminal link
Dm
[MTV] The State is seeking
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the maximum penalty
C
And with the overwhelming
amount of evidence
Gm
The D.A.'s presented,
Am
Dm
Am
things aren't looking good
{Hook}
Dm
[MTV] Despite the grim
C
outlook at this point
The rapper has been known
Gm
to emerge triumphant
Am
Dm
In the face of adversity
{Hook}
Am
[MTV] Jay- Z is
taking the stand
Dm
[Jay- Z] Right hand
Verse 8
on the Bible,
C
left hand in the air
Gm
Eb
Before I spoke one word,
Gm
Am
made sure my throat was clear
Dm
A- hem, I'm a prisoner of circumstance
Am
Dm
Frail nigga,
Am
Dm
Am
I couldn't much work with my hands
Dm
But my mind was strong,
C
I grew where you hold your blacks up
Gm
Trap us, expect us not
Am
to pick gats up
Where you drop your cracks
off by the Mack trucks
Dm
Destroy our dreams of law
Am
Dm
yers and actors
C
Keep us spiralin, goin backwards
Gm
Am
At age nine, saw my first hate crime
Dm
Blindfolded,
Am
expected to walk a straight line
Dm
Am
Dm
Mind molded, taught to love
Am
you and hate mine
Dm
C
Climbed over it, at a early age, Jay shined
Gm
Fuck the system at Lady
Am
Justice I blaze nine
Dm
Am
Dm
Your Honor, I no longer kill my people,
I raise mine
Am
The soul of Mumia in this
modern day time
Dm
[MTV] While the
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jury is
C
inside deliberating
Gm
C
Gm
Outside the crowd is frozen with
Am
Dm
Am
anticipation
Dm
{Hook}
[MTV] Well the verdict has just
C
been announced: NOT GUILTY!
Gm
Am
It is complete pandemonium out here!
{Hook; Serena keeps speaking}
Dm
People are cheering and
Am
Dm
hugging - there he is
Jay- Z is exiting the
Am
courtroom right now
Dm
There is a swarm of cameras surrounding
him {*pop bulbs flashing*}
C
And people are just rushing up to him
Gm
Am
Let's try and make our way over there,
Jay- Z! Jay- Z!
Dm
{*sounds of cameras keep flashing*, *music fades*}
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