If You Can Count

[Intro]
F#m
Can you count, suckas? (Yeah, right!)
        Dmaj7
I said, can you count, suckas? (Yeah, right!)
B                  C#                              F#m
The future is ours, the future is yours if you can count
       B
Can you dig it?
F#m                                      B
You've got the Moon Runners right by the Van Cortlandt Rangers
F#m                              B
Got the Jones Street Boys by the Turnbull AC's
    D                         B
And nobody's (nobody), wastin' nobody (nobody)
D
And that's a miracle (a miracle)
    B                C#              F#m
And miracles are the way things ought to be
 
 
[Verse 1]
       B                    A
Can you dig it? So far from our turf
                         B
We fought so hard for our turf (our turf)
                            A
Our one little corner of our turf (our turf)
                        B
But now can you see how strong we can be
                          A
If we can agree that it's all our turf? (All our turf)
         Bm
Where we always belong (always belong)
       C#m                    D
We are 60, 000 strong, we are never backing down
            C#m                      C#
And there's only 20,000 cops in this whole damn town
       F#m             B
Can you dig it? Can you dig it? (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
 
 
[Verse 2]
  A
Remember what you had to do to earn your block (your block)
     Bm
Dead any and all invaders, keep the neighbors on lock (on lock)
A
Tag up every nook and cranny, spray cans non-stop (non-stop)
       Bm
Make a mission of the competition, so your clique is on top (on top)
 A
Imagine what I had to do to stay on top (on top)
Bm
Baddest bitch in the biggest town, shut 'em down, open up shop
    C#m
Now imagine what we could do if you and your crew
        D
Got with me and my crew, if we, we only knew
 
 
[Verse 3]
       C#m
We are bigger than the mob! (What?!)
We are bigger than the cops! (What?!)
       C#
We are where it all begins (What?!)
We are where it all stops! (What?!)
       F#m                           B
Can you dig it?! (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!) Yeah, right!
 
 
[Verse 4]
F#m
Now we keep up the truce (now we keep up the truce)
      B
Stand together against dangers (stand together against dangers)
F#m                          B
One borough at a time as our numbers climb!
    D                        B
And nobody's (nobody) wastin' nobody (nobody) (hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
D                                     B              C#
You are brothers and sisters now, and anywhere you go (hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
           F#m
You are home free! (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
 
 
[Verse 5]
       B
Can you dig it? (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
                A
'Cause it's all our turf
                     B
We're only divided by turf
                          A
Our soldiers have died on our turf
                              B
We fall on our pride, pulled away by the tide
                          A
Until we decide that it's all our turf (all our turf)
       B
And we know our worth (know our worth)
 
 
[Outro]
    C#m
Now imagine feeling safe (hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
         D
From the top of the Boogie Down (hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
       C#m
From Manhattan down to Staten! (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
            D
All through Coney Island town (Coney Island town!)
       C#m
Can you dig it? (Can you dig it?)
      D
Do you count? (Do you count?)
       C#m
Can you dig it?
C#
Can you—