Superheroes

[Intro]
Bm Am E G
G               Am
Don't die on me
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I said
 
[Verse]
G                       Gm       Am
Young black king, don't die on me
G
You're my brother, you're my keeper
Bm                           Am
I need you to keep an eye on me
G
And no more fighting on the streets
G                            Bm           AM
Walking 'round with all this pride on me
E                         G
Shit, shit's tough for us already
G                       Bm          Am
Know that you can still rely on me
Am      E                   G
Please, just stay alive for me
 
[Verse]
G                          Am
And my young black queens, don't quit now (yeah)
G
You're the only ones that got us
G                    Bm        Am
I could never let my sis down
Am           G
You been too strong, for too long
G     Am
Yet, still you never sit down, wow
G
That's the power of your loving
G                   Bm             Am
And it's worthy of a king's crown
Am                           G
And still you never let your kings down
 
[Verse]
G                                Bm
Even though most times, we don't deserve it
Am                        G
The picture isn't pretty, but it's perfect
G                            Bm           Am
Tedious pressures, so then I curve it
Am                         G
Serena or Venus, the way I serve it
G                                    Bm     Am
I'm Mallory Blackman, the way I sell books
A                                       G
I jump on the stage, and then the world looks
G                                         Bm     Am
All that banging' on my door, had my girl shook
Am        A                    G
Now sorry officer, I only sell hooks
G
Leave me alone
G                         Am
Every little L I took, I hold it close to home
A                                                 G
Live and you learn, they'll always hate me for my tone
G
For the shade of my skin
G                         A
And not the courage of my bones
A
Now, I'm misunderstood
G
Now, I'm feeling like Nina Simone
Am
The way I toured the world
Am                            A
Would have thought that I was Sims
A                             G
See her on stage, I know that women can be kings
G             Bm                                   A
I know that's fucked, they're overlooking what you bring
A                       G
I know shit's all good, but it's just the little things
 
[Verse]
G                  Am
Black queen you're immaculate
G
It's coming at the world
G
They ain't ready for your magic yet
Am                      G
And that was never your fault
G
Man, I guess they couldn't hack it yet
Am                G
World domination, and you ain't even
G                     Am
Taken off your jacket yet
Am               D
So effortlessly fabulous
 
[Verse]
G                                            Am
And my young black kings I hope it pays off
G                                Bm  Am
Go and show 'em what you're made of
A                       G
Trying to scare us with some things
G                            Am
That we are no longer afraid of
G
Men are superheroes, let me see you take off
Am
I pray you never take your cape off
 
[Verse]
G                                    Bm
Even though most times, we don't fly straight
Am
If I trust you bro, I promise we gon' die great
G                                         Bm
Our burdens are heavy, but we ain't light weights
Am
Our parents were legends, they had to migrate
G                                        Bm
So that's a reason not to sit around and chat shit
Am
I'm from the place where Michael Dapaah made a smash hit
G                                     B
Where you can be a rapper, if rap you sick
Am
They're screaming, "What a flippin' time to be a black Brit!"
G                  Am
We so alive, whole world gone out their minds
Am                                         G
But no we ride, tried to push us all to the side
G
We know our rights
G                           Am
Now we get the whole of the pie, then go inside
Am                      G
When you see that murky flag in the sky
G
Just know it's I
G                     Am
The way I topped the charts
Am
Would've thought that I was Dave
Am   A      G
I am young, black, beautiful and brave
G              Bm                          Am
Know that it's fucked, they're overlooking what we gave
G
I know shits all good, so we pray for better days
 
[Bridge]
G                      Bm     Am
Pray they better than before (better than before)
G                                        Bm
Young black king, you are everything and more
Am
(you are everything and more)
G                                       Bm
I know one song's not enough to settle scores
Am
(not enough to settle scores)
A   G
But from the bottom of my heart
G                           Bm     Am
Man, I hope you're getting yours (getting yours)
G                           Bm     Am
Man, I hope you're getting yours (getting yours)
 
[Verse]
G                           Bm        Am
Young black queen, get your shine on
G                                     Bm     Am
All I see is innovators, and a bag of icons
G                            Bm
You can go and ask the whole world
Bm                        Am
Where they got they style from?
A      G
That's you, that's us, God's time
G      Bm
And he never gets the time wrong
A
I guess we just some ticking time bombs
Am      G
We soon blow (boom)
 
[Outro]
G                B           A
I can make world come true
Bm                     G
All my dreams will see me through
Bm                       Am
And if that won't get me down
Am             E           G
My dreams will turn things all around
Bm                   A
With a smile upon my face
Am                 G
I can see a better place
G              Bm               Am
Doesn't matter what may come my way
E               Gm              A       G
Believe me now, I will win some day