Black Rage chords

Lauryn Hill

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  			Intro: Em Am D G Bm 

verse 1 
Em 
  Black rage is founded on two-thirds a person 
Am 
  Raping and beatings and suffering that worsens 
Em            D        Bm    Am   G 
  Black human packages tied up in strings  
  Em                         Am            Bm   
  Black rage can come from all these kinds of things. 

Em 
  Black rage is founded on blatant denial,  
Am 
  sweet economics, subsistent survival,  
Em           D      Bm  Am         G 
  deafening silence and social control,  
  Em                      Am               Bm 
  black rage is found in all forms in the soul, 

 
Em                  Am                   G                    Em 
  When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I’m feeling sad, 
Am                                                     G                  Em 
  I simply remember all these kinds of things, and then I don’t fear so bad 


verse 2 
Em 
  Black rage is founded who fed us self hatred  
Am 
  Lies and abuse while we waited and waited  
  Em         D 
  Spiritual treason  
  Bm           Am        G 
  This grid and it's cages  
  Em                      Am              Bm 
  Black rage was founded on these kinds of things  

Em 
  Black rage is founded on dreaming and draining  
Am   
  Threatening your freedom  
  Em 
  To stop your complaining  
  D             Bm 
  Poisoning your water  
  Am                        G 
  While they say it's raining  
  Em                  Am                  Bm 
  Then call you mad for complaining, complaining  


Em 
  Old time bureaucracy  
Am 
  Drugging the youth  
  Em 
  Black rage is founded on blocking the truth  
  D 
  Murder and crime  
  Bm             Am 
  Compromise and distortion  
  G          Em 
  Sacrifice, sacrifice  
  Am           Bm 
  Who makes this fortune?  
  Em                   D 
  Greed, falsely called progress  
  Bm         Am       G 
  Such human contortion  
  Em                      Am              Bm 
  Black rage is founded on these kinds of things  

 
Em                  Am                   G                    Em 
  When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I’m feeling sad, 
Am                                                     G                  Em 
  I simply remember all these kinds of things, and then I don’t fear so bad