CAPO 1st Fret

Intro
G (320003@1)  Em (022000@1)   Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)[Verse 1]
GA (320003@1)place to spend my quiet nights, time to unwind
EmSo (022000@1)much pressure in this life of mine, I cry at times
AmI (x02210@1)once contemplated suicide, and woulda tried
CBut (x32010@1)when I held that 9, all I could see was my momma's eyes
GNo (320003@1)one knows my struggle, they only see the trouble
EmNot (022000@1)knowin it's hard to carry on when no one loves you
AmPicture (x02210@1)me inside the misery of poverty
CNo (x32010@1)man alive has ever witnessed struggles I survived
GPrayin (320003@1)hard for better days, promise to hold on
EmMe (022000@1)and my dawgs ain't have a choice but to roll on
AmWe (x02210@1)found a family spot to kick it
CWhere (x32010@1)we can drink liquor and no one bickers over trick shit
GA (320003@1)spot where we can smoke in peace, and even though we G's
EmWe (022000@1)still visualize places, that we can roll in peace
AmAnd (x02210@1)in my mind's eye I see this place, the players go in fast
CI (x32010@1)got a spot for us all, so we can ball, at thug's mansion

[Chorus]
GEvery (320003@1)corner, every city
EmThere's (022000@1)a place where life's a little easy
AmLittle (x02210@1)Hennessy, laid back and cool
CEvery (x32010@1)hour, cause it's all good
GLeave (320003@1)all the stress from the world outside
EmEvery (022000@1)wrong done will be alright (I wanna go)
AmNothin (x02210@1)but peace (I wanna go) love (I wanna go nigga)
CAnd (x32010@1)street passion, every ghetto needs a thug mansion

[Verse 2]
GA (320003@1)place where death doesn't reside, just thugs who collide
EmNot (022000@1)to start beef but spark trees, no cops rollin by
Am (x02210@1)                                   CNo (x32010@1)policemen, no homicide, no chalk on the streets

No reason, for nobody's momma to cry
GSee (320003@1)I'm a good guy, I'm tryin to stick around for my daughter
EmBut (022000@1)if I should die, I know all of my albums support her
AmThis (x02210@1)whole year's been crazy, asked the Holy Spirit to save me
COnly (x32010@1)difference from me and Ossie Davis, gray hair maybe
GCause (320003@1)I feel like my eyes saw too much sufferin
EmI'm (022000@1)just twenty-some-odd years, I done lost my mother
AmAnd (x02210@1)I cried tears of joy, I know she smiles on her boy
CI (x32010@1)dream of you more, my love goes to Afeni Shakur
GCause (320003@1)like Ann Jones, she raised a ghetto king in a war
EmAnd (022000@1)just for that alone she shouldn't feel no pain no more
AmCause (x02210@1)one day we'll all be together, sippin heavnly champagne
Cwhere (x32010@1)angels soar, with golden wings in thug's mansion

[Chorus]
GEvery (320003@1)corner, every city
EmThere's (022000@1)a place where life's a little easy
AmLittle (x02210@1)Hennessy, laid back and cool
CEvery (x32010@1)hour, cause it's all good
GLeave (320003@1)all the stress from the world outside
EmEvery (022000@1)wrong done will be alright (I wanna go)
AmNothin (x02210@1)but peace (I wanna go) love (I wanna go nigga)
CAnd (x32010@1)street passion, every ghetto needs a thug mansion

[Verse 3]
GDear (320003@1)momma don't cry, your baby boy's doin good
EmTell (022000@1)the homies I'm in heaven and they ain't got hoods
AmSeen (x02210@1)a show with Marvin Gaye last night, it had me shook
CDrippin (x32010@1)peppermint Schnapps, with Jackie Wilson, and Sam Cooke
GThen (320003@1)some lady named Billie Holiday
EmSang (022000@1)sittin there kickin it with Malcolm, 'til the day came
AmLittle (x02210@1)LaTasha sho' grown
                        CTell (x32010@1)the lady in the liquorstore that she's forgiven, so come home
GMaybe (320003@1)in time you'll understand only God can save us
EmWhen (022000@1)Miles Davis cuttin lose with the band
AmJust (x02210@1)think of all the people that you knew in the past
Cthat (x32010@1)passed on, they in heaven, found peace at last
GPicture (320003@1)a place that they exist, together
EmThere (022000@1)has to be a place better than this, in heaven
AmSo (x02210@1)right before I sleep, dear God, what I'm askin
CRemember (x32010@1)this face, save me a place, in thug's mansion

[Chorus]
GEvery (320003@1)corner, every city
EmThere's (022000@1)a place where life's a little easy
AmLittle (x02210@1)Hennessy, laid back and cool
CEvery (x32010@1)hour, cause it's all good
GLeave (320003@1)all the stress from the world outside
EmEvery (022000@1)wrong done will be alright (I wanna go)
AmNothin (x02210@1)but peace (I wanna go) love (I wanna go nigga)
CAnd (x32010@1)street passion, every ghetto needs a thug mansion