Intro Em F#m G Bm I got a bone to pick Em I don't want you monkey-mouth motherf*ckers F#m G Sittin' in my throne again Bm Ayy, ayy, nigga what's happenin'? Em K-Dot back in the hood, nigga! F#m G Bm Em F#m I'm mad (He mad!), but I ain't stressin' G Bm True friends, one question Hook Em F#m Bitch, where you when I was walkin'? G Bm Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin' Em King Kunta F#m Everybody wanna cut the legs off him G (King) Kunta Bm Em Black man taking no losses, oh yeah F#m Bitch, where you when I was walkin'? G Bm Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin' Em King Kunta F#m Everybody wanna cut the legs off him G Bm When you got the yamsâ(What's the yams?) Verse 1 Em F#m G Bm Em F#m The yam is the power that be G Bm You can smell it when I'm walkin' down the street Em F#m (Oh yes, we can, oh yes, we can) G Bm Em F#m G I can dig rappin', but a rapper with a ghost writer? Bm Fm Gm What the f*ck happened? (Oh no!) G# Cm Fm Gm I swore I wouldn't tell, but most of y'all sharing bars G# Cm Like you got the bottom bunk in a two-man cell Fm Gm (A two man cell) G# Cm Fm Something's in the water (Something's in the water) Gm And if I gotta brown-nose for some gold G# Cm Then I'd rather be a bum than a motherf*ckin' baller Hook Em F#m Bitch, where you when I was walkin'? G Bm Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin' Em King Kunta F#m Everybody wanna cut the legs off him G (King) Kunta Bm Em Black man taking no losses, oh yeah F#m Bitch, where you when I was walkin'? G Bm Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin' Em King Kunta F#m Everybody wanna cut the legs off him G Bm When you got the yamsâ(What's the yams?) Verse 2 Fm Gm G# Cm Fm Gm The yam brought it out of Richard Pryor G# Cm Fm Gm Manipulated Bill Clinton with desires G# Cm Fm 24/7, 365 days times two Gm I was contemplatin' gettin' on stage G# Cm Just to go back to the hood, see my enemy, and say⦠(Oh yeah) Hook Em F#m Bitch, where you when I was walkin'? G Bm Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin' Em King Kunta F#m Everybody wanna cut the legs off him G (King) Kunta Bm Em Black man taking no losses, oh yeah F#m Bitch, where you when I was walkin'? G Bm Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin' Em King Kunta F#m Everybody wanna cut the legs off him Verse 3 N.C. You goat-mouth mammyf*cker Em F#m I was gonna k*ll a couple rappers, but they did it to themselves G Bm Everybody's suicidal, they ain't even need my help Em F#m This shit is elementary, I'll probably go to jail G Bm If I shoot at your identity and bounce to the left Em F#m Stuck a flag in my city, everybody's screamin' "Compton!" G Bm I should probably run for mayor when I'm done, to be honest Em F#m And I put that on my mama and my baby boo too N.C Em Twenty million walkin' out the court buildin', woo woo! F#m G Bm Ah yeah, f*ck the judge, I made it past twenty-five, and there I was Em F#m A little nappy-headed nigga with the world behind him G Bm Life ain't shit but a fat vagina Em F#m G Screamin' "Annie, are you okay? Annie, are you okay?" Bm Limo tinted with the gold plates Em F#m Straight from the bottom, this the belly of the beast G Bm From a peasant to a prince to a motherf*ckin' king Hook N.C. Bitch, where was you when I was walkin'â(*POP*) By the time you hear the next pop The funk shall be within youâ(*POP*) Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin' Em King Kunta F#m Everybody wanna cut the legs off him G (King) Kunta Bm Em Black man taking no losses, oh yeah F#m Bitch, where was you when I was walkin'? G Bm Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin' Em King Kunta F#m Everybody wanna cut the legs off him Outro Em F#m G Bm Em F#m G Bm Em F#m (Funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk) G Bm Em F#m We want the funk G We want the funk Bm Em F#m (Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it) G We want the funk Bm Em F#m (Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it) G We want the funk Bm Em F#m (Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it) G We want the funk Bm Em F#m (Do you want the funk?) G We want the funk Bm Em F#m (Do you want the funk?) G We want the funk Bm Em F#m (Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it) N.C. We want the funk Poem N.C. I remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence