A F#m E D
A F#m E D


[Verse 1]
                          F#m
And I say welcome to the hood
                                      A
Welcome to the hood, welcome to the place where nothing ever ends up good
                           E
And they say you're a disgrace if you can't find yourself a job
                                    D
Around here there's either been a draught and then there's been a flood
                     F#m
No one ever built an ark for anybody from the block
                            A
Man are trying to ring the heavens but God never gets in touch
                           E
For certain people it's a must to comе across as tough
                            D
Cos you don't want to be a victim when Berеttas start to bust
                          F#m
And I say welcome to the hood
                                                 A
Welcome to the hood where no one teaches you to love because we're all products of lust
                    E
We learn to tell a lie before we even learn to trust
                            D
And then we see how people die as if the sorrow ain't enough
                  F#m
So-and-so killed so-and-so I struggle to keep up
              A
A victim of knife crime it hit him in the lung
                     E
The press are making articles expressing their disgust
                           D
But where there's no opportunity survival is a must
                          F#m
And I say welcome to the hood
                                               A
Welcome to the hood where boredom leads to depression, depression leads to drugs
                    E
And drugs numb the pain of all the fucked up stuff
                       D
That you have to see when you're forced into growing up
             F#m
Nobody's responsible everybody's corrupt
                         A
And school's a waste of time cos we're learning out of books
                    E
And when you're academic you get taken for a mug
                       D
Cos mathematics won't help when you're in a puddle of blood
                          F#m
And I say welcome to the hood
                                          A
Welcome to the hood feels like the only thing that ever settles is the dust
                     E
We try and keep it clean but the stress builds up
                   D
And it was all a dream until Biggie got shot


[Chorus 1]
 F#m
Welcome to the place that I call home
    E                                    D
Be careful it don't turn your heart to stone
 F#m                        A
Welcome to the war I'm battling
     E                                D
You live or you die, you lose or you win


[Verse 2]
                          F#m
And I say welcome to the hood
                                                  A
Welcome to the hood, the person they call mental health is the person that we call Mum
                 E
We either don't have a dad or we have more than one
                           D
And we're told to fly the nest before we even learn to run
                   F#m
You don't have to be a soldier here to hold a gun
                           A
And watching other people suffer is what we consider fun
                      E
"Cause suffering is standard, you'll have to toughen up"
                           D
At least that's what your mother tells you when she's fully drunk
                    F#m
People steal for a living, and end up in the can
                      A
It's Miles easier in jail, but you wouldn't understand
          E
Being a criminal is not part of the plan
                             D
But how are you supposed to work when nobody will take you on
                         F#m
So I say welcome to the hood
                                       A
Welcome to the hood, depression and anxiety gets swept under the rug
                       E
These gangsters ain't family
                                               D
Welcome to the club because there's plenty of gangsters in a city full of thugs
                     F#m
Being born into the politics of poverty is rough
                        A
You can look down your nose holes but only God can judge
           E
Most of us are afraid to pray to the above
                     D
Cause Pac said there ain't no heaven for a thug
                F#m
Welcome to the hood, welcome to the hood
                 A
Welcome to the place when nothing ever ends up good
                                E
And they say that you're a disgrace if you can't find yourself a job
                            D
Around here there's either been a draught then there's been a flood


[Chorus 1]
 F#m
Welcome to the place that I call home
    E                                    D
Be careful it don't turn your heart to stone
 F#m                        A
Welcome to the war I'm battling
     E                                D
You live or you die, you lose or you win


[Bridge]
              F#m                     A
You see there ain't no heaven for a thug
               E                     D
Seems like my good ain't ever good enough
                F#m                    A
Feels like I'm running running out of love
     E                               D
You live or you die you lose or you win
               F#m                     A
They say there ain't no heaven for a thug
               E                     D
Seems like my good ain't ever good enough
                F#m                    A
Feels like I'm running running out of love
     E                                D
You live or you die, you lose or you win


[Chorus 1]
 F#m                              A
Welcome to the place that I call home
    E                                    D
Be careful it don't turn your heart to stone
 F#m                        A
Welcome to the war I'm battling
     E                                D                F#m
You live or you die, you lose or you win (lose or you win)