Eb
Ohhhh
                        Abm
(Miss Badu told me I'm)

[Chorus]
           B                 Db
Most these sheeple move like clones
           Ebm        Abm
That's why I be on my own
     B                  Db
My mama thought I was a joke
    Ebm                   Db
But Miss Badu told me I'm dope
          B
Yeah, I'm dope
                Db
Yeah, yeah, I'm dope
     Ebm
Miss Badu told me I'm

[Post-Chorus]
Abm
And I know it
          Bb
You can't tell me nothing else
           Gm                         Bbm
That's why every beat I'm on is water and I'm Michael Phelps
        Gm                        Bb
Told my partnas "get yo bread up, but that dope don't equal wealth"
        Bbm                               Bb
But you can't help all yo partnas, unless you done helped yourself

[Verse 2]
Ebm
So I need more than kudos and a high-five
Cm
'Cause I went from sidelines to the limelight
Eb
And I shine bright, ice cold, bars Klondike
Em
And I never moved with the white
Em
This ain't blindside (ouu)
   Cm
Finite, but you feel the spirit
                       Em
Whole flow shine like, soul glow
Em
Every lyric (soul glow)
  Cm
Skin cocoa so most popo fear it
E
Nine like Rondo on my clothes
            Abm
When I pivot

Ouu

[Chorus]
           B                  Db
Most these sheeple move like clones (move like clones)
Ebm                   Abm
That's why I be on my own (I be on my own)
     B                  Db
My mama thought I was a joke (she thought I was a joke)
    Ebm                        Db
But Dave Chapelle told me, I'm dope
          B
Yeah, I'm dope
                Gb
Yeah, yeah, I'm dope
Ebm                      Abm
Dave Chapelle told me I'm

[Post-Chorus]
      Bbm
And I know it, you can't tell me nothing else
B          Gm                Bbm      Bbm
That's why every beat I'm on is water and I'm Michael Phelps
                                         Bb
Me and my dogs eat like kings, but we be working just like slaves
       Bbm                         Bb
I done made it outta my hood, I deserve some accolades

[Verse 3]
Eb
'Cause I maneuver through the doo-doo like a
              Abm
Bottle of Metamucil in a body that's used to being constipated
Ebm                                                    Dbm
And most consumers, they view me as a ruler like Mansa Musa
                               E
'Cause I stay with some jewels that can exonerate 'em
Ebm
From every ounce of troubled water they been in spend-in
            Bm
Time and place it ain't safe to swim in
Ebm
Without yellin' I try to tell em'
                        Gb
They should make amends
E
Because...

[Outro]
          B               Bb7
Where you from, where I'm from
         Ebm
You see, so much pain (so much pain)
        B         Bbm7          Bb   Ebm
But the kid do it big, now they know my name (know my name)
       B              Bb
I done got it out the mud (aye)
           Db     Ebm
And put on for my day ones
           B             Bbm
That's why Miss Badu and Dave Chapelle
     Ebm                                Abm        
Show a young playa love (show a young playa love)