Plague Rising chords

[INTRO]
[C] [G] [D] [Em]

[Em]Every t[C]ime I wri[G]te things
[Em]I check you, I f[C]ear you [D]
[Em]That is why I l[C]earned to a[G]void
Cuz th[Em]at is the f[D]air w[G]ay

[Am]Heed citations o[B]ne last time
[Em]Theft! I don’t w[C]ant no theft
[G]Identity theft is when
[D]Whole work is pinch[Em]ed

All this[C] work is claimed[G] by me
Baby there’s a[G] price to pay [Em]
Then I’[Em]ll just get some of the p[C]iece
[G]A little section or a ph[D]rase

[Em]Copycat,
You should d[C]o that never
[G]Ain’t gonna make you safe [D]no never
[Em]You should never ever pla[C]giarize
[G]Oops I did it[A] again (bye,bye,bye)

[Em]Then I’ll just change so[C]me lines
[G]But maybe keep some together
[Em]A little there, a little[C] here
[G]You’re cherry-pick my dear.

[Em]I’ve walked this ceasele[C]ss street
[G]I’ll just use the same t[D]ext I’ve made in years
[Em]But I’ll be sure to see [C]
[G]That I’ll cite myself, to avoid mitosis [Em]

Or m[Em]aybe use just a part of it [D]
Maybe ne[D]ed not cite me [C]
S[C]tay back baby please
Cause you shou[D]ldn’t recycle.

[D]You should go think this through [Em]
Paraphr[C]ase and then brew [G]
[Am]Take up everythi[Em]ng
You want and [C]need [G]

[D]But don’t you da[Em]re say it’s your own [C]
[G]heard by your ears [D]
[Em]Don’t forget to cite eac[C]h
[G]Source, pioneers[D] .

[D]Don’t you dare c[Em]laim it’s your own [C]
[G]For you might be called [D]
[Em]A writer that re[C]mix and borrow [G] [D]

[Em]Hey there Delila[C]h
What’s it like i[G]n Ghost Cite city?
[G]You’re books a thousand [Em]miles away [C]
And your words s[G]eem a little phony
I said it’s too [Em]fake to plagiari[C]ze. [G]

Cite som[Am7]e sources,
Do it for some mo[D]re
Do it pr[Em7]operly
Apply it to four [Bm7]more [Em7]

Forget some sou[Am7]rces
Cut it by the th[D]read
As if it was so[Em7]mething that you [Bm7]haven’t even r[Em7]ead

Half-n-h[D]alf it’s[Em] just another wa[C]y to lie. [G]
[G]You know I’d understand each word

[Em]Misinterpretatio[C]n that’s unacceptable
[G]Warping it with cherries on top.

That’s not the right tra[Em]ck, baby stand o[C]n
the righ[G]t way

I [Em]knew it was troubled when I passed it [C] [D]
Cause I’m happy [Em] [C]
I did ci[G]te
Though I[Em] barely [C]
Placed m[G]y side [D]

Why you [Em]gotta be mosaic [C]
[G]Don’t you know how to think

[Em]C’mon C’mon place your own form [C]on
[G]It’s time to place your [D]mirror off
Gotta do[Em] each line, put a pattern on [C]
[G]Make our own, not reflections.

[G]Beware not to miscue,
[G]Be… beware not to miscue
It’s when you mi[Em]stake
[C]And place the wr[G]ong link

Half-hearted [Em]
Everything seems right t[C]ill the middle [G]
When your mind tends to [D]twiddle [Em]
And you mistook [C]the tiny details like a [G]needle

[D]So why won’t you ride wi[Em]th me, ride with me [C]
[G]See where you went wrong
Make sure what y[G]ou make is free
What you make is[C] free
Free from plagia[G]ry