Artist: A Tribe Called Quest
[INTRO]
[A] [G] [C]
[CHORUS]
[A]I really know how it feels to be, [G]stressed out, stressed out
W[C]hen you're face to face with your adversity
I[A] really know how it feels to be, s[G]tressed out, stressed out
W[C]e're gonna make this thing work out eventually
[Verse 1: Consequence, (Q-Tip)]
[A]Yo I ain't one to complain but there's things in the game
[G](What's your name?)
Consequence, I'm tight, burnt like flames
(And why's that?)
[C]American dreams, they got this ghetto kid in a fiend
(Don't stress that cause it's not in your bloodstream)
[A](Your whole being, comes from greatness, d'you remember)
[G](Shaytan got you caught in the storms of December)
[C](And brothers on the block packing nines like September)
(Crazy situations keeps pockets on slender)
[A]Yo I be on the avenue where they be actin brand new
[G]I'm splurging on these Reebok joints for shorty boo
[C]All of a sudden, I saw these two kids frontin'
Talking out they joints but they wasn't saying nuttin'
[A]My hand was on my toolie they was actin unruly
[G](Say word) Yo word up, yo I was tight caught up
[C]But I swallowed my pride and let that nonsense ride
Because I'm positive it seems that negative dies
[A]Yo we was at the dice game making these cats look silly
[G]Flamming, steady running off at the Willie
[C]I had my cash mixed, my rent due, with my play-dough
I gotta see some loot so on my girls I blow
[A]Shook them shits in my palm let em hit the flo'
[G]Kept my eyeballs scoping for them pigs po-po
[C]I got to go on the ave see my parole by fo'
But I gotta steady freak these boys like JoJo
[A]And I was doing it, 'til I met Ike, Spike, and Mike
[G]One roll, they had my pockets thirstier than Sprite
[C]Yo I know the feeling, when you feeling like a villain
You be having good thoughts but the evils be revealin'
[A]And the stresses of life can take you off the right path (no doubt)
[G]Jealousy and envy tends to infiltrate your staff
[C]We gotta hold it down so we can move on past
All adversities, so we can get through fast, like that
[CHORUS]
[A]I really know how it feels to be, [G]stressed out, stressed out
W[C]hen you're face to face with your adversity
I[A] really know how it feels to be, s[G]tressed out, stressed out
W[C]e're gonna make this thing work out eventually
[Verse 2: Consequence]
[A]You got the N.W.O. (low cash flow)
[G]Your baby's on the way (and you don't know who)
[C]And crosstown niggas trying to (bust at you)
Aiyyo they got me stressed out (and you don't know what to do)
[A]So frame this Kodak black, and vision to my contact
[G]With a poultry scrap, workers get pistol smacked
[C]The switch-hitting Queens, niggas liquid sword spittin
With raw poppy, and now your first love is krill
[A]Your vision of the mil got crept like Hey Lover
[G]Tried to rise to the top, you just couldn't recover
[C]And all I want is my laceration of the pie
To get this whipped cream before the water runs dry
[A]Niggas flash dancing, yo, I don't know why
[G]You're sick of snitching, she got you cruising to the pokey
[C]Like Smokey, the stress be trying to squeeze out a homey
While I'll be trying to get star status like Shinobi
[A]So we can build a dynasty, just like the Toby's
[G]And all I want is the world to know my steez
[C]These money hungry niggas is seven thirty
And got me stressed out like these frog emcees
[CHORUS]
[A]I really know how it feels to be, [G]stressed out, stressed out
W[C]hen you're face to face with your adversity
I[A] really know how it feels to be, s[G]tressed out, stressed out
W[C]e're gonna make this thing work out eventually
[Outro: Faith Evans]
[A]Don't worry we gon make it (gonna make it)
[G]Don't worry we gon make it (oh yeah)
[C]Don't worry we gon make it (gonna make it)
We gon make it (gotta make it)
[A]Don't worry we gon make it (gotta make it)
[G]We're gonna make it (we gotta make it)
[C]Don't worry we gon make it (we gonna make it)
We gonna make it (oh)
[A]Don't worry we gon make it (oh)
[G]Don't worry we gon make it (gonna make it)
[C]Don't worry we gon make it (oh)
We gon make it
[A]Don't worry we gon make it
[G]I know we gonna make it (we're gonna make it)
[C]C'mon baby we gon make it (yeah)
We gon make it (yeah-ah)
[A]Don't worry we gon make it (we're gonna make it)
[G]We've gotta make it (we've gotta make it)
[C]We've gotta make it (oh yeah)
Know we're gonna make it
[A]We're gonna make it, gonna make it
[G]We gotta make it, know we gonna make it
[A] [G] [C]
[CHORUS]
[A]I really know how it feels to be, [G]stressed out, stressed out
W[C]hen you're face to face with your adversity
I[A] really know how it feels to be, s[G]tressed out, stressed out
W[C]e're gonna make this thing work out eventually
[Verse 1: Consequence, (Q-Tip)]
[A]Yo I ain't one to complain but there's things in the game
[G](What's your name?)
Consequence, I'm tight, burnt like flames
(And why's that?)
[C]American dreams, they got this ghetto kid in a fiend
(Don't stress that cause it's not in your bloodstream)
[A](Your whole being, comes from greatness, d'you remember)
[G](Shaytan got you caught in the storms of December)
[C](And brothers on the block packing nines like September)
(Crazy situations keeps pockets on slender)
[A]Yo I be on the avenue where they be actin brand new
[G]I'm splurging on these Reebok joints for shorty boo
[C]All of a sudden, I saw these two kids frontin'
Talking out they joints but they wasn't saying nuttin'
[A]My hand was on my toolie they was actin unruly
[G](Say word) Yo word up, yo I was tight caught up
[C]But I swallowed my pride and let that nonsense ride
Because I'm positive it seems that negative dies
[A]Yo we was at the dice game making these cats look silly
[G]Flamming, steady running off at the Willie
[C]I had my cash mixed, my rent due, with my play-dough
I gotta see some loot so on my girls I blow
[A]Shook them shits in my palm let em hit the flo'
[G]Kept my eyeballs scoping for them pigs po-po
[C]I got to go on the ave see my parole by fo'
But I gotta steady freak these boys like JoJo
[A]And I was doing it, 'til I met Ike, Spike, and Mike
[G]One roll, they had my pockets thirstier than Sprite
[C]Yo I know the feeling, when you feeling like a villain
You be having good thoughts but the evils be revealin'
[A]And the stresses of life can take you off the right path (no doubt)
[G]Jealousy and envy tends to infiltrate your staff
[C]We gotta hold it down so we can move on past
All adversities, so we can get through fast, like that
[CHORUS]
[A]I really know how it feels to be, [G]stressed out, stressed out
W[C]hen you're face to face with your adversity
I[A] really know how it feels to be, s[G]tressed out, stressed out
W[C]e're gonna make this thing work out eventually
[Verse 2: Consequence]
[A]You got the N.W.O. (low cash flow)
[G]Your baby's on the way (and you don't know who)
[C]And crosstown niggas trying to (bust at you)
Aiyyo they got me stressed out (and you don't know what to do)
[A]So frame this Kodak black, and vision to my contact
[G]With a poultry scrap, workers get pistol smacked
[C]The switch-hitting Queens, niggas liquid sword spittin
With raw poppy, and now your first love is krill
[A]Your vision of the mil got crept like Hey Lover
[G]Tried to rise to the top, you just couldn't recover
[C]And all I want is my laceration of the pie
To get this whipped cream before the water runs dry
[A]Niggas flash dancing, yo, I don't know why
[G]You're sick of snitching, she got you cruising to the pokey
[C]Like Smokey, the stress be trying to squeeze out a homey
While I'll be trying to get star status like Shinobi
[A]So we can build a dynasty, just like the Toby's
[G]And all I want is the world to know my steez
[C]These money hungry niggas is seven thirty
And got me stressed out like these frog emcees
[CHORUS]
[A]I really know how it feels to be, [G]stressed out, stressed out
W[C]hen you're face to face with your adversity
I[A] really know how it feels to be, s[G]tressed out, stressed out
W[C]e're gonna make this thing work out eventually
[Outro: Faith Evans]
[A]Don't worry we gon make it (gonna make it)
[G]Don't worry we gon make it (oh yeah)
[C]Don't worry we gon make it (gonna make it)
We gon make it (gotta make it)
[A]Don't worry we gon make it (gotta make it)
[G]We're gonna make it (we gotta make it)
[C]Don't worry we gon make it (we gonna make it)
We gonna make it (oh)
[A]Don't worry we gon make it (oh)
[G]Don't worry we gon make it (gonna make it)
[C]Don't worry we gon make it (oh)
We gon make it
[A]Don't worry we gon make it
[G]I know we gonna make it (we're gonna make it)
[C]C'mon baby we gon make it (yeah)
We gon make it (yeah-ah)
[A]Don't worry we gon make it (we're gonna make it)
[G]We've gotta make it (we've gotta make it)
[C]We've gotta make it (oh yeah)
Know we're gonna make it
[A]We're gonna make it, gonna make it
[G]We gotta make it, know we gonna make it
Used chords
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