Biografía:
Erykah Badu, cantante de neo soul, nacida el 26 de febrero de 1971 en Dallas (Texas).
Creció escuchando el soul de los '70 y comenzó a vivir el hip hop de los '80, pero también está muy influida por grandes del jazz como Billie Holiday. Su verdadero nombre es Erica Wright, y cursó estudios en una escuela de arte, y años después estuvo un tiempo dedicada a la docencia, hasta que en 1994 apareció en un show de D'Angelo. El manager de D'angelo
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¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
(Intro)
G#m7/F# Bmaj9 D#9sus4 G#maj9
G#m7/F# Bmaj9 D#9sus4
[Chorus]
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Work ain't honest but it pays the bills
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
What we gonna do when they come for you
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Gave me the life that I came to live
[Verse 1]
G#maj7
Do I really
Emaj9
Want my baby
G#maj7 Emaj9
Brother tell me what to do
G#maj7
I know you got to get your hustle on
Emaj9
So I pray
G#maj7
I understand the game, sometimes
Emaj9
And I love you strong, but
[Chorus]
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Work ain't honest but it pays the bills
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
What we gonna do when they come for you
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
But I can't stand life without ya
[Verse 2]
G#maj7
Now, me and baby got this situation
Emaj9
See, brother got this complex occupation
G#maj7
And it ain't that he don't have education
Emaj9
'Cause I was right there at his graduation
G#maj7
Now, I ain't sayin' that this life don't work
Emaj9
But, it's me and baby that he hurts
G#maj7
'Cause I tell him right
Emaj9
He thinks I'm wrong
But I love him strong
G#m7/F#
He gave me the life that I came to live
Bmaj9
Gave me the song that I came to give
D#9sus4
Pressure on me
But the seed had grown
G#maj9
I can't make it on my own
G#m7/F#
Summer came around and the flowers bloomed
He became the sun
Bmaj9
I became the moon
D#9sus4
Precious gifts that we both received
Or could this be make believe
[Chorus]
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Work ain't honest but it pays the bills
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
What we gonna do when they come for you
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Gave me the life that I came to live
Yes, you did
[Verse 3]
G#maj7
Don't worry baby
Emaj9
I know there's confusion
G#maj7
God's gonna see us through (yeah)
Emaj9
Peace out to revolution
But we paid though
[Bridge]
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Don't you worry, keep your balance (What you gonna do, What you gonna do)
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
The work ain't honest but it pays the bills (Yes it does)
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Don't you worry, keep your balance (Don't have to worry baby)
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Gave me the life that I came to live (Yes you did)
[Chorus]
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Don't you worry, keep your balance (What you gonna do, What you gonna do)
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
The work ain't honest but it pays the bills (Yes it does)
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Don't you worry, keep your balance (Don't have to worry baby)
(Post chorus)
G#m7/F#
He gave me the life that I came to live
Bmaj9
Gave me the song that I came to give
D#9sus4
Pressure on me
But the seed had grown
G#maj9
I can't make it on my own
G#m7/F#
Summer came around and the flowers bloomed
He became the sun
Bmaj9
I became the moon
D#9sus4
Precious gifts that we both received
G#maj9
Or could this be make believe
G#m7/F#
Oh yeah
Bmaj9
Badu is with you baby
D#9sus4
Hmmm
N.C.
We gon' make it, yeah
Me, you and the baby
You gonna do
Whatcha you gonna do
Go, yeah, baby, baby
Oh go on
See I ain't tryin' to bind your life
But I want you to do what's right
And yeah
I'm your wife
Hmmm
Peace out to revolution
I know there's confusion
You gonna what you gotta do now
G#m7/F# Bmaj9 D#9sus4 G#maj9
G#m7/F# Bmaj9 D#9sus4
[Chorus]
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Work ain't honest but it pays the bills
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
What we gonna do when they come for you
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Gave me the life that I came to live
[Verse 1]
G#maj7
Do I really
Emaj9
Want my baby
G#maj7 Emaj9
Brother tell me what to do
G#maj7
I know you got to get your hustle on
Emaj9
So I pray
G#maj7
I understand the game, sometimes
Emaj9
And I love you strong, but
[Chorus]
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Work ain't honest but it pays the bills
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
What we gonna do when they come for you
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
But I can't stand life without ya
[Verse 2]
G#maj7
Now, me and baby got this situation
Emaj9
See, brother got this complex occupation
G#maj7
And it ain't that he don't have education
Emaj9
'Cause I was right there at his graduation
G#maj7
Now, I ain't sayin' that this life don't work
Emaj9
But, it's me and baby that he hurts
G#maj7
'Cause I tell him right
Emaj9
He thinks I'm wrong
But I love him strong
G#m7/F#
He gave me the life that I came to live
Bmaj9
Gave me the song that I came to give
D#9sus4
Pressure on me
But the seed had grown
G#maj9
I can't make it on my own
G#m7/F#
Summer came around and the flowers bloomed
He became the sun
Bmaj9
I became the moon
D#9sus4
Precious gifts that we both received
Or could this be make believe
[Chorus]
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Work ain't honest but it pays the bills
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
What we gonna do when they come for you
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Gave me the life that I came to live
Yes, you did
[Verse 3]
G#maj7
Don't worry baby
Emaj9
I know there's confusion
G#maj7
God's gonna see us through (yeah)
Emaj9
Peace out to revolution
But we paid though
[Bridge]
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Don't you worry, keep your balance (What you gonna do, What you gonna do)
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
The work ain't honest but it pays the bills (Yes it does)
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Don't you worry, keep your balance (Don't have to worry baby)
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Gave me the life that I came to live (Yes you did)
[Chorus]
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Don't you worry, keep your balance (What you gonna do, What you gonna do)
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
The work ain't honest but it pays the bills (Yes it does)
C#maj9 G#maj9 Emaj7
Don't you worry, keep your balance (Don't have to worry baby)
(Post chorus)
G#m7/F#
He gave me the life that I came to live
Bmaj9
Gave me the song that I came to give
D#9sus4
Pressure on me
But the seed had grown
G#maj9
I can't make it on my own
G#m7/F#
Summer came around and the flowers bloomed
He became the sun
Bmaj9
I became the moon
D#9sus4
Precious gifts that we both received
G#maj9
Or could this be make believe
G#m7/F#
Oh yeah
Bmaj9
Badu is with you baby
D#9sus4
Hmmm
N.C.
We gon' make it, yeah
Me, you and the baby
You gonna do
Whatcha you gonna do
Go, yeah, baby, baby
Oh go on
See I ain't tryin' to bind your life
But I want you to do what's right
And yeah
I'm your wife
Hmmm
Peace out to revolution
I know there's confusion
You gonna what you gotta do now
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