Emily Kokal

Burundi

Emily Kokal


Tom: Fm

Fm  ( C A# G# )
C# G Fm

[Verse 1]
Fm                                             C A# G#
Running down a dark street. App that got a flashlight.
Nike swoosh on bare feet. Whitney Houston's crack pipe.
C#                       G
The Greatest Love Of All. Watch me rise to watch me fall.
Fm
Contemplating. Rent is late in houses that I can't afford.
Fm                                                  C A# G#
Showed my papes at heaven's gates they asked me for my Visa.
Lived a life without no hate so tell me what you need, Sir?
C#                       G
Question your authority. Genocide and poverty.
Fm
Treaties don't negate the fact you're dealing stolen property.
Fm                                         C A# G#
Hacker. I'm a hacker. I'm a hacker in your hard-drive.
Hundred-thousand dollar Tesla ripping thru your hard-drive.
C#                        G
Oh Jesus, pull the chord. Seat-belts, what you standing for?
Fm
Buckle up. Let's knuckle up. And tell Mohammed bring his sword.

[Chorus]
Fm
Swoosh!
I'm a candle.
             C A# G#
I'm a candle.
Chop my neck a million times I still burn bright and stand, yo.
C#                        G
Vigil in the middle of your cccupied locations-
Fm
One that burns for haters; one that burns for Haitians.

Fm
Swoosh!
I'm a candle.
             C A# G#
I'm a candle.
Chop my neck a million times I still burn bright and stand, yo.
C#                           G
Burning in the middle of your synagogue and chapel
Fm
Licking that forbidden fruit through bitten glowing apples.


[Verse 2]

Fm                                      C A# G#
Factories in China. Coltan from the Congo.
Smuggled to Burundi. Hidden in a bongo.
C#                           G
We beat a mighty drum. Changes go before they come.
Fm
Guns and ammunition pay tuition for the desperate young.

Fm                                             C A# G#
Hacker. I'm a hacker. I'm a hacker in your hard-drive.
Hate ain't no security. I'm hacking thru your hard-drive.
C#                   G
Information Highway. Tunnel-vision Highway.
Fm
Exit 17 yo bring them mthrfckrs my way!
Fm                                          C A# G#
Virus. I'm a virus. I'm a virus In your system.
Fuck your history teacher, bitch. I've never been a victim.
C#                   G
I'm just a witness. Hitler can come get this.
Fm
Rabbis in Ramallah throwin' burqas on these bitches.

[Chorus]
Fm
Swoosh!
I'm a candle.
             C A# G#
I'm a candle.
Chop my neck a million times I still burn bright and stand, yo.
C#                        G
Vigil in the middle of your cccupied locations-
Fm
One that burns for haters; one that burns for Haitians.

Fm
Swoosh!
I'm a candle.
             C A# G#
I'm a candle.
Chop my neck a million times I still burn bright and stand, yo.
C#                           G
Burning in the middle of your synagogue and chapel
Fm
Licking that forbidden fruit through bitten glowing apples.

Fm                 
I'm a candle.
             C A# G#
I'm a candle
C#  G Fm 
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