India.Arie - Rollercoaster

      Rollercoaster
India.Arie
B Major


[Intro]
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This just in, another talented young Black man
Thrown in jail, lost his life, just sitting on his couch, in the street


[Verse 1]
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Every time I turn on the news
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I can't seem to tell a lie from the truth
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Earthquakes all over the place
E
Contaminated water in Flint is so crazy
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Big pharma makin’ big ol' bucks
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Sellin' all these deadly and addictive drugs
E
And we don’t even know what we can eat
E
We got genetically modified broccoli
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And they clonin' animals, we eatin' the meat
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The text thing they turn around, they clonin' you and me
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The way they do the human race is a ridiculous crime
E
And Colin Kaepernick's knee got y'all losin' y'all minds? Come on


[Chorus]
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Let me off this rollercoaster (Hey)
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I don’t wanna ride no more (I don’t wanna ride no more)
E
I don't wanna ride no more, I don’t wanna ride no more, no more
B
Let me off this rollercoaster
C#m
I don't wanna ride no more (I don't wanna ride no more)
E
I don't wanna ride no more, I don’t wanna ride no more, no more


[Verse 2]
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Every time I turn on my radio
C#m
It's the sex, lies, the misogyny show
E
All day, every day in my ear
E
If you keep your clothes on, then they call that rare
B
Vulgarity, they raisin' the ante
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It's the road less traveled if you wanna be classy
E
I look at it all and I'm completely inspired
E
To answer all negativity with a song and a smile
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And I'ma stand up for what I believe in
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And I don't care who thinks I'm preachin'
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Pay attention to the way you're spendin' your time
E
'Cause keepin' up with the Kardashians is fallin' behind, yeah


[Chorus]
B
Let me off this rollercoaster
C#m
I don't wanna ride no more (I don't wanna ride no more)
E
I don't wanna ride no more, I don't wanna ride no more, no more
B
Let me off this rollercoaster
C#m
I don't wanna ride no more (I don't wanna ride no more)
E
I don't wanna ride no more, I don't wanna ride no more, no more


[Bridge]
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'Round and 'round and up and down
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Yeah, it's makin' me nauseous
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Let you take me on this ride
G              F#
I've got to be more cautious


[Verse 4]
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All this talk of human rights overseas
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Meanwhile our Black community is under siege
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Genocide is focused on the African race
E
Especially in the streets of this USA, now
B
They say that there's a war on terrorism
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Then the powers that be, they need to look in the mirror
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I thought that we lived in a democracy
E
But I don't remember anyone askin' me, nah
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They said that our vote would be our voice
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This insanity could never be anyone's choice
E
'Cause the whole world is in need of desperate help
E
But the first thing that we need to do is look at ourselves, yeah


[Chorus]
B
Let me off this rollercoaster
C#m
I don't wanna ride no more (I don't wanna ride no more)
E
I don't wanna ride no more, I don't wanna ride no more, no more
B
Let me off this rollercoaster
C#m
I don't wanna ride no more (I don't wanna ride no more)
E
I don't wanna ride no more, I don't wanna ride no more, no more


[Verse 4]
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Mumble rap, Percocet, Oxycodone
C#m
Amateur pornographic videos
E
I would not believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes
E
If it didn't make me mad, it would make me cry
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Now how are we gonna get ourselves out
        C#m
of this mess? It's time for us to
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elevate our consciousness
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And raise our voice to be the men we
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want our girls to marry
E
Make love, peace and respect the
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Priority. Cause we're watchin' as the
            C#m
World falls apart. That means we need
                            E
to stop and switch our own heart
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'Cause we create this world we live in
E
The only way to peace is through


[Chorus]
B
Let me off this rollercoaster (Ooh)
C#m
I don't wanna ride no more (I don't wanna ride no more)
E
I don't wanna ride no more, I don't wanna ride no more, no more
B
Let me off this rollercoaster
C#m
I don't wanna ride no more (I don't wanna ride no more)
E
I don't wanna ride no more, I don't wanna ride no more, no more



[Outro]
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This just in, another talented young 
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Black man taken to prison Was sitting on his couch
                   E
Little more than crossing the street
N.C.
See the few and more controversial
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This school shooting, more on this in the news at nine
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