Take A Minute

	 
[Intro]
Am - G - C  
F - G - Am 

[Chorus]
        Am     G      C 
And any man who knows a thing knows 
               Am        G      
He knows not a damn, damn thing at
 Am 
 all 
He knows not a damn, damn thing at all 
          Am    G       C 
And every time I felt the hurt 
                              Am  
And I felt the givin' gettin' me up
 G      Am 
 off the wall  
And I felt the givin' gettin' me up off the wall  
    Am        G      C 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it ride 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride 
    Am        G      Am 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it breeze 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze 
    Am        G      C 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it ride 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride 
    Am        G      Am 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it breeze
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze
[Verse]
            Am         G       
How did Mandela get the will to
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 surpass the everyday 
How did Mandela get the will to surpass the everyday 
         Am             G     
When injustice had him caged and
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 trapped in every way? 
When injustice had him caged and trapped in every way? 
         Am         G           
How did Gandhi ever withstand the
 C 
 hunger strikes and all? 
How did Gandhi ever withstand the hunger strikes and all? 
       Am           G         Am 
Didn't do it to gain power or money
 if I recall 
Didn't do it to gain power or money if I recall 
        Am   G      C 
It's to give,       I guess, I'll
 pass it on 
It's to give,       I guess, I'll pass it on 
        Am          G      Am 
Mother thinks it'll lift the stress
 of Babylon 
Mother thinks it'll lift the stress of Babylon 
       Am   G         C 
Mother knows,       my mother she
 suffered blows 
Mother knows,       my mother she suffered blows 
        Am          G           
I don't know how we survived such
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 violent episodes 
I don't know how we survived such violent episodes 
      Am        G    C 
I was so worried,  and hurt to see
 you bleed 
I was so worried,  and hurt to see you bleed 
        Am             G       
But as soon as you came out the
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 hospital you gave me sweets 
But as soon as you came out the hospital you gave me sweets 
Am   G       C 
Yeah,     they try to take you from
 me 
Yeah,     they try to take you from me 
              Am      G       
But you still only gave 'em some
 Am 
 prayers and sympathy 
But you still only gave 'em some prayers and sympathy 
     Am   G         C 
Dear mama,       you helped me write
 this 
Dear mama,       you helped me write this 
    Am          G      Am 
By showing me to give is priceless
[Chorus]
        Am     G      C 
And any man who knows a thing knows 
               Am        G      
He knows not a damn, damn thing at
 Am 
 all 
He knows not a damn, damn thing at all 
          Am    G       C 
And every time I felt the hurt 
                              Am  
And I felt the givin' gettin' me up
 G      Am 
 off the wall  
And I felt the givin' gettin' me up off the wall  
    Am        G      C 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it ride 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride 
    Am        G      Am 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it breeze 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze 
    Am        G      C 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it ride 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride 
    Am        G      Am 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it breeze
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze
[Verse]
    Am       G     C 
All I can say is the worst is over
 now 
All I can say is the worst is over now 
       Am            G        Am 
We can serve the hard times, divorce,
 it's over now 
We can serve the hard times, divorce, it's over now 
            Am        G           C
They try to keep us out    but they
 
 doors is open now 
They try to keep us out    but they doors is open now 
          Am        G     Am 
My nigga, Akon is gettin' awards and
 covers now 
My nigga, Akon is gettin' awards and covers now 
        Am    G       C 
This is K'naan     and still reppin'
 the S 
This is K'naan     and still reppin' the S 
       Am         G         Am 
Comin' out of Mogadishu and still
 draped in the mess 
Comin' out of Mogadishu and still draped in the mess 
      Am             G      C 
And no matter how we strong, homie 
                     Am            
It ain't easy comin' out of where we
 G      Am 
 from, homie 
It ain't easy comin' out of where we from, homie 
                           Am     
And that's the reason why, I could
      G       C 
 never play for me 
And that's the reason why, I could never play for me 
                           Am     
Tell 'em the truth is what my dead
   G       Am 
 homies told me 
Tell 'em the truth is what my dead homies told me 
                 Am         G        
Ooh yeah, I take inspiration from the
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 most heinous of situations 
Ooh yeah, I take inspiration from the most heinous of situations 
  Am         G           Am 
Creating medication out my own
 tribulations 
Creating medication out my own tribulations 
     Am    G        C 
Dear Africa,     you helped me write
 this 
Dear Africa,     you helped me write this 
     Am          G       Am 
By showing me to give is priceless
[Chorus]
        Am     G      C 
And any man who knows a thing knows 
               Am        G      
He knows not a damn, damn thing at
 Am 
 all 
He knows not a damn, damn thing at all 
          Am    G       C 
And every time I felt the hurt 
                              Am  
And I felt the givin' gettin' me up
 G      Am 
 off the wall  
And I felt the givin' gettin' me up off the wall  
    Am        G      C 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it ride 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride 
    Am        G      Am 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it breeze 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze 
    Am        G      C 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it ride 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride 
    Am        G      Am 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it breeze
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze
[Interlude]
  
Nothing is perfect man, that's what
 the world is 
Nothing is perfect man, that's what the world is 
 
All I know is I'm enjoying today 
 
You know 'cause it isn't every day
 that you get to give
You know 'cause it isn't every day that you get to give
[Chorus]
        Am     G      C 
And any man who knows a thing knows 
               Am        G      
He knows not a damn, damn thing at
 Am 
 all 
He knows not a damn, damn thing at all 
          Am    G       C 
And every time I felt the hurt 
                              Am  
And I felt the givin' gettin' me up
 G      Am 
 off the wall  
And I felt the givin' gettin' me up off the wall  
    Am        G      C 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it ride 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride 
    Am        G      Am 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it breeze 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze 
    Am        G      C 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it ride 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride 
    Am        G      Am 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it breeze
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze
[Interlude]
  
I got nothin' to complain about 
 
You know where I'm from 
 
You know where I'ma last, so 
 
You know I was flyin' high 
[Outro]
    Am        G      C 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it ride 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride 
    Am        G      Am 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it breeze 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze 
    Am        G      C 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it ride 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride 
    Am        G      Am 
I'm just gonna take a minute and let
 it breeze
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breeze