Protoje - Protection Chords

[Intro]
Bbm Fm  x4
 
 
[Chorus: Mortimer]
   Bbm                    Fm
A word unto the wise is enough
                        Bbm
You can look but don't touch
                  Fm
My relations and such
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'Cause out here in this jungle we roar
                      Bbm
Every king has his throne
                     Fm
And if you enter my zone
                    Bbm
I vow to protect my own
           Fm
Protect my own
                  Bbm
I will protect my own
           Fm
Protect my own
 
 
[Verse 1: Protoje]
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 Bread basket from birth to the casket
   Fm
I heard they been talkin' some words I look past it
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 I was brought up and taught of the tactics
     Fm
And learned that the Lion nuh turn when dog barkin'
Bbm
 Watch who you burn, who you spark with
Fm
 And you haffi go earn if you want it
Bbm
 So we nuh concern with who hawking
Fm
 When dem spit can't reach where we walking
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 Enemies in disguise wanna see my demise
 
Dem don't even realize Jah no wrong dem
Bbm                                               Fm
 'Cause a see that in life you achieve something nice
 
But achieve something twice is a problem
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 Then- you can imagine what I face
  Fm
Two up in the hand and another on the way
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 Plus I have another in the brain
    Fm
And every other one a put the other one to shame
 
 
[Chorus: Mortimer]
   Bbm                    Fm
A word unto the wise is enough
                        Bbm
You can look but don't touch
                  Fm
My relations and such
       Bbm                         Fm
'Cause out here in this jungle we roar
                      Bbm
Every king has his throne
                     Fm
And if you enter my zone
                    Bbm
I vow to protect my own
           Fm
Protect my own
                  Bbm
I will protect my own
           Fm
Protect my own
 
 
[Verse 2: Protoje]
 
Yeah yeah
Bbm
 Sharp like the thorn crown 'pon Christ head
Fm
 But you know the flow hard doe like slice bread
Bbm
 Lyrics melt the butter fi mek a nice spread
Fm                                     Bbm
 But a nuh margarine a pull the margin een
                                                 Fm
Then stretch the margin out, and if you marching out and you inna a doubt you march without me
Bbm                                       Fm
 I rather march alone than fi march back home
 
Tell me queen say me lost the throne
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No, this was built on the power of the truth
    Fm
Discovering the cowards and empowering the youths
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If you- give dem a minute dem devouring the fruits
Fm
And within an hour called it sour and chop the roots
     Bbm
Unno- see it?, nuh skill like Bibi 'pon me feet
      Fm
But drop me pon di riddim, watch the clarity weh speak
        Bbm
And no parity between what we have and what we need
      Fm
So strength out the wise and protection for the meek
 
 
[Chorus: Mortimer]
   Bbm                    Fm
A word unto the wise is enough
                        Bbm
You can look but don't touch
                  Fm
My relations and such
       Bbm                         Fm
'Cause out here in this jungle we roar
                      Bbm
Every king has his throne
                     Fm
And if you enter my zone
                    Bbm
I vow to protect my own
           Fm
Protect my own
                  Bbm
I will protect my own
           Fm
Protect my own
 
 
[Outro: Protoje]
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        This ya protection goes out to you and yours
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As I give thanks for the protection weh I receive
                              Bbm
Seh know you tuned in to the voice of Protoje
               Fm
Alongside the sounds of Winta James
Bbm Fm                                 Bbm
     This come from a time and place, you know?
    Fm
Yeah, Ancient Future