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                           PRIDE. - Kendrick Lamar
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Tabbed by: carterkelliott
Tuning: Standard

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[Chords]

C      8-10-10

-9-8-8
    575557
      x5777x
    797777
     797877
  x6787x
    x79787
  x45x55
   2x222x
(2) x24232
(2)  x24242

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[Chorus]
         
  Me, I wasn't

           
 taught to sha

    
re, but care
          
  In another l

              
ife, I surely 

   
was there
         
  Me, I wasn't

         
 taught to sha

     
re, but care
      
  I care, I ca

    
re

[Verse 1]
             
  Hell-raising

              
, wheel-chasin

   
g, new worldy 

possessions
             
  Flesh-making

              
, spirit-break

           
ing, which one

           
 would you les

sen?
     
  The better p

art, the human

 heart
      
  You love 'em

 or dissect 'e

m
             
  Happiness or

              
 flashiness? H

           
ow do you serv

      
e the question

?
             
  See, in the 

              
perfect world,

            
 I would be pe


rfect, world
             
  I don't trus

              
t people enoug

              
h beyond they 


surface, world
           
  I don't love

              
 people enough

           
 to put my fai


th in men
           
  I put my fai

              
th in these ly

              
rics, hoping I

      
 make amend
              
  I understand

   
 I ain't perfe

ct
              
  I probably w

        
on't come arou

nd
              
  This time, I

          
 might put you

 down
              
  Last time, I

           
 ain't give a 

            
fuck, I still 

           
feel the same 

now
              
  My feelings 

           
might go numb,

              
 you're dealin

         
g with cold th

umb
              
  I'm willing 

           
to give up a l

            
eg and arm and

        
 show empathy 

from
              
  Pity parties

 
 and functions

 and you and y

ours
             
  A perfect wo

              
rld, you proba

    
bly live anoth

er 24
           
  I can't fake

             
 humble just '

#
cause your ass

 is insecure
          
  I can't fake

             
 humble just '

         
cause your ass

    
 is insecure

[Chorus]
         
  Me, I wasn't

           
 taught to sha

    
re, but care
          
  In another l

              
ife, I surely 

   
was there
         
  Me, I wasn't

         
 taught to sha

     
re, but care
      
  I care, I ca

    
re

[Refrain]
              
  Maybe I wasn

           
't there
         
  Maybe I wasn

           
't there
         
  Maybe I wasn

           
't there
         
  Maybe I wasn

                 
't there

[Verse 2]
             
  Now, in a pe

              
rfect world, I

          
 probably won'

t be insensiti

ve
             
  Cold as Dece

              
mber, but neve

           
r remember wha

    
t Winter did
             
  I wouldn't b

              
lame you for m

          
istakes I made

 or the bed I 

laid
             
  Seems like I

              
 point the fin

            
ger just to ma

             
ke a point now


adays
             
  Smiles and c

              
old stares, th

  
e temperature 

goes there
             
  Indigenous d

              
isposition, fe

   
el like we bel

ong here
           
  I know the w

              
alls, they can

           
 listen, I wis


h they could t

alk back
          
  The hurt bec

              
omes repetitio

        
n, the love al

       
most lost that
             
  Sick venom i

            
n men and wome

n overcome wit

h pride
             
  A perfect wo

              
rld is never p

           
erfect, only f

      
illed with lie

s
             
  Promises are

              
 broken and mo

   
re resentment 

come alive
             
  Race barrier

           
s make inferio

         
r of you and I
             
  See, in a pe

              
rfect world, I

           
'll choose fai

th over riches
              
  I'll choose 

             
work over bitc

             
hes, I'll make

#
 schools out o

f prison
           
  I'll take al

              
l the religion

              
s and put 'em 


all in one ser

vice
          
  Just to tell

              
 'em we ain't 

           
shit, but He's

       
 been perfect,

 world

[Chorus]
          
  Me, I wasn't

           
 taught to sha

    
re, but care
           
  In another l

              
ife, I surely 

   
was there
          
  Me, I wasn't

         
 taught to sha

     
re, but care
      
  I care, I ca

    
re

[Refrain]
              
  Maybe I wasn

           
't there
         
  Maybe I wasn

           
't there
         
  Maybe I wasn

           
't there
         
  Maybe I wasn

                 
't there