C
No emotions
C
Don't talk with your hands
C
Your mannerisms
C                      F
Should be more like a man's
F                     Fm
Ah, you won't stand a chance
Fm                    C
Ah, 'cause if you want love
C
Keep on flexin'
C
Be a little mean
C
All that matters
C                        F
Is you're on the winning team
F               Fm
Ah, even if you cheat
Fm                     C
Ah, 'cause in the end


[Pre-Chorus 1]
C                     Am   C
You want the hottest girl in the room
C              F
All up on you (All up on you)
G
If you don't it's criminal
C                       Am
Suit up like you're the boss
C
All the guys want to be you
      G
Nah


[Chorus]
                      C
I don't need to be a gangsta
C
To be a man
C
Acting like a baller
C
That ain't who I am
                    F
And I ain't running with your crew
 F                 Fm
I'm killing it the way I do
C
I don't need to be gangsta
C
To be a man
C
Not about the gun show
C
Hope you understand
                     F
That I ain't rolling with your crew
    F              Fm
I'm killing it the way I do


[Verse 2]
C
Make you voice deep
C
And louder than your friends
C
So everybody
C                            F
Knows the women you've been with
F                    Fm
Ah, show them who the best
Fm                   C
Ah, 'cause in the end


[Pre-Chorus 2]

C                     Am   C
You want the hottest girl in the room
C              F
All up on you (All up on you)
G
If you don't it's criminal
C                       Am
Suit up like you're the boss
C
All the guys want to be you
        G
Oh no


[Chorus]
C
I don't need to be a gangsta
C
To be a man
C
Acting like a baller
C
That ain't who I am
C                    F
And I ain't rolling with your crew
F                   Fm
I'm killing it the way I do
C
I don't need to be gangsta
C
To be a man (No no no)
C
Not about the gun show
C
Hope you understand (No no no)
C                     F
That I ain't rolling with your crew (No no no)
F                  Fm
I'm killing it the way I do (No no no)

C
I don't need to be a gangsta
C
(Don't need to be a gansta)
C                          F
I don't need to be a gangsta
 F                        Fm
(Don't need to be a gangsta)
 Fm
(Don't need to)
Fm            G
(Don't need to)


[Bridge]
C
No emotions
C
Don't talk with your hands
C
Your mannerisms
C                     F
Should be more like a man's
F                       Fm
Ah, but I don't give a damn


[Chorus]
                       C
I don't need to be a gangsta
C
To be a man
C
Acting like a baller
C
That ain't who I am
C                    F
And I ain't rolling with your crew
F                  Fm
I'm killing it the way I do
C
I don't need to be gangsta
C
To be a man
C
Not about the gun show
C
Hope you understand
C                    F
That I ain't rolling with your crew
F                 Fm
I'm killing it the way I do

C
I don't need to be a gangsta
C
(Don't need to be a gansta)
C             F
(Don't need to)
F
I don't need to be a gangsta
F
(Don't need to be a gangsta)
F           Fm   G
(Don't need to)


[Outro]
N.C.
I don't need to be a gangsta