Intro e versos

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F         G                                                                D      F G
(call it what it is...)                                                 (..murder)
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they shot him in the back
D                       F G
now it's a crime to be black
D                   F G
so don't act surprised
D                   F G
when it gets vandalized

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F       G           F       G
Call it what it is, call it what it is, 
F       G                   D    F G      D   F G
Call it what... it... is... murder

D                F G
there's good cops
D        F G
bad cops
D          F G
white cops
D          F G
black cops

[Refrão]
F       G           F       G
Call it what it is, call it what it is, 
F       G                   D    F G      D   F G
Call it what... it... is... murder

D            F G
Trayvon Martin
D         F G
Ezell Ford
D            F G
Michael Brown
D               F G
and so many more

[Refrão]
F       G           F       G
Call it what it is, call it what it is, 
F       G                   D    F G      D   F G
Call it what... it... is... murder

D       F G     D     F G
Government... ain't easy... 
D      F G     D     F G
Policing... ain't easy...
D      F G     D     F G
Hard times... ain't easy... 
D      F   G     D      F G
O-ppression... ain't easy...
D   F  G   D     F G
racism...  ain't easy... 
D      F G     D       F G
Fear... ain't easy...
D     F G   D     F G
suffer-ing... ain't easy

[Refrão]
F       G           F       G
Call it what it is, call it what it is, 
F       G                   D    F G      D   F G
Call it what... it... is... murder

D         F G
gun control
D         F G
mind control
D         F G
self-control
D               F G
we've dug ourselves a hole

[Refrão]  x3
F       G           F       G
Call it what it is, call it what it is, 
F       G                   D    F G      D   F G
Call it what... it... is... murder