Intro: C G D Em
Em C G
Every time I write things
Em C D
I check you, I fear you
Em C G
That is why I learned to avoid
Em D G
Cuz that is the fair way
Am B
Heed citations one last time
Em C
Theft! I don’t want no theft
G
Identity theft is when
D Em
Whole work is pinched
C G
All this work is claimed by me
G Em
Baby there’s a price to pay
Em C
Then I’ll just get some of the piece
G D
A little section or a phrase
Em
Copycat,
C
You should do that never
G D
Ain’t gonna make you safe no never
Em C
You should never ever plagiarize
G A
Oops I did it again (bye,bye,bye)
Em C
Then I’ll just change some lines
G
But maybe keep some together
Em C
A little there, a little here
G
You’re cherry-pick my dear.
Em C
I’ve walked this ceaseless street
G D
I’ll just use the same text I’ve made in years
Em C
But I’ll be sure to see
G Em
That I’ll cite myself, to avoid mitosis
Em D
Or maybe use just a part of it
D C
Maybe need not cite me
C
Stay back baby please
D
Cause you shouldn’t recycle.
D Em
You should go think this through
C G
Paraphrase and then brew
Am Em
Take up everything
C G
You want and need
D Em C
But don’t you dare say it’s your own
G D
heard by your ears
Em C
Don’t forget to cite each
G D
Source, pioneers.
D Em C
Don’t you dare claim it’s your own
G D
For you might be called
Em C G D
A writer that remix and borrow
Em C
Hey there Delilah
G
What’s it like in Ghost Cite city?
G Em C
You’re books a thousand miles away
G
And your words seem a little phony
Em C G
I said it’s too fake to plagiarize.
Am7
Cite some sources,
D
Do it for some more
Em7
Do it properly
Bm7 Em7
Apply it to four more
Am7
Forget some sources
D
Cut it by the thread
Em7 Bm7 Em7
As if it was something that you haven’t even read
D Em C G
Half-n-half it’s just another way to lie.
G
You know I’d understand each word
Em C
Misinterpretation that’s unacceptable
G
Warping it with cherries on top.
Em C
That’s not the right track, baby stand on
G
the right way
Em C D
I knew it was troubled when I passed it
Em C
Cause I’m happy
G
I did cite
Em C
Though I barely
G D
Placed my side
Em C
Why you gotta be mosaic
G
Don’t you know how to think
Em C
C’mon C’mon place your own form on
G D
It’s time to place your mirror off
Em C
Gotta do each line, put a pattern on
G
Make our own, not reflections.
G
Beware not to miscue,
G
Be… beware not to miscue
Em
It’s when you mistake
C G
And place the wrong link
Em
Half-hearted
C G
Everything seems right till the middle
D Em
When your mind tends to twiddle
C G
And you mistook the tiny details like a needle
D Em C
So why won’t you ride with me, ride with me
G
See where you went wrong
G
Make sure what you make is free
C
What you make is free
G
Free from plagiary
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