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Gm
Well Martin's dream
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Has become Rodney's worst
Dm
Nightmare
Gm
Can't walk the streets
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To them we are fair game
Dm
Our lives don't mean a thing
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Like a king, like a king, like a king
F C Dm
Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King
F C Dm
Like a king, like a king, like a king
F C Dm
How I wish you could help us Dr. King
Gm
Make sure it's filmed
Dm Gm
Shown on national T.V.
Dm
They'll have no mercy
Gm
A legal lynch mob
Dm Gm
Like the days strung up from the tree
Dm
The L.A.P.D.
F C Dm
Like a king, like a king, like a king
F C Dm
Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King
F C Dm
Like a king, like a king, like a king
F C Dm
How I wish you could help us Dr. King
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Gm
So if you catch yourself
Dm Gm
Thinking it has changed for the best
Dm
You better second guess
Gm
Cause Martin's dream
Dm Gm
Has become Rodney's worst
Dm
Nightmare
F C Dm
Like a king, like a king, like a king
F C Dm
Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King
F C Dm
Like a king, like a king, like a king
F C Dm
How I wish you could help us Dr. King
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