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