Tonart: D minor
Verse 1
C#m
Everybody knows in the
studio we're chilling.
Who's the engineer?
What's his name, yo?
Killin'.
You must try.
F#m
C#m
Bm
Check it out as we flow it.
A
G#
C#m
F#m
C#m
Bm
A
G#
C#m
I'm putting food on the table,
G#
C#m
MC's come, so many
A
G#
They couldn't rock the mics,
C#m
still they tried to do a show
F#m
C#m
But over the years I've
progressed and grown
Bm
A
G#
Tryna say you helped me out,
C#m
kid I did it on my own
F#m
C#m
Yo how I'm gonna keep you open
Bm
for the next few minutes
A
G#
I got something on my mind
C#m
so people let's get in it
F#m
C#m
Since way back in the day back then
Bm
A
G#
Flippin' lyrical, as a kid knows nothing
C#m
F#m
Not even spiritual, no dir ection
G#
C#m
Bm
Dark complexion, always broke,
A
G#
C#m
no joke I tried to spark cigarettes, but couldn't smoke
C#m
Bm
AJC, didn't parade in other areas
A
G#
C#m
Took a long time for all these peeps
to take me serious
F#m
C#m
Hip -hop from special ed, 2K,
Bm
RSDs,
A
G#
MCs could hold a mic
C#m
Same way I wish I fleshed,
F#m
G#
try rhyming with my brother
C#m
Bm
Ain't nothing but dream
G#
C#m
But this world ain't what it all seems
F#m
Early teens, still rhyming,
C#m
Bm
but what will it amount to?
A
G#
Sometimes you stand up,
C#m
no one wants to count you
F#m
C#m
I used to wish I was a twin,
A
C#m
Cause then I wouldn't feel I was on my own,
where is bone?
C#m
Bm
tryna live my life the way I wanna live it
A
G#
C#m
Making ill music, answer y 'all,
I wanna give it
F#m
C#m
So these records get made,
Bm
regardless of the labels
A
G#
No matter what it takes,
C#m
I'm putting food on the table
G#
C#m
MC's come, so many
A
G#
They couldn't rock the mic
C#m
still, they tried to do a show
F#m
G#
C#m
But over the years I've pro
gressed and grown
Bm
A
G#
Trying to say you helped me out kid,
C#m
I did it on my own
F#m
C#m
Hip -hop is indispensable,
Bm
A
I've always something sensible to say
G#
C#m
But it wasn't like that back in the day
F#m
C#m
I used to think hip -hop was
about getting props
Bm
A
G#
Earning money, mad fame,
C#m
and climbing to the top
F#m
G#
But rappers got a choice,
C#m
Bm
God bless me with a voice for me
A
G#
C#m
To demonstrate, reach out,
F#m
G#
and educate all these people like me
C#m
When I was younger,
Bm
A
always had my own views
G#
C#m
Never stopped to wonder about
F#m
C#m
any other perspective
Bm
My only objective was to
A
G#
be the damn hardest
C#m
And do this regardless
F#m
G#
And now I got my vision
C#m
Bm
I know who I be
G#
C#m
But I speak in telligently
F#m
C#m
Ayo, I gots to make dough
And live my life
Bm
A
G#
I wanna have the best for my kids
C#m
And take care of my wife
F#m
When that time comes
G#
C#m
Bm
I can't be living alone
A
G#
It's painful when you feel
C#m
you're on your own
World is boring
F#m
G#
I'm on my own trying to live my life
C#m
Bm
The way I wanna live it
A
G#
C#m
Making ill music and to y
'all I wanna give it
F#m
C#m
So these records get made,
Bm
regardless of the labels
A
G#
No matter what it takes,
C#m
I'm putting food on the table
G#
C#m
MC's come, so many
A
G#
They couldn't rock the mics
C#m
till they tried to do a show
F#m
G#
C#m
But over the years I've pro
gressed and grown
Bm
A
G#
Tryna say you helped me out,
C#m
kid I did it on my own
F#m
G#
I recall these people bad
Bm
A
But they the ones who run to the
G#
C#m
store when concerts drop the album
F#m
G#
C#m
Never did I know I'd come this far
Bm
A
G#
But like any other young kid
C#m
I also wished on a star
F#m
C#m
Now I'm par with my
DJ
ST
Bm
A
G#
C#m
Knew each other since 82, 83
No
F#m
G#
C#m
Bm
PhD, no uni degrees
A
G#
But when it comes from the soul
C#m
Yo, can we please
F#m
C#m
Was a boy, now a man
G#
C#m
F#m
with a good head on my shoulders, y 'all
G#
C#m
Bm
I ain't a king, but I sit on my throne
A
G#
C#m
F#m
C#m
I'm on my own tryna live my life
Bm
the way I wanna live it
A
G#
C#m
Making ill music and to y
I wanna give it
F#m
G#
So these records get made,
C#m
Bm
regardless of the labels
A
G#
No matter what it takes,
C#m
I'm putting food on the table
G#
C#m
MCs, so many
A
G#
They couldn't rock the mic,
to do a show
F#m
G#
C#m
But over the years I've pro
A
G#
Tryna say you help me out,
C#m
kid I did it on my own
F#m
G#
And I'm on my own trying to live
C#m
Bm
my life the way I want to live it
A
G#
C#m
Cause we making ill music and to y 'all
F#m
C#m
I want to give this song to...
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