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