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