[Intro] E B F# G#m B E E B F# G#m B E E B F# My father said, "never give up son" G#m B E Just look how good Cassius become E B F# Muhammad, Mahatama and Nelson G#m B E Not scared to be strong (Man, what if they say I'm no good) (What if they say, "get out of here kid, you got no future") E B F# Now you could run and just say they're right G#m B E No, I'll never be no one in my whole life E B F# Or you could turn and see the way they're wrong G#m B E And get to keep on dancing all life long E B F# My father said, "never give up son" G#m B E Just look what Amelia and John done E B F# Oh Rosa, Theresa their war won G#m B E Not scared to be strong E B F# Now you could run and just say they're right G#m B E No, I'll never be no one in my whole life E B F# Or you could turn and see the way they're wrong G#m B E And get to keep on dancing all life long B Yeah, you could be G#m F# Someone special B E You've got bright in your brains and lightning in your veins B F# You'll go higher then they've ever gone B In you I see G#m F# Someone special B E You've got fire in your eyes an' B F# When you realize, you'll go further then we've ever gone [Rap] Just turn it on E B F# (I pay my intuition, I couldn't afford tuition) (My funds was insufficient, it felt like I'm in prison) G#m B E (Until I realized I had to set my mind free) (I was trusting statistics more than I trust me) E B F# (Get a degree, good job, 401k) (But I'm trying to turn Ks to Ms, what does it take?) G#m B E (And maybe I could be the new Ali of music, probably) E B F# (Instead of doing it just as a hobby, like these boys told me to) (I guess you either watch the show, or your show approved) G#m B E (Prove it to them or you prove it to yourself) (But honestly its better if you do it for yourself) E B F# (Never complacent 'til we hit the oasis) (One life don't waste it, feel my heart races) G#m B (Success I taste it, ah) E (We on the verge, of gettin' every single thing that we deserve) B Yeah you could be G#m F# Someone special B E You've got fire in your eyes, I see heaven inside B F# You'll go further then we've ever gone B In you I see G#m F# Someone special B E You've got bright in your brains, you can break through the chains B F# You'll go higher then we've ever gone E B F# Just turn it on ( G#m B E ) E B F# In you I see G#m B E Someone special E B F# Don't go to war with yourself G#m B E Just turn, just turn, just turn it on E B F# And you can't go wrong [Final] G#m B E