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