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