A: 0 E: 0 B: 0 C#m:0 0 0 0 0 6 1 8 9 7 2 9 11 7 2 9 11 5 0 7 9 [Intro] A# F C Dm F A# (x2) [Verse 1] A# F C My father said, "never give up son" Dm F A# Just look how good Cassius become A# F C Muhammad, Mahatama and Nelson Dm F A# 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") A# F C Now you could run and just say they're right Dm F A# No, I'll never be no one in my whole life A# F C Or you could turn and see the way they're wrong Dm F A# And get to keep on dancing all life long [Verse 2] A# F C My father said, "never give up son" Dm F A# Just look what Amelia and Joan done A# F C Oh Rosa, Teresa their war won Dm F A# Not scared to be strong A# F C Now you could run and just say they're right Dm F A# No, I'll never be no one in my whole life A# F C Or you could turn and see the way they're wrong Dm F A# And get to keep on dancing all life long [Chorus] F Yeah, you could be Dm C Someone special F A# You've got bright in your brains and lightning in your veins F C You'll go higher then they've ever gone F In you I see Dm C Someone special F A# You've got fire in your eyes an' F C When you realize, you'll go further then we've ever gone [Rap] (Look) Just turn it on A# F C (I pay my intuition, I couldn't afford tuition) (My funds was insufficient, it felt like I'm in prison) Dm F A# (Until I realized I had to set my mind free) (I was trusting statistics more than I trust me) A# F C (Get a degree, good job, 401k) (But I'm trying to turn Ks to Ms, what does it take?) Dm F A# (And maybe I could be the new Ali of music, probably) A# F C (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) Dm F A# (Prove it to them or you prove it to yourself) (But honestly its better if you do it for yourself) A# F C (Never complacent 'til we hit the oasis) (One life don't waste it, feel my heart races) Dm F (Success I taste it, ah) A# (We on the verge, of gettin' every single thing that we deserve) [Chorus] F Yeah you could be Dm C Someone special F A# You've got fire in your eyes, I see heaven inside F C You'll go further then we've ever gone F In you I see Dm C Someone special F A# You've got bright in your brains, you can break through the chains F C You'll go higher then we've ever gone A# F C Just turn it on Dm F A# [Outro] A# F C In you I see Dm F A# Someone special A# F C Don't go to war with yourself Dm F A# Just turn, just turn, just turn it on A# F C And you can't go wrong Dm F A#