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