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