Verse
All I,
C G
all I wanted was a hundred million dollars and a bad chick
D Em
Imagine this so much some nights it felt like that I had it
C
Back on the mattress
G D
Starin' at the ceilin' tryna to connect the dots
Em
But its hard makin' those attachments
C G
I'm talkin' dreamin' so hard, some nights it felt like draft day
D Em
You know? My -
C G
my step brother used to flip them bags outside
the crib like it was trash day
D Em
No Kim K, but he bagged yay (Ye)
C G
But when you're getting fast money, slow down, don't crash
D Em
With all the drive in the world, swear you still need gas
C G
Look, think about it, close your eyes, dream about it
D Em
Tell your team about it, go make million dollar schemes about it
C G
Success is on the way, I feel it in the distance
D Em
Used to look up at the stars and be like ain't too much that's different
C G
I be shinin', they be shinin', get your one shot don't you miss it
D Em
What you know bout' wakin' up everyday like you on a mission?
[Chorus]
C G
I hope you learn to make it on your own
D Em
And if you love yourself just know you'll never be alone
C G
I hope that you get everything you want and that you chose
D Em
I hope that it's the realest thing that you ever know
C G
Hope you get the pretty girls, that's pretty and everything
D Em
Million dollar cribs havin' million dollar dreams
C G
And when you get it all just remember one thing
D
Remember one thing
Em C G D
That one man could change the world
Em C G D Em
That one man could change the world
[Verse 2]
C
My grandma told me if you write your name
G
in stone you'll never get the white out
D Em
I grinded out that black hole then performed up at the white house
C G
Standin' next to Jim Carrey, we traded stories then laughed
D Em
I said you not the only one I know got rich wearin' masks
C G
Where I'm from I swear they broke, they need way more than the cast
D Em
We need more than what you have And then we need more than that
C
But how am I supposed to say I'm tired
G
If that girl from West Virginia came up
D Em
in conditions that I couldn't survive
C
Went to war, came back alive
G D
On top of that became a female black captain
Em
When being black you had to extra extra try
C G
Way before James Brown made us proud
D Em
She bought a crib on the same street as Marvin Gaye
Right there on Outer Drive,
C G
and she taught me how to drive
D Em
And she raised the kids, then the kids' kids, and she did it right
C
Taught me how to love, taught me not to cry
G D
When I die, I hope you teach me how to fly
Em
All my life you've been that angel in disguise saying
[Chorus]
C G
I hope you learn to make it on your own
D Em
And if you love yourself just know you'll never be alone
C G
I hope that you get everything you want and that you chose
D Em
I hope that it's the realest thing that you ever know
C G
Hope you get the pretty girls, that's pretty and everything
D Em
Million dollar cribs havin' million dollar dreams
C G
And when you get it all just remember one thing
D
Remember one thing
Em C G D
That one man can change the world
Em C G D Em
That one man can change the world
*Thank you for callin' me, been thinkin' about me
*It's all good I love you grandma
*Bye...