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