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