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