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