Verse A
Since day 1 I said f-ck the fame and everything it dealt
C#m
But the fame is really here just to facilitate the wealth
A
But the wealth attracts you haters like you mosquitoes to a well
E
And the waters getting deeper so I’m well set out to sail
A
Someone called my cell and left a voicemail
C#m
That said congratulations on the million record sales
A
As I’m flipping over furniture knocking sh-t off the shelf
B
I told myself I’ll never get too deep not to take a breathe
But I’m sinking
[Chorus]
A B C#m
And it’s so hard to breathe, yeah
A B C#m
And even more so to sleep when no one cares
A B C#m
It was all I can eat
A B C#m
But now I’m sinking, so deep, I can’t come up for air
A C#m
Pa pa pa pa, pa la pa pa
A B
Pa pa pa pa, pa la pa
[Verse 2]
A
Yeah I’ve seen the valley
C#m
Of the shadow of death, I’ve seen the mountains
A
The wild childhood, Thats why I sing about it
E
I just try to move on and keep my peace about it
A
But Come to think about it I can’t even count the days
C#m
That I’ve spent, starving tryna find some decent housing
A
That’s why I’m always smiling but on this beat I seem so violent
B
So ask me ’bout the music scene and what the f-ck I think about it
A
Time flies, I guess thats why I’m bugging
C#m
Just yesterday I was rapping with my brother and my cousin
A
If you had the stove or toaster on you couldn’t use the oven
E
We knew that we were struggling, we just acted like we wasn’t
A
It’s either make it rapping, if not that than hustlin’
C#m
So all I see is magazine covers in this game
A
You either surface or you plummet
B
It’s a thin line and I’m just tryna keep my head above it
Damn...
[Chorus]
A B C#m
And it’s so hard to breathe, yeah
A B C#m
And even more so to sleep when no one cares
A B C#m
It was all I can eat
A B C#m A
But now I’m sinking, so deep, I can’t come up for air
[Bridge]
B B C#
Air, I-I-I-I-I
A B
I sink away (Air) , I sink away (Air)
B C#
Cause I sink away (I-I-I-I-I) I sink away
A B
Hey Hey (Air) I sink away (Air)
B C#
Get carried away, get carried away
[Chorus]
A B C#m
And it’s so hard to breathe, yeah
A B C#m
And even more so to sleep when no one cares
A B C#m
It was all I can eat
A B
But now I’m sinking, so deep
A
Damn, it’s never in the plans
C#m
But hey it’s a long way than beating pots and pans
A
Damn, it’s never in the plans
E
But hey it’s a long way than beating pots and pans
A
Damn, it’s never in the plans
C#m
But hey it’s a long way than beating pots and pans
A
Damn, it’s never in the plans
B
But hey it’s a long way than beating pots and pans
A C#m B A
But now I’m sinking, so deep, I can’t come up for air
B B C#
Air, I-I-I-I-I