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