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