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