Verse D
Since day 1 I said f-ck the fame and everything it dealt
F#m
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
F#m
That said congratulations on the million record sales
D
As I’m flipping over furniture knocking sh-t off the shelf
E
I told myself I’ll never get too deep not to take a breathe
But I’m sinking
[Chorus]
D E F#m
And it’s so hard to breathe, yeah
D E F#m
And even more so to sleep when no one cares
D E F#m
It was all I can eat
D E F#m
But now I’m sinking, so deep, I can’t come up for air
D F#m
Pa pa pa pa, pa la pa pa
D E
Pa pa pa pa, pa la pa
[Verse 2]
D
Yeah I’ve seen the valley
F#m
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
F#m
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
E
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
F#m
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’
F#m
So all I see is magazine covers in this game
D
You either surface or you plummet
E
It’s a thin line and I’m just tryna keep my head above it
Damn...
[Chorus]
D E F#m
And it’s so hard to breathe, yeah
D E F#m
And even more so to sleep when no one cares
D E F#m
It was all I can eat
D E F#m D
But now I’m sinking, so deep, I can’t come up for air
[Bridge]
E E F#
Air, I-I-I-I-I
D E
I sink away (Air) , I sink away (Air)
E F#
Cause I sink away (I-I-I-I-I) I sink away
D E
Hey Hey (Air) I sink away (Air)
E F#
Get carried away, get carried away
[Chorus]
D E F#m
And it’s so hard to breathe, yeah
D E F#m
And even more so to sleep when no one cares
D E F#m
It was all I can eat
D E
But now I’m sinking, so deep
D
Damn, it’s never in the plans
F#m
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
F#m
But hey it’s a long way than beating pots and pans
D
Damn, it’s never in the plans
E
But hey it’s a long way than beating pots and pans
D F#m E D
But now I’m sinking, so deep, I can’t come up for air
E E F#
Air, I-I-I-I-I