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