Verse C
Since day 1 I said f-ck the fame and everything it dealt
Em
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
Em
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 Em
And it’s so hard to breathe, yeah
C D Em
And even more so to sleep when no one cares
C D Em
It was all I can eat
C D Em
But now I’m sinking, so deep, I can’t come up for air
C Em
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
Em
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
Em
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
Em
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’
Em
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 Em
And it’s so hard to breathe, yeah
C D Em
And even more so to sleep when no one cares
C D Em
It was all I can eat
C D Em C
But now I’m sinking, so deep, I can’t come up for air
[Bridge]
D D E
Air, I-I-I-I-I
C D
I sink away (Air) , I sink away (Air)
D E
Cause I sink away (I-I-I-I-I) I sink away
C D
Hey Hey (Air) I sink away (Air)
D E
Get carried away, get carried away
[Chorus]
C D Em
And it’s so hard to breathe, yeah
C D Em
And even more so to sleep when no one cares
C D Em
It was all I can eat
C D
But now I’m sinking, so deep
C
Damn, it’s never in the plans
Em
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
Em
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 Em D C
But now I’m sinking, so deep, I can’t come up for air
D D E
Air, I-I-I-I-I