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