Intro
A#m G# F# A#m
Ah keepin' on, keepin' on.
F# G#
Keep your head on.
A#m F#
Time is tickin', time is tickin'
G# A#m F# Fm A#m G# F#
Tickin' away uoh. Hey.
[Rap]
A#m
Let's talk about time tickin' away
Ev'ry day.
G# F#
So wake on up for it's goin' away.
A#m
Get the Bo one one and stay up like the sun.
G# F#
Remind yourself that what's done is done.
A#m
So maybe after today's day
With the back gone on
G#
Keep your body and soul
F# A#m
And your mind on the right track.
In fact you gotta stay on the real black,
G# F#
Don't turn around and don't look back.
A#m
We're tryin' to take the poverty
To another level.
G# F#
Red dog diggin' deep, Mr Pete got the shovel.
A#m
A# level which he played in the field pitch
G# F#
But now I got my men all sold up like a stitcha.
A#m
I used to be a Pee tryin' to clock G's livin' wild.
G# F#
Blast you before you blast me.
That's the life style
A#m
And I can see it on the ev'ning news.
G#
It's just another brother shot down
F#
With the stretch doin' time.
[Chorus]
A#m G# F#
Time is tickin' away.
A#m F# G#
You gotta live your life day by day.
A#m F# G#
Happy or sad, good or bad.
A#m F# Fm
Life is to short, you gotta keep your head.
A#m G# F#
Time is tickin' away.
A#m F# G#
You gotta live your life day by day.
A#m F# G#
Happy or sad, good or bad.
A#m F# Fm
Life is to short, you gotta keep your head.
[Rap]
A#m
Keep your head one more time
And feel the rhythm.
G# F#
I'm tellin' you life is too short,
You know the feelin'.
A#m
You wanna do more,
Your self-esteem is in the way.
G#
You better take a kid in,
F#
Live it day by day.
A#m
But anyway, I'm goin' for mine,
G#
I'm still poor, it's no joke.
F#
They still got me hangin' from the ropes.
A#m
Take time and still do the right thing
G#
And not the wrong,
F#
So listen to the words of the song.
A#m
Tick tack it's seconds away from judgment day.
G#
So get your mind ready,
F#
Get the evils out your way.
A#m
Bring back, we could not slack,
We'll keep fat.
G# F#
The bottom message on this track is exact.
A#m
The way we feel it in the nineteen nineties.
G# F#
Chillin with Rae, in the mix you'll find me.
A#m
Rewind me and turn back my mind.
G# F#
Think about the hommies in the pin doin' time.
[Chorus]
A#m G# F#
Time is tickin' away.
A#m F# G#
You gotta live your life day by day.
A#m F# G#
Happy or sad, good or bad.
A#m F# Fm
Life is to short, you gotta keep your head.
[Bridge 1]
A#m F# G#
Once again CBK on a track.
A#m
So wake up your mind.
F# G#
Who knows what tomorrow might bring.
A#m F# G# A#m
Far less, destruction, who knows?
F# G#
'Cause time is slippin' away.
[Bridge 2]
A#m F# G#
The world keeps standing around and round.
A#m F# Fm
We've gotta keep ourselves from goin' down.
A#m F# G#
In a world full of passion, pleasure and pain
D#m F#
The pressure's gettin' to my brain.
[Chorus]
A#m G# F#
Time is tickin' away.
A#m F# G#
You gotta live your life day by day.
A#m F# G#
Happy or sad, good or bad.
A#m F# Fm
Life is to short, you gotta keep your head.
A#m G# F#
Time is tickin' away.
A#m F# G#
You gotta live your life day by day.
A#m F# G#
Happy or sad, good or bad.
A#m F# Fm A#m
Life is to short, you gotta keep your head.