Intro
Am G F Am
Ah keepin' on, keepin' on.
F G
Keep your head on.
Am F
Time is tickin', time is tickin'
G Am F Em Am G F
Tickin' away uoh. Hey.
[Rap]
Am
Let's talk about time tickin' away
Ev'ry day.
G F
So wake on up for it's goin' away.
Am
Get the Bo one one and stay up like the sun.
G F
Remind yourself that what's done is done.
Am
So maybe after today's day
With the back gone on
G
Keep your body and soul
F Am
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.
Am
We're tryin' to take the poverty
To another level.
G F
Red dog diggin' deep, Mr Pete got the shovel.
Am
A level which he played in the field pitch
G F
But now I got my men all sold up like a stitcha.
Am
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
Am
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]
Am G F
Time is tickin' away.
Am F G
You gotta live your life day by day.
Am F G
Happy or sad, good or bad.
Am F Em
Life is to short, you gotta keep your head.
Am G F
Time is tickin' away.
Am F G
You gotta live your life day by day.
Am F G
Happy or sad, good or bad.
Am F Em
Life is to short, you gotta keep your head.
[Rap]
Am
Keep your head one more time
And feel the rhythm.
G F
I'm tellin' you life is too short,
You know the feelin'.
Am
You wanna do more,
Your self-esteem is in the way.
G
You better take a kid in,
F
Live it day by day.
Am
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.
Am
Take time and still do the right thing
G
And not the wrong,
F
So listen to the words of the song.
Am
Tick tack it's seconds away from judgment day.
G
So get your mind ready,
F
Get the evils out your way.
Am
Bring back, we could not slack,
We'll keep fat.
G F
The bottom message on this track is exact.
Am
The way we feel it in the nineteen nineties.
G F
Chillin with Rae, in the mix you'll find me.
Am
Rewind me and turn back my mind.
G F
Think about the hommies in the pin doin' time.
[Chorus]
Am G F
Time is tickin' away.
Am F G
You gotta live your life day by day.
Am F G
Happy or sad, good or bad.
Am F Em
Life is to short, you gotta keep your head.
[Bridge 1]
Am F G
Once again CBK on a track.
Am
So wake up your mind.
F G
Who knows what tomorrow might bring.
Am F G Am
Far less, destruction, who knows?
F G
'Cause time is slippin' away.
[Bridge 2]
Am F G
The world keeps standing around and round.
Am F Em
We've gotta keep ourselves from goin' down.
Am F G
In a world full of passion, pleasure and pain
Dm F
The pressure's gettin' to my brain.
[Chorus]
Am G F
Time is tickin' away.
Am F G
You gotta live your life day by day.
Am F G
Happy or sad, good or bad.
Am F Em
Life is to short, you gotta keep your head.
Am G F
Time is tickin' away.
Am F G
You gotta live your life day by day.
Am F G
Happy or sad, good or bad.
Am F Em Am
Life is to short, you gotta keep your head.