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