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