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