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