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