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