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