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