Intro
B F# C# D#m F# B (x2)
[Verse 1]
B F# C#
My father said, "never give up son"
D#m F# B
Just look how good Cassius become
B F# C#
Muhammad, Mahatama and Nelson
D#m F# B
Not scared to be strong
(Man, what if they say I'm no good)
(What if they say, "get out of here kid, you got no future")
B F# C#
Now you could run and just say they're right
D#m F# B
No, I'll never be no one in my whole life
B F# C#
Or you could turn and see the way they're wrong
D#m F# B
And get to keep on dancing all life long
[Verse 2]
B F# C#
My father said, "never give up son"
D#m F# B
Just look what Amelia and Joan done
B F# C#
Oh Rosa, Teresa their war won
D#m F# B
Not scared to be strong
B F# C#
Now you could run and just say they're right
D#m F# B
No, I'll never be no one in my whole life
B F# C#
Or you could turn and see the way they're wrong
D#m F# B
And get to keep on dancing all life long
[Chorus]
F#
Yeah, you could be
D#m C#
Someone special
F# B
You've got bright in your brains and lightning in your veins
F# C#
You'll go higher then they've ever gone
F#
In you I see
D#m C#
Someone special
F# B
You've got fire in your eyes an'
F# C#
When you realize, you'll go further then we've ever gone
[Rap]
(Look)
Just turn it on
B F# C#
(I pay my intuition, I couldn't afford tuition)
(My funds was insufficient, it felt like I'm in prison)
D#m F# B
(Until I realized I had to set my mind free)
(I was trusting statistics more than I trust me)
B F# C#
(Get a degree, good job, 401k)
(But I'm trying to turn Ks to Ms, what does it take?)
D#m F# B
(And maybe I could be the new Ali of music, probably)
B F# C#
(Instead of doing it just as a hobby, like these boys told me to)
(I guess you either watch the show, or your show approved)
D#m F# B
(Prove it to them or you prove it to yourself)
(But honestly its better if you do it for yourself)
B F# C#
(Never complacent 'til we hit the oasis)
(One life don't waste it, feel my heart races)
D#m F#
(Success I taste it, ah)
B
(We on the verge, of gettin' every single thing that we deserve)
[Chorus]
F#
Yeah you could be
D#m C#
Someone special
F# B
You've got fire in your eyes, I see heaven inside
F# C#
You'll go further then we've ever gone
F#
In you I see
D#m C#
Someone special
F# B
You've got bright in your brains, you can break through the chains
F# C#
You'll go higher then we've ever gone
B F# C#
Just turn it on
D#m F# B
[Outro]
B F# C#
In you I see
D#m F# B
Someone special
B F# C#
Don't go to war with yourself
D#m F# B
Just turn, just turn, just turn it on
B F# C#
And you can't go wrong
D#m F# A