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