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