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