Intro
N.C.
It's Major, ha!
B
Reachin out to every yute (yeah!)
F#/A# D#m
From yuh know yuh represent the truut (yeaaah! realness)
Every main, every lane (yes!)
C#
Every trench, every drain (whoa!)
B
Light it up! Represent dis one
F# D#m
One a di realest selection (oh oooh!)
An if yuh a paypa souljah
C# D#m C#
Mi know mi nah go see yuh hand, because:
[Chorus]
N.C.
Real know real bou yah
F#
Real know real bou yah
D#m
So tell di artificial dem disappear like vapor
C# B
Wi know seh dem a carbon paypa, telling yuh again:
Real know real bou yah
F#
Real know real bou yah
D#m
Mi represent fi every yute
Weh represent the truut
C# D#m C#
When mi see dem a go tru; salute, yow
[Verse 1]
B
Nuh mek no mistake know di real from di fake
F#
Yo cyaa use Viagra fi cure headache
D#m
Cyaa preach love if yo thoughts full a hate
C#
Don’t tek no bend, yute stay pon di straight
B
Oh, inna life when mi stop an go check it
F#
Nuff people cum een like jewels weh cosmetic
D#m
Dem nuh real, when mi and di family inspec it
C# D#m C# B
Wolf inna sheep cloth a step it, but tell dem dis:
[Chorus]
Real know real bou yah
F#
Real know real bou yah
D#m
So tell di artificial dem disappear like vapor
C# B
Wi know seh dem a carbon paypa, telling yuh again:
Real know real bou yah
F#
Real know real bou yah
D#m
Mi represent fi every yute
Weh represent the truut
C# D#m C#
When mi see dem a go tru; salute
[Verse 2]
B
Mi see di plastic inna dem smile, di counterfeit inna dem coil
F#
Di dolly inna dem chile, kerosene inna dem oil
D#m C#
Di copy weh dem copy, when dem claim dem have original style
B bare fertilizer inna dem soil
B
Waggonist a get dash ova
F#
See seh dem no real, dem a washova
D#m
Waah teach yuh fi steer when di crash ova
C# D#m C# B
Di fraud dem cut when yuh cash ova; real souljah sing dis:
[Chorus]
Real know real bou yah
F#
Real know real bou yah
D#m
So tell di artificial dem disappear like vapor
C# B
Wi know seh dem a carbon paypa, real souljah sing dis:
Real know real bou yah
F#
Real know real bou yah
D#m
Mi represent fi every yute
Weh represent the truut
C# D#m C#
When mi see dem a go tru; salute
[Bridge]
G#m
Hey, so not bikaa mi speak English
D#m
Even if yuh lingua a Spanish
Yuh wi understand if yuh come across
G#m
Anyone dat is real genuine
B
So there is no way around it
C#sus4
Real know real on dis planet
C# D#m C#
Real eyes realize real eyes, o-ho-oh
[Chorus]
B
Real know real bou yah, wo
F#
Real know real bou yah, real know real
D#m
So tell di artificial dem disappear like vapor
C# B
Wi know seh dem a carbon paypa, real souljah sing dis:
Real know real bou yah
F#
Real know real bou yah
D#m
Mi represent fi every yute
Weh represent the truut
C# D#m C#
When mi see dem a go tru; salute, wo-wo-wo-woh
B
Sending dis message all ova
F# D#m
From yuh a nuh paypa souljah
Help me represent
C#
Help me represent right now (ooh)
B
Sending dis message all ova
F# D#m
From yuh a nuh paypa souljah
C#
Help me represent, help me represent
D#m C# B
Right now real yutes sing dis
[Outro]
Oh rise
F#
It's major representing all real yutes
D#m
Righteous yutes, militant yutes, yes
C# D#m C#
Yes! Yes! Yes! It's major, yeah, real!
B
Real real real
F# D#m
Cast iron a nuh steel, yeah
C# D#m C# B
Ooh! Penthouse, Turf, ha! real yuu-utes