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