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