Original Key: C Minor
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 72
Suggested Strumming: DU,DU,DU,DU
[INTRO]
Cm
[VERSE]
Cm Bb Eb
Durkio told me he been on some positive shit, yeah, yeah
Fm Bb
Lately, I just wanna show up and body some shit, yeah, yeah
Cm Bb Eb Fm
Always been a lil' mathematician, lately, it's cash I'm gettin'
Bb
Got me losin' count of these bags, I've been movin' too fast
Cm Bb Eb
Hard times don't last, 'member when cops harassed
Fm Bb
Talkin' out my ass, boy, you ain't shit but a bitch with a badge
[CHORUS]
Cm Bb Eb
All my life (All my life)
Fm Bb
They been tryin' to keep me down (They been tryna keep me down)
Cm Bb Eb
All this time (All this time)
Fm Bb
Never thought I would make it out (Never thought I'd make it out)
Cm Bb Eb
They couldn't break me, they couldn't break mе (No, no)
Fm Bb
They couldn't take me, thеy couldn't take me (No)
Cm Bb Eb
All my life (All my life)
Fm Bb
They been tryin' to keep me down (They been tryna keep me down)
[VERSE]
Cm Bb
I decided I had to finish
Eb
But the media called me a menace
Fm Bb
I done sat with the mayor and politicians, I'm tryna change the image
Cm Bb Eb
You can't blame my past no more, I come from the trenches
Fm Bb
Some said I'd never be a superstar, but I know I'm different (No, no, no)
Cm Bb Eb
I'm The Voice, but the system ain't give me a choice
Cm
Know some people that's still unemployed
Bb
I know a felon who tryna get FOID
Cm
Child support your only support
Bb Eb
For a visit, I'm goin' through courts
Fm
Went to jail, they was chainin' me up
Bb
And you know that I'm famous as fuck
Cm Bb
See how you gon' joke about stimulus?
Eb
But they really had came in the clutch
Fm Bb
I know some kids wanna hurt theyself
Cm Bb Eb
Stop tryna take drugs, I refer to myself
Fm Bb
Tryna better myself, tryna better my health but
[CHORUS]
Cm Bb Eb
All my life (All my life)
Fm Bb
They been tryin' to keep me down (They been tryna keep me down)
Cm Bb Eb
All this time (All this time)
Fm Bb
Never thought I would make it out (Never thought I'd make it out)
Cm Bb Eb
They couldn't break me, they couldn't break me (No, no)
Fm Bb
They couldn't take me, they couldn't take me (No)
Cm Bb Eb
All my life (All my life)
Fm Bb
They been tryin' to keep me down (They been tryna keep me down, yeah)
[VERSE]
Cm Bb
First generation ghetto nigga
Eb
Cole world, hello niggas
Fm Bb
Made it out the city with my head on straight
Bb
Niggas keep shootin' up the lead out
Cm Bb
Young Jordan Peele, gotta get out
Eb
And the shit that I spit out
Fm Bb
Is a cheat code like I'm facin' a RICO
Bb
And how a nigga put a hit out
Cm Bb Eb
And another one, and, and another one
Eb
I got like a hundred of 'em
Fm Bb
'Bout to lap niggas so they think they ahead of me
Bb
But I'm really in front of them
Cm Bb Eb
Now some of them fumblin' they bags
Eb Fm
Fuckin' up the little crumbs that they had
Fm Bb
A reminder to humble yourself
Bb
This shit could be gone in an instant
Cm Bb Eb
Me, I'm runnin' long distance, all pistons firin'
Eb Fm
I been stuck between maybe retirin'
Bb
And feelin' like I'm just not hittin' my prime
Cm
These days seein' rappers be dyin'
Bb Eb
Way before they even gettin' they shine
Eb
I never even heard of lil' buddy
Fm Bb
'Til somebody murdered lil' buddy
Bb Cm
Now I'm on the phone, searchin' lil' buddy name
Cm Bb
Got to playin' his tunes
Eb
All day in my room, thinkin', "Damn
Fm
This shit wicked, to get they name buzzin'
Bb
Some niggas just gotta Go lay in a tomb"
Cm Bb Eb
And media thirsty for clicks
Eb
I got a new rule
Fm Eb
If you ain't never posted a rapper when he was alive
Bb
You can't post about him after he get hit
Cm Bb Eb
It's simple, it's the principle
Eb
On any tempo, I'm invincible
Fm
Don't even rap, I just vent to you
Bb
I rather that than an interview most days
Cm Bb
Fuck 'em all like I'm goin' through a Ho phase
Eb
Young nigga shoot out the whip like road rage
Fm Bb
I pray all of my dawgs stay so paid
Bb
And the only thing that kill 'em is old age
[CHORUS]
Cm Bb Eb
All my life (All my life)
Fm Bb
They been tryin' to keep me down (They been tryna keep me down)
Cm Bb Eb
All this time (All this time)
Fm Bb
Never thought I would make it out (Never thought I'd make it out)
Cm Bb Eb
They couldn't break me, they couldn't break me (No, no)
Fm Bb
They couldn't take me, they couldn't take me (No)
Cm Bb Eb
All my life (All my life)
Fm Bb
They been tryin' to keep me down (They been tryna keep me down)