Key: F minor
Verse 1
Dm
Bb
Yeah,
this right here is dedicated to
Dm
My family, my friends, my lady,
everybody that held me down
(Shine a light on me, shine a light on me) especially the Lord,
you know what I mean
Bb
Dm
Shine a light on me,
shine a light on me
Y'all a bright light in my life,
you feel me? (yeah yeah, ay)
Bb
Shine a light on me
Dm
Learned a lot over the last few years In
Verse 2
Bb
dustry people ain't friends,
just peers
Dm
I learned that these girls is easy
like the morning of a Sunday
They don't love you until
Bb
you gone like Harambe
Still killing over colors,
now it's black and blue
We dyin' every day, B,
Dm
we just don't make the news
When you speak up for
your race just watch
They gon' twist and say you hate these cops,
Bb
I'ma take these shots
How can he love Jesus,
Dm
Kanye, and K Dot?
Bb
Mar tin, Malcolm, and Schaeffer,
Dm
Mitsubishi, and Maybach?
Contradictory, nah,
it's complimentary
Understanding me ain't
for the simple and elementary
Bb
Dm
Oh, I know this might go over some heads
Bb
But I come from being government fed,
Dm
could be running from feds
But now I give the government bread
'Cause you playing back the words that I said,
that's crazy
Verse 3
Bb
I can't believe we made it through
Dm
(yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
Bb
My momma say she ain't surprised,
Dm
told me that she always knew (yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
My day ones still the same ones,
Bb
Dm
love to the crew (yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
Bb
I told my lady I ain't never met
Dm
nobody like you (like you)
I thank you
Verse 4
Bb
Now I remember, uh,
Dm
I was sittin' in my room
Bb
Dm
Glued to my television daily after school
And I never saw me going to college
Higher learning was a different world,
I can acknowledge
Bb
I used to imagine being in a black Range
Dm
Bb
Gettin' paid from doin'
this little rap thing
Dm
And now I'm paying these professors
couple thousand for a lesson
Graduated in recession,
F
Sally Mae just want a check and I'm stressin'
Dm
Rap music, it was all a dream
Bb
Now I'm in a session chasin'
my dreams
Who woulda knew man,
Dm
it's crazy
S1 introduced me to Jay- Z,
C
Bb
never met my dad but I met the music that raised me
C
I know this might go over some heads
Bb
But I come from being government fed,
Dm
could be running from feds
But now I give the government bread
'Cause you playing back the words that I said,
that's crazy
Verse 5
Bb
I can't believe we made it through
Dm
(yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
Bb
My momma say she ain't surprised,
Dm
told me that she always knew (yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
My day ones still the same ones,
Bb
love to the crew (yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
I told my lady I ain't never met
Dm
nobody like you (like you)
I thank you
Verse 6
Bb
Listen, I know God did
it, can't take the credit
Paid off all of my debts
but I still feel so indebted
Dm
Been all over the world
with these songs I wrote
My life story oughta give y'all hope
Bb
Without a doubt I've been doubted
and counted out
I've been down for the count,
about to quit
Mama told me keep going,
Dm
'cause I was made for this
I either get a scholarship
or I could get a hit
I still can't believe I made it here
Verse 7
Bb
I can't believe we made it through
(yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
My momma say she ain't surprised,
Dm
told me that she always knew (yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
My day ones still the same ones,
Bb
love to the crew (yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
I told my lady I ain't never met
Dm
nobody like you (like you)
I thank you
Verse 8
Bb
Shine a light on me, shine a light on me
Dm
Shine a light on me, shine a light on me
Yeah yeah, ay
Bb
Dm
Shine a light on me, shine a light on me
Bb
Dm
Shine a light on me, shine a light on me
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsDm Bb F C
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