Key: F minor
Verse 1
C#m
A
Yeah,
this right here is dedicated to
C#m
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
A
C#m
Shine a light on me,
shine a light on me
Y'all a bright light in my life,
you feel me? (yeah yeah, ay)
A
Shine a light on me
C#m
Learned a lot over the last few years In
Verse 2
A
dustry people ain't friends,
just peers
C#m
I learned that these girls is easy
like the morning of a Sunday
They don't love you until
A
you gone like Harambe
Still killing over colors,
now it's black and blue
We dyin' every day, B,
C#m
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,
A
I'ma take these shots
How can he love Jesus,
C#m
Kanye, and K Dot?
A
Martin, Malcolm, and Schaeffer,
C#m
Mitsubishi, and Maybach?
Contradictory, nah,
it's complimentary
Understanding me ain't
for the simple and elementary
A
C#m
Oh, I know this might go over some heads
A
But I come from being government fed,
C#m
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
A
I can't believe we made it through
C#m
(yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
A
My momma say she ain't surprised,
C#m
told me that she always knew (yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
My day ones still the same ones,
A
C#m
love to the crew (yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
A
I told my lady I ain't never met
C#m
nobody like you (like you)
I thank you
Verse 4
A
Now I remember, uh,
C#m
I was sittin' in my room
A
C#m
Glued to my television daily after school
And I never saw me going to college
Higher learning was a different world,
I can acknowledge
A
I used to imagine being in a black Range
C#m
A
Gettin' paid from doin'
this little rap thing
C#m
And now I'm paying these professors
couple thousand for a lesson
Graduated in recession,
E
Sally Mae just want a check and I'm stressin'
C#m
Rap music, it was all a dream
A
Now I'm in a session chasin'
my dreams
Who woulda knew man,
C#m
it's crazy
S1 introduced me to Jay- Z,
B
A
never met my dad but I met the music that raised me
B
I know this might go over some heads
A
But I come from being government fed,
C#m
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
A
I can't believe we made it through
C#m
(yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
A
My momma say she ain't surprised,
C#m
told me that she always knew (yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
My day ones still the same ones,
A
love to the crew (yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
I told my lady I ain't never met
C#m
nobody like you (like you)
I thank you
Verse 6
A
Listen, I know God did
it, can't take the credit
Paid off all of my debts
but I still feel so indebted
C#m
Been all over the world
with these songs I wrote
My life story oughta give y'all hope
A
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,
C#m
'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
A
I can't believe we made it through
(yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
My momma say she ain't surprised,
C#m
told me that she always knew (yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
My day ones still the same ones,
A
love to the crew (yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
I told my lady I ain't never met
C#m
nobody like you (like you)
I thank you
Verse 8
A
Shine a light on me, shine a light on me
C#m
Shine a light on me, shine a light on me
Yeah yeah, ay
A
C#m
Shine a light on me, shine a light on me
A
C#m
Shine a light on me, shine a light on me
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