Key: F# minor
Verse 1
Bbm
Fm
Some people have to learn
Ab
Eb
Db
Some people wait their turn
Bbm
Fm
Some people have to fight, yeah
Ab
Eb
Some people give their life,
Ab
Fm
oh (yeah)
Verse 2
They wanna hold you back, tell 'em pee off
Fm
Whenever they say you can't,
take the "t" off
I remember when they told me
I wouldn't be famous
Now my dream and reality is simultaneous
Gb
Fm
And work your own way to the top
If they put you on a pedestal they
can take you off
And there's a higher level
than the top
Eb
You gotta make more,
Db
don't make do with what you got
Fm
Yeah, so get it in, go sonny
Not everybody gets a second
chance at getting money
Or even getting lucky,
Verse 3
so you gotta feel the hunger in your tummy
Bbm
Fm
I'm always pushing myself to the limit making
Ab
sure I stay ahead (that's right)
Eb
You made me who I am,
Db
Bbm
from the words you said (yeah)
Fm
Some people have to learn
Verse 4
Fm
(uh- huh) (yeah)
Some people wait their turn
Ab
(uh- huh) (uh)
Eb
Some people but not me
Db
I was born a champion
Bbm
(that's right)
Fm
Some people have to fight
Verse 5
(uh- huh)
Eb
Ab
Some people give their life (uh- huh)
Eb
Some people don't believe
Db
But I was born a champion
Fm
(yeah)
But I was born a champion
(yeah, yeah)
Eb
But I was born a champion
Verse 6
Bbm
Fm
Uh, this gonna be the realest
shit I ever wrote
Off the record, no camera's,
forget a quote
Some of my family doing good,
most doing dope
I'm from Virginia where they
Bbm
hang the niggas by a rope
Fm
I used to see my momma getting beat down
Is that the real definition of me now?
I fell off, back on my feet now
Eb
Headed to the sky,
Db
Fm
can't even see down
Award shows,
I poured my heart out
And people still steady tryna
point my flaws out
And I'd be lying if I said it ain't get to me
Verse 7
But I'm a champion, legend, history
Bbm
Fm
I'm always pushing myself to the limit making
Eb
Ab
sure I stay ahead (that's right)
Eb
You made me who I am,
Db
Bbm
from the words you said (yeah)
Fm
Some people have to learn
Verse 8
Fm
(uh- huh) (yeah)
Some people wait their turn
Ab
(uh- huh) (uh)
Eb
Some people but not me
Db
I was born a champion
Bbm
(that's right)
Fm
Some people have to fight
Verse 9
(uh- huh)
Eb
Ab
Some people give their life (uh- huh)
Eb
Some people don't believe
Db
But I was born a champion
Fm
(yeah)
But I was born a champion
(yeah, yeah)
Eb
But I was born a champion
Verse 10
Bbm
Fm
Okay, no one wants to help
I guess you're on your own
Build a foundation with the bricks they throw
Ab
Eb
In a black and white world,
true colors show
Db
Change if you want, everybody grows
Bbm
Fm
And life's like an eel,
but try and get a hold
Opinions ain't facts,
Eb
Ab
take 'em in and let 'em go (that's right)
Eb
You made me who I am
Verse 11
Fm
from the
Eb
Fm
Bbm
words you said (yeah)
Fm
Some people have to learn
Verse 12
Fm
(uh- huh) (yeah)
Some people wait their turn
Ab
(uh- huh) (uh)
Eb
Some people but not me
Db
I was born a champion
Bbm
(champion) (that's right)
Fm
Some people have to fight
Verse 13
Fm
(uh- huh)
Eb
Some people give their life
Ab
(uh- huh)
Eb
Some people don't believe
Db
Bbm
But I was born a champion (yeah)
Fm
Some people have to learn
Verse 14
(uh- huh)
Ab
Some people wait their turn (uh- huh)
Eb
Some people but not me
Db
I was born a champion
Bbm
(that's right)
Fm
Some people have to fight
Verse 15
(uh- huh)
Eb
Ab
Some people give their life (uh- huh)
Eb
Some people don't believe
Db
Fm
But I was born a champion
(champion) (yeah)
But I was born a champion
(yeah, yeah)
Eb
But I was born a champion
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