Jay and Diddy chords by Dee-1

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Verse 1
Am 
They say just go to school
Em 
and get your degree
G 
and you'll be fine
Bb 
Am 
You'll never be J   .I .D,
look at your clock, you're wasting time
F 
Look mama, I'm gon' be famous,
Em 
Am 
won't you sit down and hear me rhyme
Em 
Bb 
Em 
Just smile and show your ivories,
Am 
cause your boy is next in line
E 
They tell you go to school,
Am 
get a job, get a car, get a crib
Em 
Get a wife, have kids,
Bb 
F 
then die, and that's it
Be a rapper?
Bb 
F 
Oh no, better get that 4 -0
Em 
Am 
Get high and work hard then retire
The thing is so easy for me
since I got that diploma
Em 
G 
Bb 
But it's just harder to do
F 
what I wanna
Everybody tellin' me the
Bb 
F 
path I should take
Am 
And it don't involve droppin'
F 
CDs or mixtapes
Am 
Well, let me think about what I'ma do
Em 
Live my  life for me
Bb 
Em 
G 
and live my  life for you
Bb 
Educated people don't be
feelin' me
Am 
They sayin' why rap?
F 
That ain't no kinda stability
Em 
Am 
Leavin' work late,
goin' straight to record
Em 
Hopin' one day that I could
Bb 
F 
top Billboard
Bb 
Blockin' out the fear, I gotta persevere
F 
Em 
After all,
Am 
Ross kept goin' after 12 years
They say just go to school
F 
G 
and get your degree
Em 
G 
F 
And you'll be fine
G 
F 
Am 
You'll never be J  .I .D.
Look at your clock, you're wasting time
F 
Look, mama, I'm gon' be famous
Em 
Won't you sit down and
Am 
F 
hear me rhyme
Em 
Come on, just smile and
F 
show your Ivories
Am 
cause your boy is next
He was the older brother of my friend
Em 
People said that I looked like his twin
G 
Am 
F 
First time we clicked up  we started talking
Bb 
I quickly told him I was on a mission,
F 
I got a vision
Am 
Every song that I be spittin'
is purpose driven
He gazed at me lookin' half impressed
F 
Em 
Other half lookin' like
Bb 
F 
he still wasn't sure yet
G 
Bb 
I ain't on my first tour yet,
F 
I ain't even signed
Am 
But he said if I don't think that I'm
F 
a star I can't shine
Am 
F 
Dang, that kind of made a lot of sense,
Em 
made me kind of tense,
G 
F 
then he kept going
He said I got a lot of sides
Bb 
F 
that I ain't showing,
Em 
Am 
and being like them
ain't gonna keep my bread growing
E 
Am 
He said I can't cry when I lose like Owens,
Em 
B 
Am 
huh, I gotta keep go  ing
F 
G 
Pretty soon I fell out with his brother,
Am 
my partner,
Em 
without even knowing,
E 
Am 
but I guess I gotta keep going, right?
They say just go to school
F 
G 
and get your degree
and you'll be fine
Am 
You'll never be J .I .D,
look at your clock, you're wasting time
F 
Look mama, I'm gon' be famous,
Em 
E 
Am 
won't you sit down and hear me rhyme
Em 
Bb 
F 
Just smile and show your ivories,
Am 
cause your boy is next in line
E 
Yeah, at this point I'm
Am 
in  too deep,
G 
B 
I put my heart into my music
G 
C 
I be rappin' in my sleep,
G 
Am 
before rap it was hoop hoop
E 
Rappin' and hoopin',
Am 
ordinary black youth
E 
Now look at me,
Am 
I'm the pride of the Augustine fam
Em 
B 
G 
Am 
It is  what it is, I am who I   am
Em 
G 
All eyes on me,
Bb 
Am 
can't be mediocre
No sir, can't fool, this ain't poker
My lil' cousin look at me like
I'm a superstar
Em 
He think that just because I rap
Am 
I drive the newest car
Em 
F 
Bb 
But this game ain't with a sim, cousin
Em 
It's totally different when you be
Am 
hind the scenes, cousin
Em 
But this is what I know,
E 
Am 
Em 
a dream ain't a dream if it ain't yours
B 
You can't paint they picture,
Am 
you gotta paint yours
G 
Am 
Too much paint on one picture,
the picture blurs
E 
Am 
Then your picture ain't clear anymore,
no sir
They say just go to school
G 
and get your degree
And you'll be fine
Am 
You'll never be J. or D
Look at your clock, you're wasting time
Look mama, I'm gon' be famous
Won't you sit down and hear me rhyme
Just smile and show your ivories
Cause your boy is next in line