On Ya Own Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Everybody knows in the
studio we're chilling.
Who's the engineer?
What's his name, yo?
Killin'.
You must try.
Check [Dm]it out as we flow [Am]it.[Gm]
[F][E][Am][Dm][Am]
[Gm][F]
[E]I'm putting [Am]food on the table,
see so [Dm]many
[E]MC's come, [Am]so many
MC's [Gm]go
They [F]couldn't rock [E]the mics,
still they [Am]tried to do a show
But [Dm]over the [Am]years I've
progressed and grown
[Gm]Tryna [F]say you helped [E]me out,
kid I [Am]did it on my own
Yo how [Dm]I'm gonna keep [Am]you open
for the next few [Gm]minutes
I got [F]something on [E]my mind
so people [Am]let's get in it
Since [Dm]way back in [Am]the day back then
Flippin' lyric[Gm]al, as a[F] kid knows n[E]othing
Not [Am]even spiritual, no [Dm]dir ection
[E]Dark complex[Am]ion, always [Gm]broke,
no [F]joke I tried to [E]spark [Am]cigarettes, but couldn't smoke
Lived [Dm]in
[Am]AJC, didn't parade in other [Gm]areas
[F]Took a long [E]time for all [Am]these peeps
to take me serious
[Dm]Hip -hop from [Am]special ed, 2K,
[Gm]RSDs,
[F]MCs could hold [E]a mic
Same [Am]way I wish I fleshed,
try [Dm]rhyming with my [E]brother
Ain't [Am]nothing but [Gm]dream
s for the [F]schemes
But [E]this world ain't [Am]what it all seems
Early [Dm]teens, still rhyming,
[Am]but what will it [Gm]amount to?
[F]Sometimes you [E]stand up,
[Am]no one wants to count you
[Dm]I used to [Am]wish I was a twin,
it was a [Gm]clone
Cause [F]then I wouldn't [Am]feel I was on my own,
where is bone?
I'm on [Dm]my own,
tryna [Am]live my life the way I wanna [Gm]live it
Mak[F]ing ill [E]music, answer [Am]y 'all,
I wanna give it
So these [Dm]records get [Am]made,
regardless of [Gm]the labels
No [F]matter what [E]it takes,
I'm putting [Am]food on the table
See so [Dm]many
[E]MC's come, [Am]so many
MC's [Gm]go
They [F]couldn't rock [E]the mic
still, they [Am]tried to do a show
But [Dm]over the [E]years I've [Am]pro
gressed and grown
[Gm]Trying [F]to say you helped [E]me out kid,
[Am]I did it on my own
Hip [Dm]-hop is indis[Am]pensable,
I've always something [Gm]sensible to [F]say
But [E]it wasn't like [Am]that back in the day
I used [Dm]to think hip [Am]-hop was
about getting props
[Gm]Earning mone[F]y, mad fame,[E]
an[Am]d climbing to the top
But [Dm]rappers got a [E]choice,
God [Am]bless me with [Gm]a voice for me
[F]To [E]demonstrate, reach [Am]out,
and educate all these [Dm]people like [E]me
When I [Am]was younger,
al[Gm]ways had [F]my own views
[E]Never stopped [Am]to wonder about
any [Dm]other perspect[Am]ive
My only object[Gm]ive was to
[F]be the damn [E]hardest
And [Am]do this regardless
And [Dm]now I got my v[E]ision
I [Am]know who I [Gm]be
I'm from [F]the streets
But [E]I speak i[Am]n telligently
Ayo, [Dm]I gots to make [Am]dough
And live my life
I [Gm]wanna have [F]the best for my kid[E]s
And take [Am]care of my wife
When [Dm]that time comes
[E]I can't b[Am]e living a[Gm]lone
[F]It's painful when you [E]feel
you're on [Am]your own
World is boring
I'm on [Dm]my own trying [E]to live my life
[Am]The way I wanna [Gm]live it
Mak[F]ing ill [E]music and [Am]to y
'all I wanna give it
So these [Dm]records get [Am]made,
regardless of [Gm]the labels
No [F]matter what [E]it takes,
I'm putting [Am]food on the table
See so [Dm]many
[E]MC's come, [Am]so many
MC's [Gm]go
They [F]couldn't rock [E]the mics
till they [Am]tried to do a show
But [Dm]over the [E]years I've [Am]pro
gressed and grown
[Gm]Tryna [F]say you helped [E]me out,
kid [Am]I did it on my own
I [Dm]recall these [E]people bad
[Am]mouthin' out
[Gm]But they the ones [F]who run to the
[E]store when con[Am]certs drop the album
Nev[Dm]er did I [E]know I'd come th[Am]is far
But [Gm]like any [F]other young [E]kid
I also [Am]wished on a star
Now [Dm]I'm par [Am]with my
DJ
ST
[Gm]Knew[F] each other sinc[E]e 82, [Am]83
No
[Dm]PhD, [E]no [Am]uni de[Gm]grees
But [F]when it comes [E]from the soul
[Am]Yo, can we please
Was [Dm]a boy, now [Am]a man
Was old, now [Gm]older
[F]Still young,
[E]with a good [Am]head on my shoulders, y [Dm]'all
I ain't [E]a king, but I [Am]sit [Gm]on my throne
[F]I'm on [E]my [Am]own [Dm]tryna live [Am]my life
the way I wanna [Gm]live it
Mak[F]ing ill [E]music and [Am]to y
I wanna give it
So these [Dm]records get [E]made,
re[Am]gardless of [Gm]the labels
No [F]matter what it [E]takes,
I'm putting [Am]food on the table
Seen [Dm]so many
MC[E]s, so [Am]many
MC[Gm]s go
They [F]couldn't rock [E]the mic,
still they [Am]tried
to do a show
But [Dm]over the [E]years I've [Am]pro
gressed and [Gm]grow
Tryna [F]say you help [E]me out,
kid [Am]I did it on my own
And I'm on [Dm]my own trying [E]to live
my life [Am]the way I want [Gm]to live it
Cause [F]we making ill [E]music and to [Am]y 'all
I want to give this song [Dm]to...[Am]