G Bm
Pa pa pa pa, pa la pa pa
G A
Pa pa pa pa, pa la pa
[Verse 1]
G
Since day 1 I said f-ck the fame and everything it dealt
Bm
But the fame is really here just to facilitate the wealth
G
But the wealth attracts you haters like you mosquitoes to a well
D
And the waters getting deeper so I’m well set out to sail
G
Someone called my cell and left a voicemail
Bm
That said congratulations on the million record sales
G
As I’m flipping over furniture knocking sh-t off the shelf
A
I told myself I’ll never get too deep not to take a breathe
But I’m sinking
[Chorus]
G A Bm
And it’s so hard to breathe, yeah
G A Bm
And even more so to sleep when no one cares
G A Bm
It was all I can eat
G A Bm
But now I’m sinking, so deep, I can’t come up for air
G Bm
Pa pa pa pa, pa la pa pa
G A
Pa pa pa pa, pa la pa
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[Verse 2]
G
Yeah I’ve seen the valley
Bm
Of the shadow of death, I’ve seen the mountains
G
The wild childhood, Thats why I sing about it
D
I just try to move on and keep my peace about it
G
But Come to think about it I can’t even count the days
Bm
That I’ve spent, starving tryna find some decent housing
G
That’s why I’m always smiling but on this beat I seem so violent
A
So ask me ’bout the music scene and what the f-ck I think about it
G
Time flies, I guess thats why I’m bugging
Bm
Just yesterday I was rapping with my brother and my cousin
G
If you had the stove or toaster on you couldn’t use the oven
D
We knew that we were struggling, we just acted like we wasn’t
G
It’s either make it rapping, if not that than hustlin’
Bm
So all I see is magazine covers in this game
G
You either surface or you plummet
A
It’s a thin line and I’m just tryna keep my head above it
Damn...
[Chorus]
G A Bm
And it’s so hard to breathe, yeah
G A Bm
And even more so to sleep when no one cares
G A Bm
It was all I can eat
G A Bm G
But now I’m sinking, so deep, I can’t come up for air
[Bridge]
A A B
Air, I-I-I-I-I
G A
I sink away (Air) , I sink away (Air)
A B
Cause I sink away (I-I-I-I-I) I sink away
G A
Hey Hey (Air) I sink away (Air)
A B
Get carried away, get carried away
[Chorus]
G A Bm
And it’s so hard to breathe, yeah
G A Bm
And even more so to sleep when no one cares
G A Bm
It was all I can eat
G A
But now I’m sinking, so deep
G
Damn, it’s never in the plans
Bm
But hey it’s a long way than beating pots and pans
G
Damn, it’s never in the plans
D
But hey it’s a long way than beating pots and pans
G
Damn, it’s never in the plans
Bm
But hey it’s a long way than beating pots and pans
G
Damn, it’s never in the plans
A
But hey it’s a long way than beating pots and pans
G Bm A G
But now I’m sinking, so deep, I can’t come up for air
A A B
Air, I-I-I-I-I
