F Em Am
F Em Am
[Chorus]
F
This is real life, the only one we get to live
Em Am
I remember being broke and thinking something gotta give
F Em
This is real life, everything we do is legendary
Am
And we gon' do it to the day we in the cemetery
F G
Real life, it feel like I'm dreaming
C
Used to feel like I was nothing, now my life has meaning
Dm C
Said this is real life, goddamn this is real life
[Verse 1]
F
Yeah, I've been fiending for this moment
F
I've been dreaming 'bout this moment
Em Am F
I guess this is how it feel to have everything you ever wanted
F
Writing these records like a dissertation
Em Am
While the fans goin' crazy from anticipation
F G
Damn, nine years that's a lot of patience
C
And now I'm looking at my idols and feeling adjacent
Dm
It's hell of a long way from back in the basement
C
Looking at hip-hop tryna find my placement
F Em
I bought my first pair of Jordans at twenty-two
Am
Same year I bought a crib too
F
Now my face in magazines I used to flip through
Em Am
And my music on all the sites I used to sift through
F
Remember meeting Nas for the first time
Em Am
Shook his hand and he started quoting my lines?
F
Said he a fan, goddamn this is my time
G F
I'ma get it, I'ma do it 'till we prime time
Em
I told him every single day that I be at it
Am
In the studio recording like an addict
F
He said that real hip-hop shit I had it
Em Am
Thinking to myself, "Damn, man, you made illmatic"
[Chorus]
F
This is real life, the only one we get to live
Em Am
I remember being broke and thinking something gotta give
F Em
This is real life, everything we do is legendary
Am
And we gon' do it to the day we in the cemetery
F G
Real life, it feel like I'm dreaming
C
Used to feel like I was nothing, now my life has meaning
Dm C
Said this is real life, goddamn this is real life
F
I used to wonder what it feel like
[Verse 2]
Em
Aight, I guess we back again
Am F
With another verse about how much I'm black again
F
You don't like it blame God for the packaging
Em Am F
Bringing up my race, don't call me a white rapper then
G
Damn, they judging me by my skin tone
C Dm
Instead of my talent, man these motherfuckers been wrong
Dm
But it's all good I just thought I'd address it
C
And spell it out for people so they can finally assess it
F
This is dedicated to anyone with a dream
Em Am
And a realization of what following it means
F Em
Breaking the cycle and not following your genes
Am
That perfect moment when your logic intervenes
F G
And let you know that everything ain't always what it seems
C
But if you really looking, I promise you'll find your dreams
Dm
This is everything I ever wanted, half of y'all won't get it
C
The other half will probably laugh and wonder how I did it
F
I just spit it from my mind, one word at the time
Em Am
Take everything I'm going through and put it in a rhyme
F Em
I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a lot of weight upon my shoulders
Am
But this is my therapy as I flow this
F G
Spilling out my heart, I just hope somebody notice
C
I've been real from the start and you motherfuckers know this
Dm C
Once my name elevated that's when the fame escalated
C
But on the real, I've grown accustomed to the stares
F
People watching every move I make like it was theirs
Em Am
All up in my business, and even in my personal affairs
F Em
Now, I know I talk a lot of game, but I ain't trynna sell you
Am F
Cause honestly, I could show you better than I could tell you
G C
And even though there's been moments when everything have fell through
Dm
We kept it moving, assuming even the greatest fail too
Dm C
I swear this business shit is do or die
C F
I never contemplated suicide, I'm too alive
F
In front of thousands, but I'm talking like it's you and I
Em Am
And everyday fewer find their dreams because fewer try
[Chorus]
F
This is real life, the only one we get to live
Em Am
I remember being broke and thinking something gotta give
F Em
This is real life, everything we do is legendary
Am
And we gon' do it to the day we in the cemetery
F
Real life, it feel like I'm dreaming
Em Am
Used to feel like I was nothing, now my life has meaning
F G C
Said this is real life, goddamn this is real life
F
I used to wonder what it feel like
[Scratches]
Em Am
Everything I seen, made me everything I am
F
Everything I do, I'm a man behind mine
Em Am
Throw your hands in the air, stand behind mine
F Em Am
Everything I seen, made me everything I am
F G
Stand behind mine
C
Everything I do, I'm a man behind mine
[Outro]
F Em Am F Em
Said, welcome to forever
Am F Em
Welcome to forever
Am C
Welcome to... forever
