Key: F
Introduction: A
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C#m
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C#m
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My father said, "never give up son"
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Just look how good Cassius become
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Muhammad, Mahatama and Nelson
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Not scared to be strong
(Man, what if they say I'm no good)
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Now you could run and just say they're right
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No, I'll never be no one in my whole life
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Or you could turn and see the way they're wrong
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And get to keep on dancing all life long
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My father said, "never give up son"
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Just look what Amelia and John done
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Oh Rosa, Theresa their war won
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EA
Not scared to be strong
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Now you could run and just say they're right
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No, I'll never be no one in my whole life
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Or you could turn and see the way they're wrong
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A
And get to keep on dancing all life long
E
Yeah, you could be
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Someone special
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You've got bright in your brains and lightning in your veins
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You'll go higher then they've ever gone
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In you I see
C#m
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Someone special
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You've got fire in your eyes an'
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When you realize, you'll go further then we've ever gone
Just turn it on
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(I pay my intuition, I couldn't afford tuition)
(My funds was insufficient, it felt like I'm in prison)
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(Until I realized I had to set my mind free)
(I was trusting statistics more than I trust me)
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(Get a degree, good job, 401k)
(But I'm trying to turn Ks to Ms, what does it take?)
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(And maybe I could be the new Ali of music, probably)
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(Instead of doing it just as a hobby, like these boys told me to)
(I guess you either watch the show, or your show approved)
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(Prove it to them or you prove it to yourself)
(But honestly its better if you do it for yourself)
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(Never complacent 'til we hit the oasis)
(One life don't waste it, feel my heart races)
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(Success I taste it, ah)
A
(We on the verge, of gettin' every single thing that we deserve)
E
Yeah you could be
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B
Someone special
E
A
You've got fire in your eyes, I see heaven inside
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You'll go further then we've ever gone
E
In you I see
C#m
B
Someone special
E
A
You've got bright in your brains, you can break through the chains
E
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You'll go higher then we've ever gone
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Just turn it on
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)
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In you I see
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Someone special
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Don't go to war with yourself
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Just turn, just turn, just turn it on
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And you can't go wrong
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