Am G           F          Am
Ah keepin' on, keepin' on.
          F       G
Keep your head on.
Am               F
Time is tickin', time is tickin'
G           Am F Em  Am G F
Tickin' away uoh.    Hey.


[Rap]
                 Am
Let's talk about time tickin' away

Ev'ry day.
   G                   F
So wake on up for it's goin' away.
        Am
Get the Bo one one and stay up like the sun.
  G                         F
Remind yourself that what's done is done.
         Am
So maybe after today's day

With the back gone on
          G
Keep your body and soul
         F                 Am
And your mind on the right track.

In fact you gotta stay on the real black,
G                     F
Don't turn around and don't look back.
                Am
We're tryin' to take the poverty

To another level.
    G                    F
Red dog diggin' deep, Mr Pete got the shovel.
  Am
A level which he played in the field pitch
    G                         F
But now I got my men all sold up like a stitcha.
  Am
I used to be a Pee tryin' to clock G's livin' wild.
G                          F
Blast you before you blast me.

That's the life style
Am
And I can see it on the ev'ning news.
           G
It's just another brother shot down
         F
With the stretch doin' time.


[Chorus]
Am                 G F
Time is tickin' away.
         Am              F      G
You gotta live your life day by day.
Am            F       G
Happy or sad, good or bad.
Am                          F         Em
Life is to short, you gotta keep your head.
Am                 G F
Time is tickin' away.
         Am              F      G
You gotta live your life day by day.
Am            F       G
Happy or sad, good or bad.
Am                          F         Em
Life is to short, you gotta keep your head.


[Rap]
          Am
Keep your head one more time

And feel the rhythm.
    G                       F
I'm tellin' you life is too short,

You know the feelin'.
    Am
You wanna do more,

Your self-esteem is in the way.
    G
You better take a kid in,
        F
Live it day by day.
       Am
But anyway, I'm goin' for mine,
                        G
I'm still poor, it's no joke.
                  F
They still got me hangin' from the ropes.
     Am
Take time and still do the right thing
            G
And not the wrong,
                 F
So listen to the words of the song.
     Am
Tick tack it's seconds away from judgment day.
   G
So get your mind ready,
        F
Get the evils out your way.
      Am
Bring back, we could not slack,

We'll keep fat.
    G                      F
The bottom message on this track is exact.
           Am
The way we feel it in the nineteen nineties.
             G           F
Chillin with Rae, in the mix you'll find me.
  Am
Rewind me and turn back my mind.
G                              F
Think about the hommies in the pin doin' time.


[Chorus]
Am                 G F
Time is tickin' away.
         Am              F      G
You gotta live your life day by day.
Am            F       G
Happy or sad, good or bad.
Am                          F         Em
Life is to short, you gotta keep your head.


[Bridge 1]
Am         F        G
Once again CBK on a track.
Am
So wake up your mind.
F                G
Who knows what tomorrow might bring.
Am       F   G       Am
Far less, destruction, who knows?
       F                G
'Cause time is slippin' away.


[Bridge 2]
    Am                    F         G
The world keeps standing around and round.
      Am                        F     Em
We've gotta keep ourselves from goin' down.
     Am                     F            G
In a world full of passion, pleasure and pain
    Dm                       F
The pressure's gettin' to my brain.


[Chorus]
Am                 G F
Time is tickin' away.
         Am              F      G
You gotta live your life day by day.
Am            F       G
Happy or sad, good or bad.
Am                          F         Em
Life is to short, you gotta keep your head.
Am                 G F
Time is tickin' away.
         Am              F      G
You gotta live your life day by day.
Am            F       G
Happy or sad, good or bad.
Am                          F         Em  Am
Life is to short, you gotta keep your head.