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