Live Your Life Chords by T.I
Tempo:
79.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
G
D
Bm
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [A] [E] This is special what's [C#m] happening to all my, all my soldiers over there in Iraq
[G] Everybody right here, [D] what [A] you need to do is be thankful for the [B] life you got, you [Bm] know what i'm saying
[G] Stop [D] looking at what you ain't got, and start [A] being thankful for what you do [B] got
Let's get it, Tone
[G] You're gonna be [D] the shiniest star in the land [A] of hope,
[B] the land of hope.
[F#] Let me [G] see [D] if you're gonna go far,
cause everyone [A] knows [Bm] who you [G] are.
So live your life.
[D] Hey!
[A] You [Bm] steady catchin' that jackpot,
just live your [G] life.
[D] Hey! Hey!
[A] Ain't got [Bm] no sniper, no headshot,
[G] just live your life.
[D] Hey!
Hey! Hey!
[A] No [Bm] telling where it'll take ya,
just live your [G] life.
[D] Hey!
[A] Cause [Bm] I'm a big box chain slug,
just live my [G] life.
[D] [A] [Bm] My life.
Hey!
[G] [D] My life.
[A] [Bm] Hey!
My life.
Oh [G] yeah!
Never mind [D] what haters say,
ignore them till [A] they fade away.
Amazing they [Bm] are great,
but after all the [G] game I gave away.
Safe to [D] say I paid the weight,
but you can't [A] get paid today.
Still be [B] wasting days away,
now had I [G] never saved the day.
Consider them [D] my protege,
how many I [A] think they should pay.
Instead of being [Bm] gracious,
they violate in [G] a major way.
I never been [D] a hater,
still I love them in a crazy way.
[A] Some say they [B] sold to Yale,
you know [C#] they couldn't get work [G] on Labor Day.
It ain't that black [D] and white,
it has an area [A] to shade it gray.
I'm Westside [Bm] anyway,
even if I left today [G] and stayed away.
Some move away [D] to make a way,
some move away today afraid.
[A] I'm brought back [Bm] to the hood,
and all you ever did [G] was take away.
I pray for [D] patience,
but they make me wanna melt [A] they face away.
Like I once made [Bm] a spray,
now I can make and put [G] the case away.
Been thuggin' all [D] my life,
you say I don't deserve [A] to take a break.
You'd rather see [Bm] me catch a case
than watch my future fade away.
[G] You're gonna lose [D] your sight,
as long [A] as you call the [B] best call.
[G] You ain't gonna sleep,
[D] you're gonna go far.
[A] And everyone knows,
they'll send [B] you to your [Bm] car.
[G] Some let them like,
[D] hey, hey, [A] hey, hey, hey.
You steady [Bm] pressing,
I can't fight.
[G] These slaves be like,
[D] oh, hey, [A] hey, hey, hey.
And God [Bm] don't clap when the way it does.
[G] These slaves be like,
[D] hey, hey, [A] hey, hey, hey.
No time [Bm] for a little cake,
God, [G] these slaves be like,
[D] oh, hey, hey, [A] hey, hey.
Cause I'm [Bm] no cake,
I can't slide.
[G] These slaves be like,
[D] [A] [Bm] oh, [G] hey, [D] [A] [Bm] hey, hey, hey.
[G] I'm the opposite [D] of moderate,
immaculately [A] polished with the spirit of [Bm] a hustler
and the swagger of [G] a college kid.
Allergic to the [D] counterfeit,
impartial to the [A] politics,
articulate, but [Bm] still a grabber nigga by the [G] collar quick.
Whoever having [D] problems with their record sales,
[A] just holler tip.
If that don't work,
then [Bm] all of us fast and turn around [G] and follow tip.
I got love for [D] the game,
but hey, I'm not in love [A] with all of it.
Could do without the [Bm] fame
and rappers nowadays [G] are comedy.
The hootin' and [D] the hollerin',
back and forth with the [A] arguing.
Where you from,
who you [Bm] know,
what you making,
what kind of [G] car you in.
Seems as though you lost [D] sight of what's important
when [A] depositing them checks into your [Bm] bank account
and you up out [G] of poverty.
Your values is [D] a disarray,
prioritizing [A] horribly.
Unhappy with your [Bm] riches
cause you're pissed [G] comorally.
Ignoring all [D] prior advice and [A] forewarning
and we mighty full of [Bm] ourselves
all of a sudden [G] aren't we?
I'm gonna be [D] the kind of soul
[A] that you want to [Bm] dance with.
And [G] then you see,
[D] you're gonna be fooled
if [A] there's no reason [B] to.
You're [G] all over me.
So live your life.
[D] Hey!
[A] You steady [Bm] kissin' that big body.
[G] So live your life.
[D] Oh!
Hey!
[A] You got a [Bm] black one on red thigh.
So [G] live your life.
[D] Hey!
[A] No problem [Bm] with a little fake.
So just [G] live your life.
Oh!
[D] Hey!
[A] Cause I'm a [Bm] big fat chaser.
So just [G] live your life.
[D] Oh!
[A] My life.
[Bm] My life.
So just [G] live your life.
Hey!
[D] My life.
[A] My life.
[Bm]
[G] Hey, what you wanna [D] do?
Come walk in my [A] shoes.
And see the way I'm [Bm] livin'
if you really want [G] to.
Got my mind on my [D] money.
And I'm not [A] going away.
[Bm] So keep on [G] getting your paper.
And [D] keep on climbing.
[A] Look in the mirror.
And [Bm] keep on shining.
[G] Until the game [D] ends.
Till the clock stops.
[A] We gon' post up [Bm] on the top spot.
[G] Livin' the life.
[D] [A] [Bm] City got my whole team.
[G] We be alive.
[D] [A] I do what I [Bm] wanna do.
I'm [G] livin' my life.
[D] [A] [Bm]
[G] [D] My life.
And I'm [Bm] not stopping.
[G] [D] [A] [Bm]
[G] [D] [A] [Bm]
[G] [D] [A] [Bm]
[G] [D] [A] [Bm]
[G] Everybody right here, [D] what [A] you need to do is be thankful for the [B] life you got, you [Bm] know what i'm saying
[G] Stop [D] looking at what you ain't got, and start [A] being thankful for what you do [B] got
Let's get it, Tone
[G] You're gonna be [D] the shiniest star in the land [A] of hope,
[B] the land of hope.
[F#] Let me [G] see [D] if you're gonna go far,
cause everyone [A] knows [Bm] who you [G] are.
So live your life.
[D] Hey!
[A] You [Bm] steady catchin' that jackpot,
just live your [G] life.
[D] Hey! Hey!
[A] Ain't got [Bm] no sniper, no headshot,
[G] just live your life.
[D] Hey!
Hey! Hey!
[A] No [Bm] telling where it'll take ya,
just live your [G] life.
[D] Hey!
[A] Cause [Bm] I'm a big box chain slug,
just live my [G] life.
[D] [A] [Bm] My life.
Hey!
[G] [D] My life.
[A] [Bm] Hey!
My life.
Oh [G] yeah!
Never mind [D] what haters say,
ignore them till [A] they fade away.
Amazing they [Bm] are great,
but after all the [G] game I gave away.
Safe to [D] say I paid the weight,
but you can't [A] get paid today.
Still be [B] wasting days away,
now had I [G] never saved the day.
Consider them [D] my protege,
how many I [A] think they should pay.
Instead of being [Bm] gracious,
they violate in [G] a major way.
I never been [D] a hater,
still I love them in a crazy way.
[A] Some say they [B] sold to Yale,
you know [C#] they couldn't get work [G] on Labor Day.
It ain't that black [D] and white,
it has an area [A] to shade it gray.
I'm Westside [Bm] anyway,
even if I left today [G] and stayed away.
Some move away [D] to make a way,
some move away today afraid.
[A] I'm brought back [Bm] to the hood,
and all you ever did [G] was take away.
I pray for [D] patience,
but they make me wanna melt [A] they face away.
Like I once made [Bm] a spray,
now I can make and put [G] the case away.
Been thuggin' all [D] my life,
you say I don't deserve [A] to take a break.
You'd rather see [Bm] me catch a case
than watch my future fade away.
[G] You're gonna lose [D] your sight,
as long [A] as you call the [B] best call.
[G] You ain't gonna sleep,
[D] you're gonna go far.
[A] And everyone knows,
they'll send [B] you to your [Bm] car.
[G] Some let them like,
[D] hey, hey, [A] hey, hey, hey.
You steady [Bm] pressing,
I can't fight.
[G] These slaves be like,
[D] oh, hey, [A] hey, hey, hey.
And God [Bm] don't clap when the way it does.
[G] These slaves be like,
[D] hey, hey, [A] hey, hey, hey.
No time [Bm] for a little cake,
God, [G] these slaves be like,
[D] oh, hey, hey, [A] hey, hey.
Cause I'm [Bm] no cake,
I can't slide.
[G] These slaves be like,
[D] [A] [Bm] oh, [G] hey, [D] [A] [Bm] hey, hey, hey.
[G] I'm the opposite [D] of moderate,
immaculately [A] polished with the spirit of [Bm] a hustler
and the swagger of [G] a college kid.
Allergic to the [D] counterfeit,
impartial to the [A] politics,
articulate, but [Bm] still a grabber nigga by the [G] collar quick.
Whoever having [D] problems with their record sales,
[A] just holler tip.
If that don't work,
then [Bm] all of us fast and turn around [G] and follow tip.
I got love for [D] the game,
but hey, I'm not in love [A] with all of it.
Could do without the [Bm] fame
and rappers nowadays [G] are comedy.
The hootin' and [D] the hollerin',
back and forth with the [A] arguing.
Where you from,
who you [Bm] know,
what you making,
what kind of [G] car you in.
Seems as though you lost [D] sight of what's important
when [A] depositing them checks into your [Bm] bank account
and you up out [G] of poverty.
Your values is [D] a disarray,
prioritizing [A] horribly.
Unhappy with your [Bm] riches
cause you're pissed [G] comorally.
Ignoring all [D] prior advice and [A] forewarning
and we mighty full of [Bm] ourselves
all of a sudden [G] aren't we?
I'm gonna be [D] the kind of soul
[A] that you want to [Bm] dance with.
And [G] then you see,
[D] you're gonna be fooled
if [A] there's no reason [B] to.
You're [G] all over me.
So live your life.
[D] Hey!
[A] You steady [Bm] kissin' that big body.
[G] So live your life.
[D] Oh!
Hey!
[A] You got a [Bm] black one on red thigh.
So [G] live your life.
[D] Hey!
[A] No problem [Bm] with a little fake.
So just [G] live your life.
Oh!
[D] Hey!
[A] Cause I'm a [Bm] big fat chaser.
So just [G] live your life.
[D] Oh!
[A] My life.
[Bm] My life.
So just [G] live your life.
Hey!
[D] My life.
[A] My life.
[Bm]
[G] Hey, what you wanna [D] do?
Come walk in my [A] shoes.
And see the way I'm [Bm] livin'
if you really want [G] to.
Got my mind on my [D] money.
And I'm not [A] going away.
[Bm] So keep on [G] getting your paper.
And [D] keep on climbing.
[A] Look in the mirror.
And [Bm] keep on shining.
[G] Until the game [D] ends.
Till the clock stops.
[A] We gon' post up [Bm] on the top spot.
[G] Livin' the life.
[D] [A] [Bm] City got my whole team.
[G] We be alive.
[D] [A] I do what I [Bm] wanna do.
I'm [G] livin' my life.
[D] [A] [Bm]
[G] [D] My life.
And I'm [Bm] not stopping.
[G] [D] [A] [Bm]
[G] [D] [A] [Bm]
[G] [D] [A] [Bm]
[G] [D] [A] [Bm]
Key:
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G
D
Bm
B
A
G
D
[Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] This is special what's [C#m] happening to all my, all my soldiers over there in Iraq _
[G] Everybody right here, [D] what [A] you need to do is be thankful for the [B] life you got, you [Bm] know what i'm saying
[G] Stop [D] looking at what you ain't got, and start [A] being thankful for what you do [B] got
Let's get it, Tone
[G] You're gonna be [D] the shiniest star in the land [A] of hope,
[B] the land of hope.
[F#] Let me [G] see [D] if you're gonna go far,
cause everyone [A] knows [Bm] who you [G] are.
So live your life.
[D] Hey!
[A] You [Bm] steady catchin' that jackpot,
just live your [G] life.
[D] Hey! Hey!
[A] Ain't got [Bm] no sniper, no headshot,
[G] just live your life.
[D] Hey!
Hey! Hey!
[A] No [Bm] telling where it'll take ya,
just live your [G] life.
[D] Hey!
[A] Cause [Bm] I'm a big box chain slug,
just live my [G] life.
[D] _ _ _ [A] [Bm] My life.
Hey!
[G] [D] My life.
[A] _ [Bm] Hey!
My life.
Oh [G] yeah!
Never mind [D] what haters say,
ignore them till [A] they fade away.
Amazing they [Bm] are great,
but after all the [G] game I gave away.
Safe to [D] say I paid the weight,
but you can't [A] get paid today.
Still be [B] wasting days away,
now had I [G] never saved the day.
Consider them [D] my protege,
how many I [A] think they should pay.
Instead of being [Bm] gracious,
they violate in [G] a major way.
I never been [D] a hater,
still I love them in a crazy way.
[A] Some say they [B] sold to Yale,
you know [C#] they couldn't get work [G] on Labor Day.
It ain't that black [D] and white,
it has an area [A] to shade it gray.
I'm Westside [Bm] anyway,
even if I left today [G] and stayed away.
Some move away [D] to make a way,
some move away today afraid.
[A] I'm brought back [Bm] to the hood,
and all you ever did [G] was take away.
I pray for [D] patience,
but they make me wanna melt [A] they face away.
Like I once made [Bm] a spray,
now I can make and put [G] the case away.
Been thuggin' all [D] my life,
you say I don't deserve [A] to take a break.
You'd rather see [Bm] me catch a case
than watch my future fade away.
[G] You're gonna lose [D] your sight,
as long [A] as you call the [B] best call.
[G] You ain't gonna sleep,
[D] you're gonna go far.
[A] And everyone knows,
they'll send [B] you to your [Bm] car.
[G] Some let them like,
[D] hey, hey, [A] hey, hey, hey.
You steady [Bm] pressing,
I can't fight.
[G] These slaves be like,
[D] oh, hey, [A] hey, hey, hey.
And God [Bm] don't clap when the way it does.
[G] These slaves be like,
[D] hey, hey, [A] hey, hey, hey.
No time [Bm] for a little cake,
God, [G] these slaves be like,
[D] oh, hey, hey, [A] hey, hey.
Cause I'm [Bm] no cake,
I can't slide.
[G] These slaves be like,
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] oh, [G] hey, _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] hey, hey, hey.
[G] I'm the opposite [D] of moderate,
immaculately [A] polished with the spirit of [Bm] a hustler
and the swagger of [G] a college kid.
Allergic to the [D] counterfeit,
impartial to the [A] politics,
articulate, but [Bm] still a grabber nigga by the [G] collar quick.
Whoever having [D] problems with their record sales,
[A] just holler tip.
If that don't work,
then [Bm] all of us fast and turn around [G] and follow tip.
I got love for [D] the game,
but hey, I'm not in love [A] with all of it.
Could do without the [Bm] fame
and rappers nowadays [G] are comedy.
The hootin' and [D] the hollerin',
back and forth with the [A] arguing.
Where you from,
who you [Bm] know,
what you making,
what kind of [G] car you in.
Seems as though you lost [D] sight of what's important
when [A] depositing them checks into your [Bm] bank account
and you up out [G] of poverty.
Your values is [D] a disarray,
prioritizing [A] horribly.
Unhappy with your [Bm] riches
cause you're pissed [G] comorally.
Ignoring all [D] prior advice and [A] forewarning
and we mighty full of [Bm] ourselves
all of a sudden [G] aren't we?
I'm gonna be [D] the kind of soul
[A] that you want to [Bm] dance with.
And [G] then you see,
[D] you're gonna be fooled
if [A] there's no reason [B] to.
You're [G] all over me.
So live your life.
[D] Hey!
[A] You steady [Bm] kissin' that big body.
[G] So live your life.
[D] Oh!
Hey!
[A] You got a [Bm] black one on red thigh.
So [G] live your life.
[D] Hey!
[A] No problem [Bm] with a little fake.
So just [G] live your life.
Oh!
[D] Hey!
_ [A] Cause I'm a [Bm] big fat chaser.
So just [G] live your life.
[D] Oh!
[A] My life.
[Bm] My life.
So just [G] live your life.
Hey!
[D] My life.
[A] My life.
_ [Bm] _
[G] Hey, what you wanna [D] do?
Come walk in my [A] shoes.
And see the way I'm [Bm] livin'
if you really want [G] to.
Got my mind on my [D] money.
And I'm not [A] going away.
[Bm] So keep on [G] getting your paper.
And [D] keep on climbing.
[A] Look in the mirror.
And [Bm] keep on shining.
[G] Until the game [D] ends.
Till the clock stops.
[A] We gon' post up [Bm] on the top spot.
[G] Livin' the life.
[D] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] City got my whole team.
[G] We be alive.
_ [D] _ [A] I do what I [Bm] wanna do.
I'm [G] livin' my life.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ [D] My life.
And I'm [Bm] not stopping.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] Everybody right here, [D] what [A] you need to do is be thankful for the [B] life you got, you [Bm] know what i'm saying
[G] Stop [D] looking at what you ain't got, and start [A] being thankful for what you do [B] got
Let's get it, Tone
[G] You're gonna be [D] the shiniest star in the land [A] of hope,
[B] the land of hope.
[F#] Let me [G] see [D] if you're gonna go far,
cause everyone [A] knows [Bm] who you [G] are.
So live your life.
[D] Hey!
[A] You [Bm] steady catchin' that jackpot,
just live your [G] life.
[D] Hey! Hey!
[A] Ain't got [Bm] no sniper, no headshot,
[G] just live your life.
[D] Hey!
Hey! Hey!
[A] No [Bm] telling where it'll take ya,
just live your [G] life.
[D] Hey!
[A] Cause [Bm] I'm a big box chain slug,
just live my [G] life.
[D] _ _ _ [A] [Bm] My life.
Hey!
[G] [D] My life.
[A] _ [Bm] Hey!
My life.
Oh [G] yeah!
Never mind [D] what haters say,
ignore them till [A] they fade away.
Amazing they [Bm] are great,
but after all the [G] game I gave away.
Safe to [D] say I paid the weight,
but you can't [A] get paid today.
Still be [B] wasting days away,
now had I [G] never saved the day.
Consider them [D] my protege,
how many I [A] think they should pay.
Instead of being [Bm] gracious,
they violate in [G] a major way.
I never been [D] a hater,
still I love them in a crazy way.
[A] Some say they [B] sold to Yale,
you know [C#] they couldn't get work [G] on Labor Day.
It ain't that black [D] and white,
it has an area [A] to shade it gray.
I'm Westside [Bm] anyway,
even if I left today [G] and stayed away.
Some move away [D] to make a way,
some move away today afraid.
[A] I'm brought back [Bm] to the hood,
and all you ever did [G] was take away.
I pray for [D] patience,
but they make me wanna melt [A] they face away.
Like I once made [Bm] a spray,
now I can make and put [G] the case away.
Been thuggin' all [D] my life,
you say I don't deserve [A] to take a break.
You'd rather see [Bm] me catch a case
than watch my future fade away.
[G] You're gonna lose [D] your sight,
as long [A] as you call the [B] best call.
[G] You ain't gonna sleep,
[D] you're gonna go far.
[A] And everyone knows,
they'll send [B] you to your [Bm] car.
[G] Some let them like,
[D] hey, hey, [A] hey, hey, hey.
You steady [Bm] pressing,
I can't fight.
[G] These slaves be like,
[D] oh, hey, [A] hey, hey, hey.
And God [Bm] don't clap when the way it does.
[G] These slaves be like,
[D] hey, hey, [A] hey, hey, hey.
No time [Bm] for a little cake,
God, [G] these slaves be like,
[D] oh, hey, hey, [A] hey, hey.
Cause I'm [Bm] no cake,
I can't slide.
[G] These slaves be like,
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] oh, [G] hey, _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] hey, hey, hey.
[G] I'm the opposite [D] of moderate,
immaculately [A] polished with the spirit of [Bm] a hustler
and the swagger of [G] a college kid.
Allergic to the [D] counterfeit,
impartial to the [A] politics,
articulate, but [Bm] still a grabber nigga by the [G] collar quick.
Whoever having [D] problems with their record sales,
[A] just holler tip.
If that don't work,
then [Bm] all of us fast and turn around [G] and follow tip.
I got love for [D] the game,
but hey, I'm not in love [A] with all of it.
Could do without the [Bm] fame
and rappers nowadays [G] are comedy.
The hootin' and [D] the hollerin',
back and forth with the [A] arguing.
Where you from,
who you [Bm] know,
what you making,
what kind of [G] car you in.
Seems as though you lost [D] sight of what's important
when [A] depositing them checks into your [Bm] bank account
and you up out [G] of poverty.
Your values is [D] a disarray,
prioritizing [A] horribly.
Unhappy with your [Bm] riches
cause you're pissed [G] comorally.
Ignoring all [D] prior advice and [A] forewarning
and we mighty full of [Bm] ourselves
all of a sudden [G] aren't we?
I'm gonna be [D] the kind of soul
[A] that you want to [Bm] dance with.
And [G] then you see,
[D] you're gonna be fooled
if [A] there's no reason [B] to.
You're [G] all over me.
So live your life.
[D] Hey!
[A] You steady [Bm] kissin' that big body.
[G] So live your life.
[D] Oh!
Hey!
[A] You got a [Bm] black one on red thigh.
So [G] live your life.
[D] Hey!
[A] No problem [Bm] with a little fake.
So just [G] live your life.
Oh!
[D] Hey!
_ [A] Cause I'm a [Bm] big fat chaser.
So just [G] live your life.
[D] Oh!
[A] My life.
[Bm] My life.
So just [G] live your life.
Hey!
[D] My life.
[A] My life.
_ [Bm] _
[G] Hey, what you wanna [D] do?
Come walk in my [A] shoes.
And see the way I'm [Bm] livin'
if you really want [G] to.
Got my mind on my [D] money.
And I'm not [A] going away.
[Bm] So keep on [G] getting your paper.
And [D] keep on climbing.
[A] Look in the mirror.
And [Bm] keep on shining.
[G] Until the game [D] ends.
Till the clock stops.
[A] We gon' post up [Bm] on the top spot.
[G] Livin' the life.
[D] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] City got my whole team.
[G] We be alive.
_ [D] _ [A] I do what I [Bm] wanna do.
I'm [G] livin' my life.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ [D] My life.
And I'm [Bm] not stopping.
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