F#
I'm scared I'm wasting my time
           F#
Scared I'm losing control of my life
    A#m
I'm scared of commitment — of calling anything mine
           G#
I would be lying if I told you, "I'm fine"
F#
Serving these tables to put some food in my stomach

I'm tired of seeing my mom and say "Don't worry, it's coming"
             A#m
My heart is racing, I'm running to anything more than nothing
G#
Drowning in debt and I'm trying to pull us above it
F#
Tell me everything will be okay

Tell me why does everybody got to fade away
      A#m
Am I crossing your mind? 'Cause you been all up in mine
         G#
But if I saw you, I don't know what I would say
           F#
Instead of being together, I need to get it together

Instead of writing these letters, I want to live to remember
     A#m
Am I better from the past? Yeah, I wonder what I'll know
G#
Haunted by a dream is when you really let it go
  F#
I guess things happen for a reason

But I'ma never leave anything at chance
   A#
At first glance I'm looking for God's hands
                    G#
The Devil's looking at me like, "Homie, come dance"
   F#
My grandma's getting sicker, I'm never there when I can be

See, my brother feeling lost, I guess it runs in the family
A#m
People telling me this music should be a plan B
G#
How could you judge me if you don't understand me?
F#
No breaks, one-twenty goin' in

Destiny's calling, I'm like, "Baby, come on in"
      A#m
Right now it feels like do-or-die, every day it's, "Who am I?"
    G#
You call it nine-to-five, man, I call it suicide
  F#
I see what they can't see; this is all that I can be

Rather be homeless and broke than be labeled as "happy"
A#m
They don't understand me 'cause no one can stand me
        G#
It's always the outsiders who end up outstanding


[Verse 2]
         F#
I lost a hundred dollars on a bet

It's not a lot of money, but it said a lot about me
        A#m
In the moment, guess I didn't understand it
      G#
When nothing is certain, don't ever take it for granted
F#
Pride is a poison that infested our planet

Greed is okay, well, that's the way that they brand it
    A#m
Our view of everything is such a mess
       G#
Having less than we deserve is our perception of happiness
F#
What am I supposed to do?

They say, "Follow the steps, stick to the guidelines"
     A#m
If I listen to that, I'm just a kid on the sideline
G#
What's in your eyes? I don't care 'bout your eyeline
      F#
Never cared about all of that

Money got people snappin' for their quarter back
     A#m
If I get it, I'ma give it back
            G#
I feel like happiness is something everybody should have


[Verse 3]
F#
But we are who we are

I've been lost in the dark, while I've been shooting for stars
A#m
Looking for love, like is it really that hard?
             G#
Or just have someone who's there when it's all falling apart
          F#
But every scar only makes your heart stronger

Hold on, just fight a little longer
  A#m
I ponder these lines while mopping floors every night
                G#
That's when you feel the fatigue and all your hunger
          F#
It's been killing me, keep going what they're telling me

More regrets than memories, sometimes you gotta let it be
               A#m
The past ain't ahead of me, I got to give my best
     G#
How do I make change if I don't give you my two cents?
F#
I look around, I see the dying of youth

While you're picking up a bottle, let me pour you the truth
          A#m
I used to be like all of you, like you got nothing to lose
       G#
Nobody want a commitment when everybody's been used
F#
Step in my conscience, my heart is the pilot

The past is behind you, but lately I've been behind it
             A#m
I'm finding I've been placed in happiness in people who leave
          G#
And they love it when you're broken, hate you when you achieve
                F#
It's like I can never be me, the world is just a routine

Telling you how to live and the certain value it brings
      A#m
Like rings, summer flings, things ain't what they seem
              G#
So, don't you ever buy the happiness they sell on the screen
F#
'Cause happiness ain't a store bought can

And love isn't found in just a one-night dance
    A#m
I'm looking at the sky like, "Give me one more chance"
             G#
I'm tired of sitting in my room like I know I can
          F#
Nothing's done until you do it, just look at what I'm pursuing

To die like what you're doing, my girl is 'cause of my music
       A#m
It was lose her or lose it, my heart's in the music
      G#                                            F#
If I didn't, I'd be dead, so I went and I choose it

Trying to figure it out, and this ain't even about us
              A#m
I'm trying to be something more, so that my kids can be proud of
               G#
I'm trying to show everybody there's not much worth in these dollars
          F#
Out here making a difference, don't you give up

Every line that I'm writing is just for you to get up
       A#m
Love is barely an offer yet we don't give it enough
                G#                                          F#
Man, what's the point of the top if nobody wants to look up?


[Outro]
         A#m     G#  C#
So, look up, look up
           F#
Don't look down
     A#m       G#
Look up, look up
           F#
Don't look down