Intro.: E, B/D#, C#m, A 
 
E                          B/D# 
  step up step up (step up) 
                           C#m 
  step up step up (step up) 
 
step up step up 
        A 
step up  
 
E                       
Fall back, take a look at me 
 
and you'll see 
             B 
I'm for real 
 
I feel that only i can feel  
                           C#m 
and if that dont appeal to you 
 
let me know 
 
and i'll go 
          A 
cuz i flow 
 
better when my colors show 
                               E 
and thats the way it has to be 
 
honestly 
 
cuz creativity 
           B 
could never bloom 
 
in my room 
                            C#m 
i thow it all away before i lie 
                                                     A 
so dont call me with a compromise 
 
hang up the phone ive got a backbone stronger than yours 
 
 
  E                                   B 
(step up) la la la la la la la (step up) 
                          C#m                                    A                                                      
la la la la la la la la (step up) la la la la la la la  
 
yeah yeah yeah yeah 
 
 
E                                             B 
if your tryin to turn me into someone else 
                                   C#m 
its easy to see im not down with that 
                            A 
(im not nobodys fool) im not nobodys fooool 
E                                            B 
if your tryin to turn me into something else 
                                       C#m 
ive seen it im nothing im over that 
                          A 
(im not nobodys fool) im not nobodys fooool 
E                                   B 
if you wanna bring me down 
                   C#m       B 
then go ahead and try 
 
go ahead and try 
 
E   
dont know 
 
you think you know me like yourself 
         B  
but i fear 
                                                               C#m 
that you're only telling me what i wanna hear 
 
but do you give a damn? 
 
understand 
           A 
that i cant 
 
not be what i am 
                             E 
im not the milk in cheerios in your spoon 
                         B 
its not a simple hear it but so soon 
                                    C#m 
i might have fallen for that when i was fourteen 
                                    A 
and a little more green 
 
but its amazing what a couple of years could mean 
 
 
             E                          B 
(step up) la la la la la la la (step up) 
                            C#m                                   A 
la la la la la la la la (step up) la la la la la la la  
 
yeah yeah yeah  
 
 
E                                          B 
if your tryin to turn me into someone else 
                                    C#m 
its easy to see im not down with that 
                          A 
(im not nobodys fool) im not nobodys fooool 
E                                           B 
if your tryin to turn me into something else 
                                      C#m 
ive seen it im nothing im over that 
                            A 
(im not nobodys fool) im not nobodys fooool 
E                                   B 
if you wanna bring me down 
                     C#m     A 
then go ahead and try 
 
go ahead and try 
                        
oh, oh, oh, oh 
 
go 
       C#m 
go ahead and try  
 
 
try to look me in the eye 
 
but you'll never see inside 
                                     A 
until you realize, realize, (fade) 
 
E 
Things are tryin to settle down 
B 
Just try to figure out 
C#m 
Exactly what im about 
     A 
if its with or without you  
 
i dont need your doubt in me 
 
E                                           B/D# 
if your tryin to turn me into someone else 
                                   C#m 
its easy to see im not down with that 
                            A 
(im not nobodys fool) im not nobodys fooool 
E                                          B/D# 
if your tryin to turn me into something else 
                                       C#m 
ive seen it im nothing im over that 
                           A 
(im not nobodys fool) im not nobodys fooool 
E                                   B 
if you wanna bring me down 
                     C#m        A 
then go ahead and try try! 
 
 
Final -> E, B, C#m,A  x 2  ->   E 
(go ahead and try) la la la la la la (go ahead and try) la la la la la la  
 
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah  
 
go ahead and try