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 Cadd9032030
        C2032310
the starting line   (covering: j-lo and ja-rule)
accoustic version
I'M REAL
            C              Cadd9             C    C2(repeat throughout verses)
(WChat's my name?)   R-U-L-E
Cadd9(layin' back the Mary Jane, I'm analyzin' the game)
CAnd the game done chose me
C2(Somethin' that I can't say is one and the same)
Ever since you told me
(only room for two, I've been makin' less room for you)
Only God can hold me
(judge me, the only Man that help me is above me, holla)
I met so many men and
It's like they?re all the same
My appetite for lovin'
Is now my hunger pain
And when I'm feelin' sexy
Who's gonna comfort
My only problem is
Their insecurity
BRIDGE
C(TirAmed of bein' alone) Yeah, yeah
(Arguin on the phone) Yeah, yeah
(Tellin' all your friends) Yeah, yeah
(That your men don?t understand) My love
CHORUS
CCause I'm Amreal   (The Gway you walk, the way you move, the way you talk)
Cause I'm real   (The way you stare, the way you look, your style, your hair)
Cause I'm real   (The way you smile, the way you smell, it drives me wild)
Cause I'm real   And I can't go on without you
Girl, I've been thinkin' bout this relationship And I wanna know
is this as good as it gets  Cause we've been through
the worst times and the best times
But it was our time, even if it?s part-time
My baby lookin' at me, smilin' at me, laughin' like we wasn't happy
But not knowin', ever growin' and we're gettin' married
Hard lovin' and straight thuggin'
Bitch, I ain't doin' this for nuttin'
hoppin', poppin, let's ride up in the Benz
Hair blowin' in the wind, sun glistenin' off my skin, hey
and I'm nasty, and you know me
But you still don't mess with your baby
BRIDGE
CHORUS 2
Now people lovin' me and hatin' me and treatin' me ungratefully
But not knowin' that they ain't makin' or breakin' me
My life I live it to the limit and I love it
Now I can breathe again, baby, I can breathe again
people screamin' what the deal with you and so and so
I tell them bitches my niggaz but they don't hear me though
I live my life to the limit and I love it
Now I could breathe again, baby, I could breathe again
BRIDGE
CHORUS till end
end on C

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Im Real

by The Starting Line

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

032030

032310

the starting line (covering: j-lo and ja-rule)

accoustic version

I'M REAL

C Cadd9 C C2

(repeat throughout verses)

(What's my name?) R-U-L-E

Cadd9

(layin' back the Mary Jane, I'm analyzin' the game)

And the game done chose me

(Somethin' that I can't say is one and the same)

Ever since you told me

(only room for two, I've been makin' less room for you)

Only God can hold me

(judge me, the only Man that help me is above me, holla)

I met so many men and

It's like they?re all the same

My appetite for lovin'

Is now my hunger pain

And when I'm feelin' sexy

Who's gonna comfort

My only problem is

Their insecurity

BRIDGE

C Am

(Tired of bein' alone) Yeah, yeah

(Arguin on the phone) Yeah, yeah

(Tellin' all your friends) Yeah, yeah

(That your men don?t understand) My love

CHORUS

C Am G

Cause I'm real (The way you walk, the way you move, the way you talk)

Cause I'm real (The way you stare, the way you look, your style, your hair)

Cause I'm real (The way you smile, the way you smell, it drives me wild)

Cause I'm real And I can't go on without you

Girl, I've been thinkin' bout this relationship And I wanna know

is this as good as it gets Cause we've been through

the worst times and the best times

But it was our time, even if it?s part-time

My baby lookin' at me, smilin' at me, laughin' like we wasn't happy

But not knowin', ever growin' and we're gettin' married

Hard lovin' and straight thuggin'

Bitch, I ain't doin' this for nuttin'

hoppin', poppin, let's ride up in the Benz

Hair blowin' in the wind, sun glistenin' off my skin, hey

and I'm nasty, and you know me

But you still don't mess with your baby

BRIDGE

CHORUS 2

Now people lovin' me and hatin' me and treatin' me ungratefully

But not knowin' that they ain't makin' or breakin' me

My life I live it to the limit and I love it

Now I can breathe again, baby, I can breathe again

people screamin' what the deal with you and so and so

I tell them bitches my niggaz but they don't hear me though

I live my life to the limit and I love it

Now I could breathe again, baby, I could breathe again

BRIDGE

CHORUS till end

end on C

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