Cadd9 032030
C2        032310 

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

I'M REAL


C            Cadd9            C           C2  (repeat throughout verses)

		C
(What's my name?)   R-U-L-E
Cadd9
(layin' back the Mary Jane, I'm analyzin' the game)
C
And 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			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