[Intro]
N.C.
It's Major, ha!
A
 Reachin out to every yute (yeah!)
  E/G#                                          C#m
From yuh know yuh represent the truut (yeaaah! realness)

Every main, every lane (yes!)
B
 Every trench, every drain (whoa!)
       A
Light it up! Represent dis one
    E                          C#m
One a di realest selection (oh oooh!)

An if yuh a paypa souljah
B                           C#m B
 Mi know mi nah go see yuh hand, because:


[Chorus]
N.C.
Real know real bou yah
 E
Real know real bou yah
           C#m
So tell di artificial dem disappear like vapor
     B                                        A
Wi know seh dem a carbon paypa, telling yuh again:

Real know real bou yah
 E
Real know real bou yah
         C#m
Mi represent fi every yute

Weh represent the truut
         B                   C#m B
When mi see dem a go tru; salute, yow


[Verse 1]
     A
Nuh mek no mistake know di real from di fake
     E
Yo cyaa use Viagra fi cure headache
  C#m
Cyaa preach love if yo thoughts full a hate
 B
Don’t tek no bend, yute stay pon di straight
A
Oh, inna life when mi stop an go check it
      E
Nuff people cum een like jewels weh cosmetic
         C#m
Dem nuh real, when mi and di family inspec it
 B                        C#m       B          A
Wolf inna sheep cloth a step it, but tell dem dis:


[Chorus]

Real know real bou yah
 E
Real know real bou yah
           C#m
So tell di artificial dem disappear like vapor
     B                                        A
Wi know seh dem a carbon paypa, telling yuh again:

Real know real bou yah
 E
Real know real bou yah
         C#m
Mi represent fi every yute

Weh represent the truut
         B                   C#m B
When mi see dem a go tru; salute


[Verse 2]
            A
Mi see di plastic inna dem smile, di counterfeit inna dem coil
    E
Di dolly inna dem chile, kerosene inna dem oil
    C#m                                                  B
Di copy weh dem copy, when dem claim dem have original style

A bare fertilizer inna dem soil
      A
Waggonist a get dash ova
                E
See seh dem no real, dem a washova
                    C#m
Waah teach yuh fi steer when di crash ova
              B                   C#m     B            A
Di fraud dem cut when yuh cash ova; real souljah sing dis:


[Chorus]

Real know real bou yah
 E
Real know real bou yah
           C#m
So tell di artificial dem disappear like vapor
     B                                             A
Wi know seh dem a carbon paypa, real souljah sing dis:

Real know real bou yah
 E
Real know real bou yah
         C#m
Mi represent fi every yute

Weh represent the truut
         B                   C#m B
When mi see dem a go tru; salute


[Bridge]
    F#m
Hey, so not bikaa mi speak English
                         C#m
Even if yuh lingua a Spanish

Yuh wi understand if yuh come across
                       F#m
Anyone dat is real genuine
                          A
So there is no way around it
                        Bsus4
Real know real on dis planet
                        B    C#m B
Real eyes realize real eyes, o-ho-oh


[Chorus]
A
 Real know real bou yah, wo
 E
Real know real bou yah, real know real
           C#m
So tell di artificial dem disappear like vapor
     B                                             A
Wi know seh dem a carbon paypa, real souljah sing dis:

Real know real bou yah
 E
Real know real bou yah
         C#m
Mi represent fi every yute

Weh represent the truut
         B                   C#m B
When mi see dem a go tru; salute, wo-wo-wo-woh
A
 Sending dis message all ova
E                          C#m
 From yuh a nuh paypa souljah

Help me represent
              B
Help me represent right now (ooh)
A
 Sending dis message all ova
E                          C#m
 From yuh a nuh paypa souljah
                               B
Help me represent, help me represent
       C#m      B          A
Right now real yutes sing dis


[Outro]

 Oh rise
      E
It's major representing all real yutes
               C#m
Righteous yutes, militant yutes, yes
           B              C#m  B
Yes! Yes! Yes! It's major, yeah, real!
A
 Real real real
E                      C#m
 Cast iron a nuh steel, yeah
 B                C#m      B     A
Ooh! Penthouse, Turf, ha! real yuu-utes