Music Video

Jeezy - American Dream (feat J. Cole & Kendrick Lamar)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jeezy
Jeezy
Vocals
Jesse Brotter
Jesse Brotter
Bass Guitar
J. Cole
J. Cole
Vocals
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jay Jenkins
Jay Jenkins
Songwriter
J. Cole
J. Cole
Songwriter
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar
Songwriter
Julius Preston
Julius Preston
Songwriter
Bilal Oliver
Bilal Oliver
Songwriter
Dominick Lamb
Dominick Lamb
Songwriter
Keith Alexander Fogah
Keith Alexander Fogah
Songwriter
Jamie Dean McKay
Jamie Dean McKay
Songwriter
Macintosh Hundal
Macintosh Hundal
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Soundsmith Productions
Soundsmith Productions
Producer
Karl Heilbron
Karl Heilbron
Recording Engineer
Mez
Mez
Recording Engineer
Matt Schaeffer
Matt Schaeffer
Recording Engineer
Derek "MixedByAli" Ali
Derek "MixedByAli" Ali
Recording Engineer
John Scott
John Scott
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]
Yeah, what's up? (Yeah, what's up?)
Welcome to America, baby (Uh)
Home of the brave, American Dream
Let's go!
[Chorus]
I just want a big ol' bag of money when I see my jeweler
Get a hard-on when I'm counting up that mula
Scarface into living life like a king
Every day, eating good with my team (The American Dream)
First they said I wouldn't, but I knew that I would make it
Copped my first pie, yeah, I knew that I could bake it
Scarface vision, living life like a king
Every day grinding hard with my team (The American Dream)
[Verse 1]
You either good or you great
You either real or you fake
That's why I stay spitting the real
Because the real ones relate!
Y'all must was raised by some haters
You **** go 'head and hate
Four-car garage for the 'Rari
That bitch came with the estate!
I swear them streets get so tricky
Glad I ain't fall for the bait
So focused and I'm determined
Can see that shit in my face!
[Verse 2]
You ****, go 'head and face it
Lil bitch, ain't shit 'bout me, basic
Hit a lick on them bitches
And went and iced out a bracelet!
Never let my flaws and my past
Come get the best of me
Turn a two-fifty to a half
I got the recipe!
First my President was Black
Now my President is wack
I ain't never going broke
What's American in that?!
[Chorus]
I just want a big ol' bag of money when I see my jeweler
Get a hard-on when I'm counting up that mula
Scarface into living life like a king
Every day, eating good with my team (The American Dream)
First they said I wouldn't, but I knew that I would make it
Copped my first pie, yeah, I knew that I could bake it
Scarface vision, living life like a king
Every day grinding hard with my team (The American Dream)
[Verse 3]
Got money to make
Blow out the candles and cut up the cake
Then I put it on plate
I'm running the game, you running in place
Still a youngin' at heart, but mentally, bitch
I'm a hundred and eighty
Like Pun in the late '90s
My **** is juggling weight
Running from state to state
Gunning up ways to safety
I'm on a paper chase
Whatever it takes to make me
A millionaire, silly
'Cause how many really get there?
I mean, how many **** is Jeezy?
Y'all make this shit sound so easy
Breezy, turn on the TV
See these, **** that trap on the CD
[Verse 4]
Meanwhile, back home
My **** sell crack at the BP
Hoping one day they can be the
**** that's there on the screen
'Cause that's the American Dream
Now here go the thing, listen
[Verse 5]
Hysterical screams
Coming from mothers that buried their kings
Or the unbearable pain of watching them walk out
With the sheriff in chains
Becoming a number
They no longer care 'bout the name
[Verse 6]
White folks been getting rich off of cocaine
Through some underhanded methods
I don't got time to explain
Out of fear that I won't reach 'em
And since preaching ain't my thing
I just drop a gem or two within a few verses I sing
For all my real **** trapped inside the game (You know that already)
[Chorus]
I just want a big ol' bag of money when I see my jeweler
Get a hard-on when I'm counting up that mula
Scarface into living life like a king
Every day, eating good with my team (The American Dream)
First they said I wouldn't, but I knew that I would make it
Copped my first pie, yeah, I knew that I could bake it
Scarface vision, living life like a king
Every day grinding hard with my team (The American Dream)
[Verse 7]
Yeah ya!
These streets made for ballin'
Yeah ya!
Ten toes ain't for fallin'
Yeah ya!
I hear the world callin'
Tell me if ya all in
Tell me if ya all in!
[Verse 8]
Look, look, I gotta eat, I gotta, make money with (Make money with)
I gotta feast, aye
I gotta rely on what is known to the travelin' man
Set his own, got my Bible and my rifle in my hand, oh yeah!
[Outro]
I gotta eat, I gotta, make money with
I gotta feast
I gotta rely on what is known to the travelin' man
Set his own, got my Bible and my rifle in my hand, oh yeah!
Written by: Bilal Oliver, Dominick Lamb, J. Cole, Jamie Dean McKay, Jeezy, Julius Preston, Keith Alexander Fogah, Kendrick Lamar, Macintosh Hundal
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