Dreaming

Check it out, one, two

Hey yo, hey yo

I came a long way since back in the day

From a teenager tryna make it, rapping this way

Ever since I was a kid, I had something to say

Rocking mics was a dream, I didn't care about pay

I sacrificed late nights and going out with my friends

Just to stay home alone with my pad and my pen

Had my eyes on my prize, my mind on my goal

As I carved these rhymes out with my heart and my soul

I didn't have a CD, all I had was a tape

On the dough through my flow was my only escape

From a world where they didn't wanna see me prevail

Don't wanna see me take it all, they'd rather see me fail

It's like

I was down and out, struggling

Wondered how I'm gonna make it through

I got a dream, holding on

I can't let go 'cause I gotta make it come true

Hey yo, I got a dream to make it big in New York

Give up the drugs and alcohol, I didn't wanna distort

My vision to be living life to the full

And I wouldn't have made it if it wasn't for you

You picked me up every time that I fell

When I was going through hell, you told me that I would prevail

You said, I had exactly what it took to be great

That I was young and, in the future, what a man I would make

It's like

You saw something in me I couldn't see

You said, I would succeed and be anything I wanted to be

I'm 23 and I just wanna be me

Wanna be free, wanna be everything I can be

But I don't have many choices, can't afford to be wrong

All I do is try to stay true to the words in my song

Just don't hesitate and wait too long

'Cause like a dream, when you wake up and it's gone, it's gone

I was down and out, struggling

Wondered how I'm gonna make it through

I got a dream, holding on

I won't let go 'cause I gotta make it come true

Hey yo, it was a sunny day and we were feeling high

Jamming this song underneath a baby blue sky

Thinking back in the time when we were so poor

Remember the kids used to laugh at the clothes we wore

We always knew one day that things were gonna change

And from that day, I was never gon' be the same

I went to sleep that night, I dreamt I touched the sky

And ever since, I've been tryna keep my dream alive

So, when you see the Scribe dropping the iller rhyme

Defining how I'm living mine in this day and time

I'm working 9 to 5, I'm slaving over beats

It's hard work living the dream, I hardly ever sleep

I'm in the rhythm deep, yo, just tryna do my thing

It's funny, when you're shining, people hate to see the gleam

No matter what they say, keep on doing what you do

And don't give up 'cause only you can make that dream come true

It's like

I was down and out, struggling

Wondered how I'm gonna make it through

I got a dream, holding on

I can't let go 'cause I gotta make it come true

I was down and out

Wondered how

I got a dream

I won't let go 'cause I got