Big Dreams

"It's not me exactly who touches people

It's what I represent

The possibility that dreams from long ago may still come true

Even if they look lost forever"

I had a homie named Tony, sixteen, 6'2"

Headed to the NBA straight from high school

My **** had his ball game on lock

But at the same time, he was in love with the block

All the stuff that came with it, the drugs and the guns

The gangs, the slang and all the funds

He just got a letter of intent from the Cavaliers

Sayin' how they love him and they wish he was there

He had it made like Special Ed, about to get the bread

But chose to do somethin' dumb instead

Go to war with the crew on the other side of town

And was mo' ready, and Tony got laid down

He ain't even have a chance

Died 'fore the ambulance even got to him

So many went through him

I hate to tell the story, but that's how it is

Growin' up in the hood as a kid

When you got big dreams

Don't listen to what nobody say

And don't let nobody turn you away

When you got big dreams

Keep your eyes on the prize

Don't fall to the wayside (Even if they look lost forever)

When you got big dreams

Don't listen to what nobody say

And don't let nobody turn you away

When you got big dreams

Keep your eyes on the prize

Don't fall to the wayside

Reach for the sky (Even if they look lost forever)

Knew a girl named Gina that was a hell of a singer

And everybody fell in love with her when they seen her

Baby girl was on the verge of signing a big deal

Eighteen, and life looked so, so real

She was stuck with a dude that was all bad news

And all he ever did was give baby the blues

But she was true to a ****, do for a ****

Pop you and ya whole crew for a ****

One night he came, picked her up told her, "Let's ride!"

That's the same night that he watched her die

They was tryna hit a lick, but the lick hit back

Put a end to the deal, and all of that

She ain't even have to be there, he know it wasn't right

Now he gotta deal with it for the rest of his life

And the part I don't like, he ain't even get grazed

But the homegirl, Gina, is layin' in the grave

When you got big dreams

Don't listen to what nobody say

And don't let nobody turn you away

When you got big dreams

Keep your eyes on the prize

Don't fall to the wayside (Even if they look lost forever)

When you got big dreams

Don't listen to what nobody say

And don't let nobody turn you away

When you got big dreams

Keep your eyes on the prize

Don't fall to the wayside

Reach for the sky (Even if they look lost forever)

I got a few relatives givin' family drama

Always got they hands out when they see me and my momma

One coulda been a doctor, the other a chef

But when he got his own kitchen, he was cookin' somethin' else

Now his life in the drain, a triflin' shame

He all washed up, wife took e'rything

No car, no mo', no house

And everywhere he go, he stole, so they throwed him out

I was growin' up, lookin' up to be like them

Now I'm throwin' up cash, rollin' up in the Bent'

I was stuck with a dream I had since a shorty

I'll be damned if I let another man support me, now

Uncle Junebug's sick, skinny as hell

He got AIDS in his body from the needles he shared

E'rytime he get his welfare checks, he don't care

If you wanna see him go to the crack house, he there

When you got big dreams

Don't listen to what nobody say

And don't let nobody turn you away

When you got big dreams

Keep your eyes on the prize

Don't fall to the wayside (Even if they look lost forever)

When you got big dreams

Don't listen to what nobody say

And don't let nobody turn you away

When you got big dreams

Keep your eyes on the prize

Don't fall to the wayside

Reach for the sky (Even if they look lost forever)

When you got big dreams

When you got big dreams

(Even if they look lost forever)

When you got big dreams

When you got big dreams

Keep your eyes on the prize

Don't fall to the wayside

Reach for the sky (Even if they look lost forever)