dreams (interlude)

joe budden

in all actuality

the work gets hard for a passionate

work more than his salary

and it paid off hopefully to make my monthly look annually

so i tell this is a reality

i dream my way through life

can't remember if i was awake or asleep

i killed my doubters with kindness

and force-feed em the taste of defeat

they like this nigga been through somethin

how he rap like he ain't 23

cause in my mind i'm 9

millie's

every round you gon brace for this heat

my city bad but it's so small at the same damn time

where failure and success is treated like the same damn crime

they gon hate you either way

either way give em something to talk about

they must be talkin bout us cause nigga we the only thing that's worth talkin bout

and they said we next and i said we now

sayin why and i'm sayin how

thinkin up a way to make a million

every time i lay down

and my son and daughter

they gotta eat

and that's even if my stomach hurt

my girl throwin up every morning

low key

i think she gon pop the 3rd

i was going through it with just 2

now i'm thinking it's 3 for me

but on every last one of em

i swear to god we gon get this cheese

dreaming since a youngin

writin poetry to pass the time

never give a shit nigga

so think twice for you ask for mine

it's gucci louis prada shit

we all bout to be takin flight

i give a fuck if you high right now

i'm bout to put you on a different height

i swear to mom they gonna get me mine

lampshade nigga

just let me shine

most go through life and cry

nigga

i go through life and grind

my heart and soul on every beat

cause that's what real niggas gonna do

some shit might seem small to ya'll

but somebody out there going through it

used to battle niggas at lunch

and try to sneak my food in class

i was writtin raps and they was passin notes

and i still passed on they stupid ass

18 with no worries

my my how fast my story changes

just for me

been where i was from

most motherfuckers could've swore we bang

that g5 shit was epic

but before all that i was such a loner

every nigga try to fuck with us

every bitch wanted to fuck on us

i'm just speakin realistic

and reality is so vicious

but no

i'm not bragging about making your favorite girl a statistic

nigga what you know about splittin poles?

what you know about the eviction notes

what you know about multiplayer on that golden eye on that 64?

what you know about walkmens? cd players

stereos

what you know about smart girls? i never really been in the centerfolds

what you know about ridin high? getting bunked and you had to go

what you know about fingerprints? and waitin on your bail to post

what you know about struggling? and sharing money just to get a meal

what you know about hittin licks? it go bad and the shit get real

what you know about takin losses? bouncing back in the same week

shit you might know bout all these but nigga what you know bout me?

i sleep on top of the world yea

having fantasies

i' having threesomes with success and my favorite girl yea

but we've been going through it since. and i'll be drinkin out this bottle like i never gave a fuck

she said she into whatever

i'm pouring in her cup

looking over the city

feeling like this is for us

if we sleep don't let housekeeping wake us up

wake us up cause we've been dreaming

for too long

i swear we been dreaming

for too long

they could never alarm us

they could never harm us

we ain't gotta worry bout him

we'll leave it to karma

but i swear we been dreaming

too long