It's not, not me exactly, who touches people It's what I represent, the that dreams from long ago May still come true even if they, if, even if Even if they look lost
I had a named, Tony, 16, 6"2' Headed to the NBA from high school My nigga had his game on lock But at the same time he was in love the block
All the stuff that wit it the drugs and the guns The gangs, the and all the funds He just got a letter of contempt from the how they love him and they wish he was there
He had it like, Special Ed about to get the bread But chose to do somethin' instead Go to war wit the on the other side of town And was more then Tony got laid down
He even have a chance, died 'fore the ambulance Even got to him so went through him I to tell the story but that's how it is up in the hood as a kid
When you got big dreams don't listen to nobody say And don't let nobody turn you When you got big dreams keep your on the prize fall to the wayside
When you got big dreams don't to what nobody say And don't let turn you away When you got big dreams keep your eyes on the fall to the wayside, reach for the sky
I knew a girl named Gina was a hell of a singer And e'body fell in wit her when they seen her Babygirl was on the verge of a big deal Eighteen and life so surreal
She was stuck wit a that was all bad news And all he ever did was baby the blues But she was true to a do for a nigga Pop, you and ya whole crew for a
One night, he came, her up her let's ride that's the same night Daddy her die they was tryna hit a lick But the lick hit back put a end to the And all of
She ain't have to be there He knew it wasn't right, now he deal wit it For the rest of his life and the part I don't He even get grazed but the homegirl Gina Is layin' in the
When you got big dreams don't to what nobody say And don't let nobody turn you When you got big dreams your eyes on the prize Don't fall to the
When you got big dreams don't listen to what say And don't let nobody you away When you got big dreams keep eyes on the prize fall to the wayside, reach for the sky
I got a few relatives, given drama Always got hands out When see me and my momma One could been a doctor the other a chef But when he got his own He was cookin' somethin'
Now, his life in the drain, a triflin' He all washed up, wife took No car, no mo', no and everywhere he go He stole, so they him out
I was growin' up lookin' up to be them Now, I'm up cash, rollin' up in the bed I was stuck wit a dream I had a shorty I be damned if I let man support me
Now, Uncle Junebuck's sick, as hell He got aids in his body the needles he shared E'time he get his welfare He don't care, if you wanna see him go to the crack He
When you got big dreams listen to what nobody say And don't let nobody turn you When you got big keep your eyes on the prize fall to the wayside
When you got big dreams don't to what nobody say And don't let turn you away you got big dreams keep your eyes on the prize Don't fall to the wayside, for the sky
When you got big dreams, you got big dreams you got big dreams, when you got big dreams Keep your eyes on the don't fall to the wayside for the sky