It's not, it's not me exactly, who touches It's what I represent, the possibility that dreams from ago May still come true even if they, even if, if if they look lost forever
I had a named, Tony, 16, 6"2' Headed to the NBA from high school My had his ball game on lock But at the time he was in love with the block
All the stuff that came wit it the 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 made like, Special Ed about to get the But chose to do somethin' dumb 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 Growin' up in the as a kid
When you got big dreams don't listen to nobody say And don't let nobody you away When you got big dreams keep your on the prize Don't to the wayside
When you got big dreams don't listen to what say And let nobody turn you away you got big dreams keep your eyes on the prize Don't fall to the wayside, for the sky
I knew a girl named Gina was a hell of a singer And e'body fell in love wit her when seen her Babygirl was on the of signin' a big deal Eighteen and life so surreal
She was stuck wit a that was all bad news And all he ever did was give baby the But she was to a nigga do for a nigga Pop, you and ya whole for a nigga
One night, he came, her up Told her let's ride that's the same Daddy her die they was tryna hit a lick But the hit back put a end to the deal And all of
She ain't even to be there He it wasn't right, now he gotta deal wit it For the rest of his life and the part I like He even get grazed but the homegirl Gina Is layin' in the
When you got big don't listen to what nobody say And don't let nobody you away When you got big dreams keep your on the prize Don't fall to the
When you got big dreams don't listen to what say And let nobody turn you away you got big dreams keep your eyes on the prize Don't fall to the wayside, for the sky
I got a few relatives, given family got they hands out When see me and my momma One could have been a doctor the a chef But he got his own kitchen He was somethin' else
Now, his in the drain, a triflin' shame He all washed up, took e'thing No car, no mo', no and everywhere he go He stole, so throwed him out
I was growin' up lookin' up to be like Now, I'm throwin' up cash, up in the bed I was stuck wit a dream I had since a I be damned if I let man support me
Now, Uncle Junebuck's sick, as hell He got in his body from the needles he shared E'time he get his welfare He don't care, if you wanna see him go to the house He
When you got big don't listen to what nobody say And don't let nobody you away When you got big dreams keep your on the prize Don't fall to the
When you got big dreams listen 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
When you got big dreams, when you got big you got big dreams, when you got big dreams Keep your eyes on the don't fall to the wayside for the sky