It's not, it's not me exactly, who people It's what I represent, the possibility dreams from long ago May still come even if they, even if, even if if they look lost forever
I had a named, Tony, 16, 6"2' Headed to the NBA straight from school My had his ball game on lock But at the time he was in love with the block
All the stuff came wit it the drugs and the guns The gangs, the slangs and all the He just got a letter of contempt from the Sayin' how they love him and wish he was there
He had it made like, Special Ed about to get the But to do somethin' dumb instead Go to war wit the crew on the other side of And was more then Tony got laid down
He ain't even have a chance, died 'fore the Even got to him so many through him I hate to tell the but that's how it is up in the hood as a kid
When you got big dreams don't listen to what say And don't let nobody you away When you got big keep your eyes on the prize fall to the wayside
When you got big dreams don't listen to nobody say And don't let nobody you away When you got big keep your eyes on the prize Don't fall to the wayside, for the sky
I knew a girl named Gina that was a hell of a And e'body fell in love wit her they seen her Babygirl was on the of signin' a big deal Eighteen and looked so surreal
She was wit a dude that was all bad news And all he did was give baby the blues But she was to a nigga do for a nigga Pop, you and ya whole crew for a
One night, he came, her up Told her ride that's the same night Daddy watched her die was tryna hit a lick But the lick hit put a end to the deal And all of
She ain't even have to be He knew it right, now he gotta deal wit it For the rest of his life and the I don't like He ain't even get grazed but the homegirl Is in the grave
you got big dreams don't listen to what nobody say And don't let nobody you away When you got big dreams keep your eyes on the fall to the wayside
When you got big dreams don't to what nobody say And don't let nobody turn you When you got big dreams keep your on the prize Don't to the wayside, reach for the sky
I got a few relatives, given drama got they hands out When they see me and my One could have been a doctor the a chef But when he got his own He was somethin' else
Now, his life in the drain, a triflin' He all washed up, took e'thing 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 if I let another man support me
Now, Junebuck's sick, skinny as hell He got aids in his from the needles he shared he get his welfare checks He don't care, if you see him go to the crack house He
you got big dreams don't listen to what nobody say And let nobody turn you away When you got big keep your eyes on the prize Don't fall to the
When you got big don't listen to what nobody say And let nobody turn you away When you got big keep your eyes on the prize fall to the wayside, reach for the sky
When you got big dreams, you got big dreams When you got big dreams, when you got big Keep your eyes on the don't fall to the wayside for the sky