It's not, not me exactly, who touches people It's what I represent, the possibility that dreams long ago May still come true if they, even if, even if Even if they 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 same time he was in love with the
All the stuff that came wit it the drugs and the The gangs, the and all the funds He got a letter of contempt from the Cavaliers Sayin' how they love him and they wish he was
He had it like, Special Ed about to get the bread But chose to do somethin' instead Go to war wit the crew on the other of town And was more then Tony got laid down
He ain't have a chance, died 'fore the ambulance Even got to him so went through him I hate to tell the story but how it is Growin' up in the as a kid
When you got big dreams don't to what nobody say And don't let nobody you away you got big dreams keep your eyes on the prize Don't 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 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 wit her when they seen her Babygirl was on the verge of signin' a big and life looked so surreal
She was stuck wit a dude was all bad news And all he ever did was baby the blues But she was true to a nigga do for a Pop, you and ya whole for a nigga
One night, he came, her up Told her let's 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 to be there He it wasn't right, now he gotta deal wit it For the of his life and the part I don't like He ain't even get grazed but the Gina Is layin' in the
When you got big dreams listen to what nobody say And let nobody turn you away When you got big dreams keep eyes on the prize Don't fall to the
When you got big don't listen to what nobody say And don't let turn you away When you got big keep your eyes on the prize Don't to the wayside, reach for the sky
I got a few relatives, family drama Always got hands out When they see me and my One could have been a the other a chef But when he got his own He was cookin' else
Now, his life in the drain, a 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 up to be like them Now, I'm up cash, rollin' up in the bed I was wit a dream I had since a shorty I be damned if I let man support me
Now, Junebuck's sick, skinny as hell He got aids in his body the needles he shared E'time he get his welfare He don't care, if you see him go to the crack house He
When you got big dreams listen to what nobody say And let nobody turn you away When you got big dreams your eyes on the prize fall to the wayside
When you got big dreams don't listen to what say And let nobody turn you away When you got big dreams keep eyes on the prize Don't to the wayside, reach for the sky
When you got big dreams, you got big dreams When you got big dreams, you got big dreams Keep your eyes on the don't fall to the wayside for the sky