[Intro - Marvin Gaye sample]
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Dreamed of you this morning
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Then came the dawn, and
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I thought you were here with me
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If you could only see
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How much I love you
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That¡¯s all, that¡¯s all baby
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Oh no oh, I never gave up no way
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I never felt that before
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I never felt that before
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I never felt that before
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But there¡¯s always
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That¡¯s all, that¡¯s all
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[Verse 1 - Jay-Z]
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This is the shit you dream about with the homies steaming out
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Back-to-back, backing them Beemers out
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Seems as our plans to get a grant
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Then go off to college, didn¡¯t pan or even out
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We need it now, we need a town
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We need a place to pitch, we need a mound
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For now, I¡¯m just a lazy boy
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Big dreaming in my La-Z-Boy
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In the clouds of smoke, been playing this Marvin
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Mama forgive me, should be thinking about Harvard
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But that¡¯s too far away, niggas are starving
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Ain¡¯t nothing wrong with my aim, just gotta change the target
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I got dreams of bagging snidd-ow, the size of pillows
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I see pies every time my eyes clidd-ose
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I see rides, sixes, I got to get those
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Life¡¯s a bitch, I hope to not make her a widow
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[Hook: sample + Jay-Z]
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I never felt that before
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American dreamin¡¯ (Jay-Z)
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I never felt that before
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Just American dreamin¡¯ (Jay-Z)
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I never felt that before
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American dreamin¡¯ (Jay-Z)
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But there¡¯s always
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That¡¯s all, that¡¯s all
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[Verse 2 - Jay-Z]
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Now see the life¡¯s right there, and it seems right there
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It¡¯s not quite near, and it¡¯s not like we¡¯re
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Professionals, moving the decimals
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Know where to cop? Nah! Got a connect? No!
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Who in the F knows how to be successful
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Need a ¡°personal Jesus,¡± I¡¯m in Depeche Mode
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They say its celestial, its all in the stars
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Like Tony LaRussa on how you play your Cards
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Cause y¡¯all ain¡¯t fucking with me! The ironies are
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At all costs better avoid these bars
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Now let¡¯s start, on your mark
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Get set, let¡¯s go, get out the car
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Going in circles it¡¯s a vicious cycle
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This is a crash course, this ain¡¯t high school
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Wake up Muttley, you¡¯re dreaming again
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Your own reality show, the season begins
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[Hook]
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[Verse 3 - Jay-Z]
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Step one in this process: scramble up in your projects
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And head to the heights where big coke is processed
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You gotta convince them that you¡¯re not from the precinct
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Please speak slow cause he no speaky no English
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If he takes a liking after a couple of trips
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And your money is straight, he¡¯s going to give you consignment
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You¡¯re now in a game where only time can tell
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Survive the droughts, I wish you well ? hold up
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Survive the droughts? I wish you well?
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How sick am I? I wish you health
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I wish you wheels, I wish you wealth
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I wish you insight so you could see for yourself
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You could see the signs when the jackers is scheming
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And the cops is coming, you could read they mind
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You could see from behind, you could redefine
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The game as we know it, one dream at a time
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I¡¯m American dreamin¡¯
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American Dreamin'
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9th Wonder |