[Intro Sample]
I've been fortunate to work with some of the greatest but there will only be one Otis Redding

[Chorus: Phonzy]
I'ma keep dreaming
No matter what they say, I know we can make a change
Imma keep dreaming
No matter what they do, I'ma keep it real with you
Yeah, I'ma keep dreaming

[Verse 1: Illmac]
What if it's all for nothing, what if it isn't though
Dreaming being free as a bird waking up pigeonhole'd
Tolerate, all of the pain, use that shit to grow
My pleasured life ain't a music video
I always knew I would do things, I used to have hoop dreams
I bodily motions, that's how I get through things
Prolly why I have mood swings, my
Heart on my sleeve with my budget on shoe strings
Struggle taught me a few things
Remember at school being a part of the cool scene, it's all love
I was just too me and never got too mean
Now most of my hoop teams on drugs or locked up
I was in the studio, I just needed space to write
I remember fightin' after school, I could've paid the price
I was makin' songs, they was partying late at night
The same thing that separated us is what saved my life
[Chorus: Phonzy]
I'ma keep dreaming
No matter what they say, I know we can make a change
Imma keep dreaming
No matter what they do, I'ma keep it real with you
Yeah, I'ma keep dreaming
They keep tryna test me, tryin' to arrest me
I'ma keep dreaming, dreaming
I'ma keep dreaming, dreaming

[Verse 2: Illmac]
I seen homies go from all of that, to being on that shit
I had brushes with the law in fact
Felonies could've stopped me in my tracks
Now I'm feelin' like nothin' could stop me on these tracks
Huh, everything isn't as it seem, I was fifteen I had a dream
I used to run them battles back watchin'
Now I run the battle scene
Travelin' the map, meetin' Drake, sayin' he was a fan of me
Yeah, that fucked my head up
Took my lungs, but what if I didn't get up?
That's life's way of tryna test us
Learnt my lessons, my ex of seven years left me
Depression set in, but that led me to the present
Felt the pressure, but it made a diamond
Used my hunger as my motivation, let it shape the way I'm rhymin'
Yeah, it made what I am, isolated as it 'came an island
Pain is fuel in the tank while writin' all i'm saying is I am
[Chorus: Phonzy]
I'ma keep dreaming
No matter what they say, I know we can make a change
Imma keep dreaming
No matter what they do, I'ma keep it real with you
Yeah, I'ma keep dreaming
They keep tryna test me, tryin' to arrest me
I'ma keep dreaming, dreaming
I'ma keep dreaming, dreaming

[Outro: Illmac]
Life's too short not to dream
It's all we got
But as one said, life is a dream for the wise
A game for the fool
A comedy for the rich and a tragedy for the poor
Think about it
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