[Verse 1]
This a letter for my brothers out there workin' overtime
Asking if they're stressin', man, they'll tell you "All the time"
No money in your wallet, then it's always in your mind
'Cause even when you get paid, you're still broke all the time
Like what's the point of all these hours when you're havin' trouble saving it?
Money that you made goes back to the man who paid you it
What a painting called "American Dreams"
This the land of democracy by American kings
But you don't see the crowns, but you do see the castles
Even slavery changes because you don't see the shackles
And here I am talking like I know and been through it all
But it's like standing on a mountain 'cause I'm seeing it all
'Cause the lady bussing tables has been here for 20 years
She's like 75 and she's like one of my fears
And it's hard to just forget it I get it, it's for a debit
But I'm looking at your smile and I'm wondering when you met it
Breaks my heart cause I know I'm saying goodbye
When you give up on your dreams, twenty years go by
Funny how a living kills lives but yet we still try
To get up for someone else, man, can't you see it doesn't feel right?
Am I tying an apron or am I tying a noose?
Am I living a lie or am I finding the truth?
Our life is full of obstacles, possible made impossible
Shackles on your feet to make our lives a little comfortable
[Chorus]
Don't let your dreams die
Don't let your dreams die
Don't let 'em kill 'em
Don't let 'em kill 'em
Don't let your dreams die
Don't let your dreams die
The world will kill 'em
The world will kill 'em
The world will kill 'em
Don't you let 'em go

[Bridge]
I know things aren't looking up right now
I know things aren't looking up right now
And every morning's getting hard for you to get up
And the pain on your neck won't seem to let up
And things just won't get better, I promise it won't
If you let your dreams die, don't you let your dreams die
But it's just the world, that's just how it goes
Don't let 'em kill 'em
Don't let 'em kill 'em
Don't you let 'em go

[Verse 2]
Drowning in fears, I've been fighting for breath
I've got a heart full of diamonds, come and open the chest
Take you back to a time when I was thought of as less
Writing lines to free my mind but they were hardly impressed
See I swallowed what they told me but I couldn't digest
Smiles on my face while I was awfully depressed
I guess it got to me
Even though I know it ain't true
But the friends that I had were saying the same things too
I think about it now, I feel a pit in my stomach
I drop a song nowadays they turn around like "I love it"
Holding grudges ain't me
But it's who I became
There's fuel for the fire and this my core for the flame
Now I shake their hands like we' good, but we ain't
They hit me up like, "Come through", like, "Thank you", but I "K."
Put your heart on the table, they end up pulling the trigger
It's like nobody's with you until they see you get bigger
Only snakes, skunks and flies saying they down for you
Ironic when you're a waiter, you see no one waiting for you
That's just how it is
If your content with 40 hours, please don't tell me how to live
I'm dropping heat, no Lebron
Boy, don't you get it? We on
Yeah, everybody dreams but they're living it wrong
I'm gone
Life behind the scenes let me tell you what I've seen
The day you love a check is when you're killing your dreams
[Chorus]
Don't let your dreams die
Don't let your dreams die
Don't let 'em kill 'em
Don't let 'em kill 'em
Don't let your dreams die
Don't let your dreams die
The world will kill 'em
The world will kill 'em
The world will kill 'em
Don't you let 'em go