[Intro: The Jacka]
Clap, yeah
Four in the morning, n***a
Check
[Verse 1: The Jacka]
I guess I revived the scene
They finally realize who's king
I remind them so much of who they supposed to be
The best time I ever had in my life was free
Grab the mic on the stage, rip the crowd
Everybody was amazed, then look at me now
Even though I'm on I still help my little n***as sprout
Prayed for a change in the hood but (It was all a dream)
[Verse 2: Ampichino]
I used to spray AR magazines
On the block where it's hot, servin' crack to fiends
Lookin' at high beams, runnin' from sirens
The mob ain't no team we a fuckin' machine
Regime, Treal Shottaz, Devilz Rejectz
All through traffic with a MAC in the P-jects
Fuck the boys, we did it off the muscle
Fake thugs, I'm Ray Luv, "Forever Hustlin'"
We came from nothin' to somethin'
I gave my young n***as the script to keep bumpin'
If the Feds get on your dick, then keep dumpin'
Think go slick, try to get n***a rich like Mr. Drummond
You can get what you want no problem-o
Drive up and get served right through your car window
You can cop like Carl Winslow
Come up short I'm all in your spot with a four nickel
[Chorus: The Jacka]
Wake me up if I'm dreamin'
I'm about to go crazy
Look at what the world made me
Where's the dreams I keep chasin'?
Wake me up if I'm dreamin'
I'm about to go crazy
Look at what the world made me
Where's the dreams I keep–
[Verse 3: The Jacka]
Yeah, it was all a dream
Cookin' crack, knocked it off, I'm a fiend
Dope drived from the lean, ghost ride in my Beam
Bounce in gank up outside of a thing
She said, "I go, I know I'm on but thanks anyways"
"Matter of fact, where you stay? I got plans for you"
You'll do everything that I tell you to
Let's get rich, fuck everything you've been though
I'm in the hood all the time, tryna leave here too
You're about to lose your mind tryna be here though
Big dreams, make it so you really need me, ho
Remember me your whole life because I'm ice cream cold
Got a real expensive taste for the price you'll love
On the block overnight, my top is out of sight
Hidin' from the Task and them cars that's all white
Hus had the slaps sittin' up, he was tight
Had the time of my life when he was home, that's life
[Chorus: The Jacka]
Wake me up if I'm dreamin'
I'm about to go crazy
Look at what the world made me
Where's the dreams I keep chasin'?
Wake me up if I'm dreamin'
I'm about to go crazy
Look at what the world made me
Where's the dreams I keep–
[Verse 4: Zumbi]
Yeah, it was all a dream
Sittin' in the south, head spinnin'
Tryna earn me a livin', see a fool straight winnin'
But I guess it's all written for the good
Strugglin' watchin' homies drown in the hood
We young and restless, the law's gonna test us
You can't cop a Lexus on minimum wage
And you can't find a job but we gotta get paid
Some will run like a slave, I'ma spit a grenade
That will split all the drama, devils are made
And I'll chant how we rhyme but it wouldn't get play
So I stayed in the shade, my dreams kept me warm
I perform like a storm for the shit that we on
And that we in the business, you can bear witness
Don't have to grind D, gettin' G is my gift is
So I lift this shackle and chain
There been a weight on my brain with no cocaine
But see, we movin' up gettin' over the pain
It's like an everyday thang, we be one in the same
From the pimps and the pushers to the preachers and hookers
Like Melle Mel pushed us over the edge
Pour a lil' bit of liquor out over the dead
Reminisce on my folk who went out before me and bled
Keep the dreamin' alive, that's how we survive
I thank God that my nine to five is to get live