Big Dreams (Album Version)

I had a homie named

Tony 16 62

Headed to the NBA straight

from High School

My nigga has his ball

game on lock

But at the same time he was

in love with the block

All the stuff that came wit

it the drugs and the guns

The gangs the slang and

all the funds

He just got a letter of

detent from the

Cavaliers saying

How they love him and they

wish he was there

He had it made like

specialed about

to get the bread

But chose to do something

dumb instead

Go to war with the crew

on the other side of town

And was more ready and Tony

got laided down

He ain't even have a chance

Died before the ambulance

even got to him

So many went through him

I hate to tell the story

but that's sad it

Growing up in the hood

as a kid

When you got big dreams

Don't listen to

what nobody say

And don't let nobody

turn you away

When you got big dreams

Keep your eyes on the prize

don't fall to the way side

When you got big dreams

Don't listen to

what nobody say

And don't let nobody

turn you away

When you got big dreams

Keep your eyes on the

prize don't fall

To the way side reach

for the sky

I knew a girl named Gina

that was a hell of a singer

And everybody fell in love

with her when they seen her

Babygirl was on the verge of

signing a big deal

18 and life looked

so so real

She was stuck with a dude

that was all bad news

And all he ever did was give

baby the blues

And she was true to a nigga

do for a nigga

Pop you and your whole crew

for a nigga

One night he came and

picked her up

told her let's ride

That's the same night that

he watched her die

They was tryna hit a lick

but the lick hit back

Put a end to the deal

and all of that

She ain't even have to be

there and he knew

it wasn't right

Now he gotta deal wit it for

the rest of his life

And the part I don't like

he ain't even get grazed

But the home girl Gina is

laying in the grave

When you got big dreams

Don't listen to

what nobody say

And don't let nobody

turn you away

When you got big dreams

Keep your eyes on the prize

don't fall to the way side

When you got big dreams

Don't listen to

what nobody say

And don't let nobody

turn you away

When you got big dreams

Keep your eyes on the

prize don't fall

To the way side reach

for the sky

I got a few relatives

giving the family drama

Always got they hands out

when they see me and my mama

One could have been a doctor

the other a chef

But when he got his own

kitchen he was cooking

something else

Now his life in the drain

a trifling shame

He all washed up

wife took everything

No car no more no house

And everywhere he go

he stole so they throwed

him out

I was growing up looking up

to be like them

Now I'm throwing up cash

rolling up in the bent

I'm stuck with a dream

I had since a shorty

And I'll be damned if I let

another man support me

Now Uncle June Buck sick

skinny as hell

He got AIDS in his body

from the needles he shared

Everytime he get his welfare

checks he don't care

If you wanna see him go to

the crackhouse he there

When you got big dreams

Don't listen to

what nobody say

And don't let nobody

turn you away

When you got big dreams

Keep your eyes on the prize

don't fall to the way side

When you got big dreams

Don't listen to

what nobody say

And don't let nobody

turn you away

When you got big dreams

Keep your eyes on the

prize don't fall

To the way side reach

for the sky

When you got big dreams

When you got big dreams

When you got big dreams

When you got big dreams

Keep your eyes on the

prize don't fall

To the way side reach

for the sky