Little girl tell me why youre scared Why you writing in you hope soon to be dead Is it because of the stuff that your papa did Took your innocence, now youre taking meds Now youre here, you dont even want to be nothing Is it because your mama said you aint nothing Put that garbage in the back, skinny dirty trash These the words that will haunt you When youre in the class How in the world you gonna study How you do the math But you put a smile on Girl thats a mask, I see you moving fast You trying to push forward but then you think about pass Hoping you can blast off, but the time slow, pause And you stay rolled up, meat ball Tears flowing Niagara falls I pray you dream girl I pray you stand tall Say I dream. Say I dream forever Lil bro what you scared of? How you get in juvey cuz? Here with these killas, you the very opposite of thug He said Im from the hood but I never been a goon Mamma got laid off, we was running outta food I couldnt listen to my cryin little sister when we Had nothin to give her plus we bout to get evicted You know Chicago winter be oh so cold Rather do wrong than to have no home So I went to the dealer, slung that dope Made that money, paid that note Mama wasnt happy but she ate that soup Until the undercover Popo came through No words for that He staring at me, stared right back Had no dreams of ice and nice cars Only bread and a bed. Now that he behind bars The kid got both but he still cant sleep Nightmares of his family cold and hungry And thats a true story, I wish that it was false I fought back tears when I shoulda let em flow He didnt need jail, no that brotha need hope A young criminal with a heart full of gold And I aint tryin to say homie did the right thing He made the wrong choice but he had the right dream I know you hurt and you been through a lot But be all you can be. Girl get your spell on like Akeelah the Bee Boy go to law school, solve the mysteries. Ya hear me? To all my dreamers who wanna go to mars, even if youre In the hood you can see the stars Aint nothing wrong with wanting to get paid But you aint gotta kill if you wanna get by Wanna be a cop? Go ahead then do it As long as you dont abuse your power then lose it Awww. You say its crazy, is it? Yeah, life is like a monster Skill it. You can be a doctor, a actor, a lawyer, even a governor In California. I know seems like youre reaching for a lot Just keep the Lord first and He will take you to the top
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