Still dreamin' (dreamin', dreamin', dreamin')
Still dreamin' (dreamin', dreamin', dreamin')
Still dreamin' (dreamin', dreamin', dreamin')
Still dreamin' (dreamin', dreamin', dreamin')
No reason to still be dreamin'
Remember everything they told me while I'm smokin' this rollie
I kick back and note they tell me 'cause they can't really show me
So once again I feel lonely, but they can't throw me
If only, the pages of my lyric textbook speak for me
A demo gets cut, a record label calls me
They sign me then put the record out, and then they tour me
On stage, they applaud me
Shorties comin' to my dressin' room to have an orgy, such a fabulous story
It's the life of an MC, successful paid but stressful
No longer have to live the life that the rest do
God bless you, other rappers wanna pester you
The same people who didn't like you are standin' next to you
But beware, fake niggas cut you just like a vegetable
Now you rockin' hip-hop in heavy metal festivals
Is this the life of an unknown artist?
Tryin' his hardest to reach the dreams that he started with?
(Still dreaming) Of the record deals, fast life
Money stacked up, but it feels like you're (still dreamin')
Of the parties, the females, sign a contract screw the details
(Still dreaming) of the fame and celebrity
You made it to the top, so you could never be (still dreamin')
And it seems like there's (no reason to still be dreamin')
Studio schedule intense, making more money than sense
Record label put your best joints on the bench
Need you more mainstream
Now you second guessin' should have kept this as a daydream
Plans ain't coming together the way the A-Team do (uh)
On one side it's team record label, other side is team you
When it's not that clear, none of this is see-through
Got strangers tryna' say the best way to be you
Creatively, you ain't get a look-in
And record sales dyin' so you ain't getting bookings
And producers no longer wanna see what's cookin'
And no more messages from Tokyo to Brooklyn
The game givin' you the cold shoulder
Now a little older and refusin' to believe that it's over (It's over)
Is this the life of an unknown artist?
Tryin' his hardest to reach the dreams that he started with?
(Still dreaming) Of the record deals, fast life
Money stacked up, but it feels like you're (still dreamin')
Of the parties, the females, sign a contract screw the details
(Still dreaming) of the fame and celebrity
You made it to the top, so you could never be (still dreamin')
And it seems like there's (no reason to still be dreamin')
The game lied, it's like it blindfolded my eyes
I learned the hard way and never had a pleasant surprise
So I can hardly recommend the stress and the lies
It's too ungodly, whatever made me think I'd be fine
Bamboozled, this ain't what I'm used to
Now I'm like a puppet doin' all the things I'd normally refuse to
Screw loose, people in my ear like Bluetooth
New youth, everybody talking "he the new truth"
Sittin' on the outside, thinkin' bout the inside
Regular nine to five job, I would have been fine
Too late, now I can't be a Marty Mcfly
Eighty-eight MPH struggling to get by
Still rhyme but impossible to have the passion
'Cause even when you dope, it seems they put you out of fashion (yeah)
Is this the life of an unknown artist?
Tryin' his hardest to reach the dreams that he started with?
(Still dreaming) Of the record deals, fast life
Money stacked up, but it feels like you're (still dreamin')
Of the parties, the females, sign a contract screw the details
(Still dreaming) of the fame and celebrity
You made it to the top, so you could never be (still dreamin')
And it seems like there's (no reason to still be dreamin')
Damn, let me make one thing clear
My advice, quit talkin', it's over
Li-live fast 'cause we've careers, and they ain't over
Open fo' mo' (open fo' mo')
Dreamin'
