American Dream-August Alsina

[00:00.00]"American Dream" [00:16.04]Ever since day one [00:17.05]Somebody probably say you wouldn't be nothin' [00:19.20]I bet they told you this over and over again on repeat like a re-run [00:23.11]Nobody ever told you you could live up [00:25.26]To anything you want, don't give up [00:27.17]They rather tell you, you're destined for failure [00:29.48]That's what they tell you [00:31.23]But you just say [00:32.33]What about Martin? [00:33.29]What about Garvey? [00:34.18]What about Rosa? [00:35.13]What about Malcolm? [00:36.08]What if somebody told they they wouldn't be nothin' [00:38.39]And they believed this, think about the outcome [00:40.39]Would we even be the way we are today? [00:41.80]Even if it weren't, could have been a harder way [00:43.70]Even though we lost a lot of people on the way [00:45.81]Had to sacrifice to get us in a better place [00:47.92]I hope you listen to these wizzords [00:50.87]All they want us thinking about is sipping on some sizzurp [00:54.78]And they got us thinking something better we don't deserve [00:58.85]And that we shouldn't try it's no use [01:00.55]But that couldn't be further from the truth [01:03.56]Don't believe them that's what they told me too [01:06.72]When I was growing up (they told me) [01:09.53]They told me (that I wouldn't make it too far) [01:13.38]And when I got a little older [01:15.39](They told me) they told me, yeah [01:19.39](That I wouldn't be anything) [01:21.65]That's what they told me, they told me, they told me [01:24.55]But we are leaders [01:25.61]That's what they told me, they told me, they told me [01:27.83]We're supposed to be kings and queens [01:29.43]That's what they told me, they told me, they told me [01:32.64]When we don't believe them [01:33.64]That's what they told me, they told me, they told me [01:35.80]Trying to live the American Dream [01:37.81]They see the baller's and celebrities [01:40.11]As a reminder the people they would never be [01:41.86]Jealousy got them sick without a remedy [01:43.82]Thinking when I die nobody's gonna remember me [01:45.83]I was told that nobody care [01:47.38]So the dreams that I had turned to nightmares [01:49.38]Cause this thing called life really ain't fair [01:51.54]Need help but it ain't there [01:53.04]So you know it's really hard to stay dedicated [01:55.00]When the baller's screaming they was never educated [01:57.00]On the corner getting high just to medicate it [01:59.11]Cause the teachers just told him he would never make it [02:01.01]Now he feeling like he made it cause he stuck in paper [02:03.07]But probably won't let him spend the money later [02:05.22]Nobody ever told us we could be greater [02:06.97]Everybody on the ground in the paper chasers [02:09.28]I hope you listen to these wizzords [02:11.93]All they want us thinking about is sipping on some sizzurp [02:15.90]And they got us thinking something better we don't deserve [02:19.96]And that you shouldn't try it's no use [02:21.80]But that couldn't be further from the truth [02:24.72]Don't believe them that's what they told me too [02:27.97]When I was growing up (they told me) [02:30.37]They told me (that I wouldn't make it too far) [02:34.63]And when I got a little older [02:37.39](They told me) they told me, yeah [02:40.59](That I wouldn't be anything) [02:42.40]That's what they told me, they told me, they told me [02:44.90]But we are leaders [02:46.90]That's what they told me, they told me, they told me [02:48.91]We're supposed to be kings and queens [02:50.47]That's what they told me, they told me, they told me [02:52.72]When we don't believe them [02:55.03]That's what they told me, they told me, they told me [02:57.30]Trying to live the American Dream [03:01.78]They'd rather see me dead, never gone make it [03:04.78]They'd rather see me fail, never gonna be anything [03:07.59]They'd rather see me in jail, you're never gonna be shit [03:10.96]Everybody die, (you ain't shit, yo daddy ain't shit) [03:13.30]But not everybody lives, I told you [03:20.32]We gotta get out of this [03:23.32]You just gotta tell yourself [03:25.83]That somehow I'm a make it [03:28.04]by og