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Dollar and a Dream II

J. Cole

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Dollar and a Dream II

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Hey, hey, yea, yeaGot a dolla and a dreamYeaI got a dolla and a dream, real niggas on my teamEverything ain't what it seemsYeaI got a dolla and a dream, hey[clears throat]Ay, I got a dolla and a dream, real niggas on my teamEverything ain't what it seemsNiggas hatin' but I love themeven though they trynna schemeBut I'm past that, a niggas stock is raising like the NastecThey same I'm the future but yet I'm giving niggas flashbacksOf better days, when you ain't have to settlefor whatever playedI represent the struggle nigga I say what they never sayWhenever they, spit that bullshit they spittinthis that pool pit I'm hittin niggas with the gospelHostile with them hoes, I got a dolla in my pocketplus a dreamYea you laughing my nigga but everything ain't what it seemsWhat it means to know your momma or your fatheron that pipeOn that hard white, I'll tell you what them scares likeI'm speaking through these bars like a nigga in the jailTired of sifting through my mails I feel like Cartwright, billsForreal, a nigga I'llJust let me do the talking men I know how niggas feelI got a dolla and a dream, real niggas on my teamEverything ain't what it seemsI got a dolla and a dream, real niggas on my teamEverything ain't what it seemsEvery lady ain't no hoe, and every bitch ain't no queenEvery nigga ain't no dog, and every nigga ain't no kingShit be happening for a reason, everything is everythingEvery nigga can't dunk, so white man can jumpThey shooting niggas fo' they even tell em put their hands up!Crooked cops, got a nigga scared to driveprobably thinking that I'm slanging man I see it in their eyesBut inside of my pocket is a dolla plus a dreamYea you swear your girl is faithfuleverything ain't what it seemsSee I seen how she glance and look away like she want itI ain't saying I'm a fuck her but I could if I wantedKnow it hurts that she flirts with a nigga this is worstI bet if I was to hit men, I wouldn't be the firstThis is church, this is gospelSpit it like I get from the Bible, for your survivalI got a dolla and a dream, real niggas on my teamEverything ain't what it seemsAy Salle, I know I ain't been answering your callsbut shit, let me explainIt's because times been hard, been runnin aroundtrynna find a jobI hear my phone ringing in the morning, 9 o'clockAnd it's you, can't even front I press ignoreI still got cha letters laying in my dresser drawYou telling me about all the things you did for meWhen I was broke, you sent me doe and that was big for meSee you was there every year when I needed youAnd you were so quick to give I had to be with youRemember when I used to call you on your phone lineI knew it was official when my momma cosignedBut in no time, a nigga graduatedI hit the real world, baby girl I'm sad to say itBut I was using you, you gave a nigga major stacksAnd I know one day in my heart that I'm gonna pay you back"I got a dolla and a dream
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