Bow Wow – Big Dreams

It’s not, it’s not me exactly, who touches people

It’s what I represent, the possibility that dreams from long ago

May still come true even if they, even if, even if

Even if they look lost forever

I had a homie named, Tony, 16, 6″2′

Headed to the NBA straight from high school

My nigga had 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 slangs and all the funds

He just got a letter of contempt from the Cavaliers

Sayin’ how they love him and they wish he was there

He had it made like, Special Ed about to get the bread

But chose to do somethin’ dumb instead

Go to war wit the crew on the other side of town

And was more ready then Tony got laid down

He ain’t even have a chance, died ‘fore the ambulance

Even got to him so many went through him

I hate to tell the story but that’s how it is

Growin’ 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 wayside

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 wayside, reach for the sky

I knew a girl named Gina that was a hell of a singer

And e’body fell in love wit her when they seen her

Babygirl was on the verge of signin’ a big deal

Eighteen and life looked so surreal

She was stuck wit a dude that was all bad news

And all he ever did was give baby the blues

But she was true to a nigga do for a nigga

Pop, you and ya whole crew for a nigga

One night, he came, picked her up

Told her let’s ride that’s the same night

Daddy 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

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 homegirl Gina

Is layin’ 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 wayside

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 wayside, reach for the sky

I got a few relatives, given family drama

Always got they hands out

When they see me and my momma

One could have been a doctor the other a chef

But when he got his own kitchen

He was cookin’ somethin’ else

Now, his life in the drain, a triflin’ shame

He all washed up, wife took e’thing

No car, no mo’, no house and everywhere he go

He stole, so they throwed him out

I was growin’ up lookin’ up to be like them

Now, I’m throwin’ up cash, rollin’ up in the bed

I was stuck wit a dream I had since a shorty

I be damned if I let another man support me

Now, Uncle Junebuck’s sick, skinny as hell

He got aids in his body from the needles he shared

E’time he get his welfare checks

He don’t care, if you wanna see him go to the crack house

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 wayside

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 wayside, 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 wayside

Reach for the sky