[Intro: Marvin Gaye]
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Dreamed of you this morning
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Then came the dawn, and
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I thought you were here with me
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If you could only see
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How much I love you
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Thats all, thats all, baby
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[Chorus: Marvin Gaye & JAY-Z]
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Oh no, I never gave up no way (I never felt that before)
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Oh no, I never gave up no way (I never felt that before)
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Oh no, I never gave up no way (I never felt that before)
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But theres always— thats all, thats all, baby (Uh, uh)
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[Verse 1: JAY-Z]
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This is the shit you dream about with the homies steaming out
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Back-to-back, backing them Bimmers out
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Seems as our plans to get a grant
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Then go off to college didnt pan or even out
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We need it now, we need a town
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We need a place to pitch, we need a mound
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For now, Im just a lazy boy
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Daydreaming in my La-Z-Boy
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In the clouds of smoke, been playing this Marvin
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Mama, forgive me, should be thinking about Harvard
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But thats too far away, niggas is starving
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Nothing wrong with my aim, just gotta change the target
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I got dreams of bagging snid-ow the size of pillows
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I see pies every time my eyes clid-ose
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I see rides, sixes, I gotta get those
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Lifes a bitch, I hope to not make her a widow
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[Chorus: Marvin Gaye & JAY-Z]
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Oh no, I never gave up no way (I never felt that before)
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American dreamin
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Oh no, I never gave up no way (I never felt that before)
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Im just American dreamin
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Oh no, I never gave up no way (I never felt that before)
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American dreamin
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But theres always— thats all, thats all, baby (Uh, uh)
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[Verse 2: JAY-Z]
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Now see the lifes right there, and it seems right there
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And its not quite near, and its not like were
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Professionals, moving the decimals
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Know where to cop? Nah, got a connect? No
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Who in the F knows how to be successful
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Need a personal Jesus, Im in Depeche Mode
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They say its celestial, its all in the stars
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Its like Tony La Russa on how you play your cards
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‘Cause yall aint fucking with me, the ironies are
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At all costs, better avoid these bars
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Now lets start, on your mark
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Get set, lets go, get out the car
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Going in circles, its a vicious cycle
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This is a crash course, this aint high school
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Wake up, Muttley, youre dreaming again
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Your own reality show, the season begins
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[Chorus: Marvin Gaye & JAY-Z]
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Oh no, I never gave up no way (I never felt that before)
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American dreamin
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Oh no, I never gave up no way (I never felt that before)
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Im just American dreamin
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Oh no, I never gave up no way (I never felt that before)
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American dreamin
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But theres always— thats all, thats all, baby
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[Verse 3: JAY-Z]
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Step one in this process, scramble up in your projects
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And head to the heights where big coke is processed
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You gotta convince em that youre not from the precinct
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Please speak slow cause he no speaky no English
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If he takes a liking after a couple of trips
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And your money is straight, hes going to give you consignment
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Now in the game where only time can tell
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Survive the droughts, I wish you well— hold up
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Survive the droughts? I wish you well?
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How sick am I? I wish you health
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I wish you wheels, I wish you wealth
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I wish you insight so you could see for yourself
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You could see the signs when the jackers is scheming
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And the cops is coming, you could read they mind
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You could see from behind, you could redefine
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The game as we know it, one dream at a time
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Im American dreamin
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[Chorus: Marvin Gaye & JAY-Z]
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Oh no, I never gave up no way (I never felt that before)
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American dreamin
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Oh no, I never gave up no way (I never felt that before)
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American dreamin
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Oh no, I never gave up no way (I never felt that before)
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American dreamin
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But theres always— thats all, thats all, baby
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[Outro: JAY-Z]
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American dreamin
