[Intro: Sample]
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“And I brought—”
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“And I brought—”
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“And I brought—dreams”
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“—dreams”
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“—dreams”
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“And I brought you all my dreams cause I love you”
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“I—love you”
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“I—love you”
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“I-I-I love you”
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[Verse 1: The Game & (Sample)]
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I woke up out that coma 2001
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‘Bout the same time Dre dropped 2001
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Three years later the album is done
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Aftermath presents: Nigga Witta Attitude, Volume One
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Rap critics politickin, wanna know the outcome
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Ready to Die, Reasonable Doubt, and Doggystyle in one
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I feel like ‘Pac after the Snoop Dogg trial was done
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Dre behind that G series and All Eyez on Me
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I watched the death of a dynasty, so I told Vibe Magazine
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Workin with Dr. Dre was a (“Dream”)
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I had visions of makin a classic, then my world turned black
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Like I was starin out of Stevie Wonders glasses
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Its kinda hard to imagine, like Kanye West
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Coming back from his fatal accident to beatmakin and rappin
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But, we the future, Whitney Houston told me that
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Its gon take more than a bullet in the heart to hold me back
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[Chorus: The Game & (Sample)]
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Blushin in this 40 ounce, lettin the ink from my pen bleed
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‘Cause Martin Luther King had a (“Dream”)
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Aaliyah had a (“Dream”), Left Eye had a (“Dream”)
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So I reached out to Kanye and (“I brought you all my dreams cause I love you”)
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(“I—love you”
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“I—love you”
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“I-I-I love you”)
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[Verse 2: The Game]
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I had dreams of fuckin a R&B bitch like Mýa
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When I saw that ass on the front of that King
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Read the article in the magazine, she loved gangsters, loved nasty things,,,
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So Im in the glass house having nasty dreams
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Good girls never give it up
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But anything is possible, if 50 fucked Vivica
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Hurdled lifes obstacles, found my way through the maze
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Then joy turned to pain like Frankie Beverly and Maze
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Used to dream of being Unsigned Hype
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‘Til I was crushed by Dave Mays, almost let my pen fall asleep on the page
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Daydreamin yesterday, dozin off backstage
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I thought I saw Eazy talking to Jam Master Jay
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So I walked over, heard Jam Master say
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“Its a hard knock life, then you pass away”
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They say sleep is the cousin of death, so my eyes wide open
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‘Cause a dream is kin to your last breath
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[Chorus: The Game & (Sample)]
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Blushin in this 40 ounce, lettin the ink from my pen bleed
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‘Cause Martin Luther King had a (“Dream”)
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Aaliyah had a (“Dream”), Left Eye had a (“Dream”)
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So I reached out to Kanye and (“I brought you all my dreams cause I love you”)
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(“I—love you”
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“I—love you”
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“I-I-I love you”)
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[Verse 3: The Game]
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The dream of Huey Newton, thats what Im livin through
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The dream of Eric Wright, thats what Im givin you
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Who walked through the White House without a business suit
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Compton hat, jheri curl drippin on Ronald Reagans shoes
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Gave Mike Lem my demo, came here to pay my dues
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Started off with Whoo Kid, then I start blazin Clue
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It was all a dream like Big said itd be
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Dont sleep on me homey, I bring nightmares to reality
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Rap phenomenon, defyin the rules of gravity
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Studied all the classics, start revisin my strategy
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‘Cause Marshall Mathers made it, Curtis Jackson made it
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Head in the clouds, wonderin where the hell Marvin Gaye went
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How do I say this? Im livin for my son
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But I cant figure out, why Im at my temple with this gun
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Wake up to a Jesus piece, like a Catholic nun
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The war to be a rap legend has just begun
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[Chorus: The Game & (Sample)]
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Blushin in this 40 ounce, lettin the ink from my pen bleed
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Cause Martin Luther King had a (“Dream”)
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Aaliyah had a (“Dream”), Left Eye had a (“Dream”)
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So I reached out to Kanye and (“I brought you all my dreams cause I love you”)
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(“I—love you”
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“I—love you”
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“I-I-I love you”)
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[Outro: The Game & (Sample)]
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This song is dedicated to Yetunde Price
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The sister of Venus and Serena Williams
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Who was slain during a gang shootout in Compton
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Sunday, September 14th, 2003: rest in peace
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(“I brought you all my dreams cause I love you”)
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(“I—love you”
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“I—love you”
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“I-I-I love you”)
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(“And I brought—”
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“And I brought—”
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“And I brought—dreams”
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“—dreams”
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“—dreams”)
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(“And I brought you all my dreams cause I love you…”)