The American Dream
Yeah
The American dream
They keep telling us it's everything
I need to know what that mean, you know?
I got no other option
I got no other choice
We hold the truth to be self evident
Look at your television, you can see the evidence
Money, cars, property, land and big residence
White house lookin' brown, got a black president
So why settle for a nine to five, working hard everyday, retire at ninety five
I'm tryna push a Lambo down I-95
Bank account with digits in the nine, start that is five
Like a general, forget the general
I'm tryna do it extra ordinary, never settle growth
Y'all let it slip away and slide out your mind slow
I'm grippin' the American dream, I'll never let it go
The American dream
I'm tryna turn my dreams to reality
Work for everything I need
The American dream
The cars, the clothes, the money and the business
This ain't greed it's
The American dream
You thinkin' 'bout a man's bill of rights
I'm tryna get my thoughts paid, mortgage with the lights
I gotta keep my mind right, need the lime light
So when the lights out, I shine from the chains and the ice
You thinkin' that I'm niggafied speaking chains and whips
Two hundred years ago we wore it on the slave ships
So pardon me if I talk a little ignorant
Y'all call us niggas, can't help the way we living in
Y'all designed our black man to go hard in life
We lost fam, lost blood for some civil rights
I'm looking at the flag, visioning the struggle life
Wanna leave the hood to see the stars, I gotta earn my stripes
Want freedom, it ain't all about C.R.E.A.M.
Democracy rules everything around me, dream
More than a strong word, this be the acronym
'Til it's reality and all my goals are happening
I promise and I swear, put my right hand on my chest
Pledge of allegiance to God I'm tryna be the best
I'm taking everything society's given me
Family, with Uncle Sam, sex and Lady Liberty
They don't want me to dream, they all quite scared
'Cause a black American dream is the world's nightmare
Prosperity, success I'm on this
Get the house approved, I ain't talking 'bout Congress
The American dream
I'm tryna turn my dreams to reality
Work for everything I need
The American dream
The cars, the clothes, the money and the business
This ain't greed it's
The American dream
Big dreams like my head was colossal
You ain't on your grind, that's nachos
I'm tryna paint success like Picasso
Even if they say it's not so
I got bright idea for these dark roads
And a rhyme book full of light bulbs
Can you see me? No really, can you see me?
For these hopes and the dreams, niggas wanna turn Stevie
Wonder at my pinnacle how many wanna be me
'Cause nothing is identical to you being the real me
Um, you can't justify, how a nigga without wings wanna touch the sky
Every breath that I breathe, I'ma testify
'Cause you ain't really living life 'til you dare to fly
So aim high like a 21 gun salute
And squeeze on 'em 'til respect is due, that's word
The American dream
I'm tryna turn my dreams to reality
Work for everything I need
The American dream
The cars, the clothes, the money and the business
This ain't greed it's
The American dream
The American dream
This is what we live for
Its Don Warbucks
Writer/s: Adrian Sandy
