9th Wonder - Dreamchasers lyrics

[Produced by 9th Wonder] [Verse 1] I'm only 9, on the block Bailin to the liquor store with 2 dollars in my socks Say "cuz" when I talk, pants sag when I walk Bumpin KDAY, just discovered hip-hop I play Pop Warner and I love Transformers But you see the big homey standin out on the corner He got real guns, not the ones from G.I. Joe He feared and respected like everywhere we go Can't wait 'til I'm 10 and I get jumped in You should see the tattoo he gave himself with a pen He did in the pen like 3 years ago And he just got home, now he bigger than befo' Liftin weights in the yard he, way too hard Been shot 5 times, even let me touch the scars I can ride in his car when I get from the hood A fresh Iroc with a dope Kenwood Two 15's and his curl on sheen A big booty freak with some airbrushed jeans Don't dis put the hood in your childhood dreams Growin up these days ain't as easy as it seems [Hook] We live life like d**h ain't a thing Fear and respect we collect like kings Relive stress with every breath I sing And we all chase money cause we scared to chase dreams [Verse 2] 19, almost 20 years old Cut the baby curl, now I got an afro Cornrows, some say french braids Weed and robberies the only way I get paid Couldn't slang crack, O.G.'s do that So money hungry wouldn't front me a sack That's why the old timers keep gettin jacked I'm full time bangin ain't no turnin back Dropped out of school, no G.E.D But in these streets I'm a G-O-D Enemies tell they B.G. stories 'bout me A nightmare, when I'm off that P That's why they always run when they see me in the street Known to beat 'em down, straight take they heat What about the police, man even they scared When I see em hit the block I put 2 in the air ... Got my momma scared of me And she's the only woman tht would ever dare to love me Respect from my peers, on the set 10 years Bonafide so I hide my regrets and my fears ... On the front porch buzzin High that's probably why I didn't even see 'em comin 5 rounds to the chest now I'm fightin for my life Cause some fool from the other side, wanted stripes {*beeeeeeeeep*} [Nurse] Flatline.. flatline.. {*echoes*}