[Intro]
It's like at this point it's just some things you wouldn't understand
People talk about the music like it's just a hobby
Like it's just a game
[Verse 1: AJ Bank$y]
It's like I'm living in the matrix, I don't wanna fake this
Fortify my spirit so no one can ever break this
Never thought of war between the humans and machines
I just know that there's a war between reality and dreams
What happens to a dream deferred, let's ask Langston
My brother's getting money but what's money when you're wasting your life
And I ain't saying that I even know my purpose
But God's got a plan and if not, then I'm worthless
No if and's or maybe's, maybe I'm just crazy
Maybe I'm just apathetic, maybe I'm just lazy
But maybe I got pa**ion and these actors never phase me
And even if I got a deal I wouldn't let it change me
Wouldn't let it change me, yeah
I wouldn't let it change me
These just the things that I been thinking
These people sell their soul just to stack a couple Franklin's
I really hope it's worth it, but I know that's just the surface
Been to church like all my life but could you tell it from my service
Trying to be transparent, but I got some dirty secrets
If I told y'all I was perfect that's a sign I'm probably tweakin'
I know I'm not the best, but I'm the best to give it meaning
You could wish upon a star but it would help to have a genie
I don't want the money or the fame, that's a side effect
I just spit the truth and some of y'all ain't even try it yet
I type too, like a diabetic
The stuff I write is haiku, beautiful expression
I never knew my IQ, sorry Mr. Binet
Let's test what happens when you dream, then you go and get it
[Hook: Danielle Mathis]
There's a war between reality and dreams
And I know this life ain't what it seems
But right now I'm just trying to make a means
Livin' in my daydreams
(x2)
[Verse 2]
It's hard to dream when you never sleep
And find strength when you're ever-weak
I'm tryna live but I'm dying in the process
Yeah I know that I'm blessed but I'm feeling kind'a bleak
They tell you not to get your hopes up
Ain't no lane for rappers even when you're spittin' dope stuff
You can sell a brick or read a book and never graduate
Or fiend to hit a lick and end up pleadin' to the magistrate
Tell me that you can't relate, tell me how it's all a joke
Closer to my vision even though these n***as wouldn't vote
I don't blame 'em, sometimes I don't believe in me
But all I got is pa**ion I'll be damned if I don't die a king
I'm out here starving for my daily bread
Don't say you love me, you ain't listen to a single yet
And this's redemption that's implying that my debt's paid
Everything I lost will be accounted for and set straight
[Hook]