[Intro]
It's not me exactly that touches people
It's what represent
It's the possibility that dreams
Long ago may still come true
Even if they look lost forever
[Bow Wow]
I had a homie named Tony 16 6'2
Headed to the NBA straight from High School
My n***a had his ball game on lock
But at the same time he was in love wit the block
All the stuff that came wit it the d** and the guns
The gangs the slang and all the funds
He just gotta letter of detent from the Cavaliers
Sayin how they love him and they wish he was there
He had it made like special Ed about to get the bread
But he chose to do something dumb instead
Go to war with the crew on the other side of town
And was more ready and Tony got laid down
He ain't even have a chance
Died before the ambulance even got to 'em
So many went hrough him
I hate to tellthe story but that's how it is
Growin up in the hood as a kid
[CHORUS]
When you got big dreams
Don't listen to what nobody say and don't let nobody turn you away
When you got big dreams
Keep your eyes on the prize don't fall to the wayside
When you got big dreams
Don't listen to what nobody say and don't let nobody turn you awaw
When you got big dreams
Keep your eyes on the prize don't fall to the wayside reach for the sky
[Bow Wow]
I knew a girl named Gina that was a hell of a singer
And erbody fell in love wit her when they seen her
Babygirl was on the verge of signin a big deal
18 and life looked so so real
She was stuck wit a dude that was all bad news
And all he ever did was give baby the blues
And she was true to a n***a, do for a n***a, pop you and your whole crew for a n***a
One day he picked her up and told her let's ride
That's the same night that he watched die
They was tryna hit the lick and the lick hit back
Put a end to the deal and all of that
She ain't even have to be there and he knew it wasn't right
Now he gotta deal wit it for the rest of his life
And the part I don't like he ain't even get grazed
But the home gurl Gina is laying in the grave
[CHORUS]
[Bow Wow]
I got a few relatives givin the family drama
Always got they hands out when they see me and my mama
One could have been a doctor, the other a chef
But when he got his own kitchen he was cookin somethin else
Now his life in the drain a trifilin shame
He all washed up wife took everything
No car no more, no house
And erwhere he go he stole so they throwed him out
I was growin up lookin up to be like them
Now I'm throwin up cash rollin up in a Bent
I'm stuck wit a dream I had since a shorty
I be damned if I let another n***a support me
Now Uncle June Bug sick skinny as hell
Got AIDS in his body from the needles he shared
Ertime he get his welfare check he don't care
If you wanna see him go to the crack house he there
[CHORUS]
When you got big dreams[x3]
When you got big dreams
Don't fall to the wayside reach for the sky