J. Cole - Big Dreams lyrics

[Verse 1: Fashawn] Now I was Sitting on a mountain of dilemmas Guzzling 40 ounces to the liver Thinking about my life my life How I was living in strife We would be out all night In front of my building In the gutter the impoverished civilians It was life or d**h I was just trying to make a k**ing Jobs wasn't hiring Mama lost her mind again Daughter needed diapers And daddy needed a Vicodin Baby girl getting older And it won't be long Til she got the weight of the world on her shoulders Try to be calm This chronic prevent me from doing n***as bodily harm Gotta remind me I'm Shawn Cuz sometimes I be lost Fantasizing about cars Go to sleep with a picture of a Maserati on my wall From them projects and buildings To a yacht and some slippers Had them Christopher Wallace intentions I had to get it [Hook (2X)] Big dreams, big dreams the whole city was mine Big dreams, big dreams, Benz, beepers and 9's Big dreams, big dreams, the only limit's the sky Got me feeling like the world is mine Now close your eyes [Verse 2] Now everybody has a dream But not every man has a plan For some it becomes a reality Slight chance but hey You, you take it for what it's worth Even if it just so happens your face end up in the dirt Where I'm from the definition of work Is a zipper some purp, or a key of that girl I swear the city's bizerk Wanted to travel the world Leave a dent on this earth I guess a n***a in search Always trying to find an exit Was tired of living reckless In my mind envisioned myself driving in a Lexus Uh, you'll know ya nig got it made When the cops never raid and the crib got a maid Why life as a shorty gotta be f**ed up? I just want what's mine I ain't asking for much I mean, I had dreams and rapping was one It was either that or ski mask and a gun But you don't hear me tho [Hook (2X)] [Outro: Fashawn + J. Cole] Know what I'm saying Close your eyes man Picture that man Close your eyes and envision this You know what I'm saying It's the life It's a Cole world Big cars, expensive linen You know what it is Grizzly City to the Ville n***a Real n***as connect Know what I'm saying respect Fayettnam all the way to Grizzly City n***a Big Dreams It's the F