New Gen (LA) - Nacirema DreamZzz lyrics

[Verse 1] Last night I had Nacirema Dream/ When I woke up I seen that I had bought so many things/ I got choked up started balling, cuz I thought that I was ballin/ I thought that I was fly, but it turns out that I was falling/ That was merely an illusion of the fear/ That's institutionalized to convince consumers we'll die if we quit consuming/ Buy it if we don't use it or need it/ The youth think greed equals happiness and their capitals steady being depleted/ That's why the pursuit of it is all they can ever promise/ We're never supposed to actually have it or ever progress/ Digest the food for thought/ Said digest that food for thought/ Till nada's left so try your best/ Deny your flesh to prove them wrong/ But it's seemingly impossible/ With the amount of obstacles/ That they place in our way so that they can remain on top/ There's no competing with the elite you thinking you got a lot/ Cuz your car is a hundred grand and your hand's frozen like a Popsicle/ Stop it bro it's so comical when you see the amount of dough/ Make off what you cop they rob it straight up out your pocket/ No pot of gold, no rainbow, instead just hunger and pain so/ Shedding light on this slavery..why you watching your chain glow?/ [Hook] You gave it up for all your favorite things/ Became a slave to the dream/ And just to get the cake and the cream/ Became a slave to the dream/ You gave it up for all your favorite things/ Became a slave to the dream/ But things ain't what they seem/ Don't be a slave to the dream/ Don't be a Slave to the dream/ [Bridge: The Lion Heart] They think we don't know what we're doing/ They want us under their control/ (Dreams) Complain about what needs improvement/ Yet we don't even care to grow/ (Don't be a slave to the dream) Yet how can you expect to make a difference/ When you won't even change yourself/ (Don't be a slave to the dream) Forget the riches of the system/ Your spirit's what contains the wealth/ [Verse 2] Look Money ain't the root of all evil that's just the love of it/ Because of it husbands and wives decide to break the covenant/ Nothing is more elusive, you wish to feel exclusive/ The truth is humans misuse it pursuing foolish illusions to get/ Immediate gratification impatient pacing back and forth/ Once you got what you asking for ask for more/ Got cash? You want cash galore/ Thirst is truly unquenchable/ Not to mention your inner goal is to be on center folds/ Given roles in movies, dipped in clothes and j**elry/ You give your soul up for what?/ All these women, hoes, and groupies/ You need to know and need to see it hollow yeah hella empty/ Though tempting, it's iffy if we attain the change too quickly/ Then it's taken for granted/ Men mistaken the vanity for sanity/ Man it seems the human race is pathetic/ Thinking paper is what makes you, you can decide who you are/ But the paper doesn't change you, it amplifies who you are/ [Hook] You gave it up for all your favorite things/ Became a slave to the dream/ And just to get the cake and the cream/ Became a slave to the dream/ You gave it up for all your favorite things/ Became a slave to the dream/ But things ain't what they seem/ Don't be a slave to the dream/ Don't be a Slave to the dream/ [Bridge: The Lion Heart] They think we don't know what we're doing/ They want us under their control/ (Dreams) Complain about what needs improvement/ Yet we don't even care to grow/ (Don't be a slave to the dream) Yet how can you expect to make a difference/ When you won't even change yourself/ (Don't be a slave to the dream) Forget the riches of the system/ Your spirit's what contains the wealth/ [Outro] So wake up/ So wake up/ Don't be a slave to the dream/ So wake up/ So wake up/ So wake up/ So wake up/ I'm a need for you to wake up/ So wake up/ So wake up/ I'm a need for you to wake up/ Steady tryna get your cake up/ They gone hit you with a pay cut wake up/ So wake up/ So wake up/ So wake up