Dreams

[00:01.17] And I brought- [00:02.49] And I brought- [00:03.97] And I brought- [00:05.20] Dreams [00:06.77] Dreams [00:08.26] Dreams [00:10.29] And I brought you all my dreams 'cause I love you [00:15.44] I love you [00:18.52] I love you [00:21.53] I-I-I love you [00:24.58] I woke up out that coma 2001 [00:27.18] 'Bout the same time Dre dropped 2001 [00:30.44] Three years later the album is done [00:32.37] Aftermath presents, Nigga Witta Attitude, Volume One [00:36.35] Rap critics politickin', wanna know the outcome [00:39.44] Ready to Die, Reasonable Doubt, and Doggystyle in one [00:42.70] I feel like 'Pac after the Snoop Dogg trial was done [00:45.56] Dre behind that G series and All Eyez on Me [00:48.42] I watched the death of a dynasty, so I told Vibe Magazine [00:52.67] Workin' with Dr. Dre was a (dream) [00:54.94] I had visions of makin a classic, then my world turned black [00:58.78] Like I was starin' out of Stevie Wonder's glasses [01:01.31] It's kinda hard to imagine, like Kanye West [01:04.24] Coming back from his fatal accident to beatmakin' and rappin' [01:07.42] But, we the future, Whitney Houston told me that [01:10.52] And it's gon' take more than a bullet in the heart to hold me back [01:13.26] Blushin' in this 40 ounce, lettin' the ink from my pen bleed [01:17.26] 'Cause Martin Luther King had a (dream) [01:19.66] Aaliyah had a (dream), Left Eye had a (dream) [01:22.62] So I reached out to Kanye and [01:24.38] I brought you all my dreams 'cause I love you [01:29.13] I love you [01:32.59] I love you [01:35.53] I-I-I love you [01:37.82] I had dreams of fuckin' a R&B bitch like Mya [01:42.17] When I saw that ass on the front of that King [01:44.50] Read the article in the magazine [01:46.11] She loved gangsters, loved nasty things [01:48.32] So I'm in the glass house having nasty dreams [01:51.43] Good girls never give it up [01:53.42] But anything is possible, if 50 fucked Vivica [01:56.70] Hurdled life's obstacles, found my way through the maze [01:59.59] Then joy turned to pain like Frankie Beverly and Maze [02:02.66] Used to dream of being Unsigned Hype [02:04.86] 'Til I was crushed by Dave Mays [02:06.85] Almost let my pen fall asleep on the page [02:08.82] Daydreamin' yesterday, dozin' off backstage [02:11.77] I thought I saw Eazy talking to Jam Master Jay [02:14.92] So I walked over, heard Jam Master say [02:17.92] "It's a hard knock life, then you pass away" [02:21.04] They say sleep is the cousin of death, so my eyes wide open [02:24.75] 'Cause a dream is kin to your last breath [02:27.32] Blushin' in this 40 ounce, lettin' the ink from my pen bleed [02:31.26] 'Cause Martin Luther King had a (dream) [02:33.49] Aaliyah had a (dream), Left Eye had a (dream) [02:36.53] So I reached out to Kanye and [02:38.27] I brought you all my dreams 'cause I love you [02:43.36] I love you [02:46.49] I love you [02:49.52] I-I-I love you [02:52.76] The dream of Huey Newton, that's what I'm livin' through [02:55.58] The dream of Eric Wright, that's what I'm givin' you [02:58.56] Who walked through the White House without a business suit [03:01.56] Compton hat, jheri curl drippin' on Ronald Reagan's shoes [03:04.91] Gave Mike Lem my demo, came here to pay my dues [03:07.68] Started off with Whoo Kid, then I start blazin' Clue [03:11.43] It was all a dream like Big said it'd be [03:13.80] Don't sleep on me homie, I bring nightmares to reality [03:16.97] Rap phenomenon, defyin' the rules of gravity [03:19.76] Studied all the classics, start revisin' my strategy [03:23.13] 'Cause Marshall Mathers made it, Curtis Jackson made it [03:25.81] Head in the clouds, wonderin' where the hell Marvin Gaye went [03:29.56] How do I say this? I'm livin' for my son [03:31.91] But I can't figure out, why I'm at my temple with this gun [03:34.97] Wake up to a Jesus piece, like a catholic nun [03:37.81] The war to be a rap legend has just begun [03:41.07] Blushin' in this 40 ounce, lettin' the ink from my pen bleed [03:45.18] 'Cause Martin Luther King had a (dream) [03:47.39] Aaliyah had a (dream), Left Eye had a (dream) [03:50.38] So I reached out to Kanye and [03:52.10] I brought you all my dreams 'cause I love you [03:57.44] I love you [04:00.72] I love you [04:03.52] I-I-I love you [04:07.09] This song is dedicated to Yetunde Price [04:09.41] The sister of Venus and Serena Williams [04:11.66] Who was slain during a gang shootout in Compton [04:13.85] Sunday, September 14th, 2003, rest in peace [04:17.25] I brought you all my dreams 'cause I love you [04:21.75] I love you [04:24.88] I love you [04:28.03] I-I-I love you [04:31.23] And I brought- [04:33.44] And I brought- [04:35.19] And I brought- [04:36.34] Dreams [04:37.90] Dreams [04:39.42] Dreams [04:41.33] And I brought you all my dreams 'cause I love you [04:43.35]