Dollar and a Dream III - J. Cole

Dollar and a Dream III - J. Cole
Lyrics by：Jermaine Coleman
Composed by：Jermaine Coleman
Yeah hey cole world
Hey I gotta dollar and a dream
That's all a n***a got
So if it's 'bout that cream
Then I'm all up in the spot
I got a dollar and a dream
Just a dollar and a dream
Cole walk with a n***a
I give you my pain
So much on my mind
I wonder how it fit in my brain
Scattered thoughts
Dark secrets lead me to a blacker heart
Life can't get any worse
Stevie with his glasses off
'Cause I still don't see hope
Lookin' for a quick fix
When everyone I see is broke
Get lost in w**d smoke
Knowin' it make it worse
Thoughts roam uncontrollably
Barely trustin' n***as
Over a decade they been knowin' me
S**t life at the bottom
Nobody but God got 'em
They say he wouldn't leave me
Yet I'm fallin' like it's Autumn
Tell me what do you do just
When you're on your last dollar
And the stress of this mess
You in can make your a*s holla
Do you fold grow bitter and grow cold
No longer fightin'
Now the only thing you grow is old
Or do you flip that f**kin' dollar to a dream
Whether a scholar or a fiend
Watch a pawn become a king
Cole
Young n***a with his jeans low
Nice guy just got a mean flow
Never seen rich but he's seen poor
Mr Dollar and a dream in case she know
That's all a n***a got
So if it's 'bout that cream
Then I'm all up in the spot
I got a dollar and a dream
Just a dollar and a dream
Yeah armed and ready
You n***as strung out you spaghetti
Ya paper confetti small time
Y'all on one I'm on mine
You logged off 'cause I'm online
Small talk from small minds
I wanna buy the mall but
There ain't s**t in this small town
This where I get my dough
My n***as make sure the money
Right and then I rip the show
I run the town they tried to call me underground
I spun around like you wish
Homie my backpack Louis
Now watch just how I do this
I got the nerds rappin' hard s**t
Dummies rappin' smart s**t
Mozart meets Humphrey Bogart
With this from the heart s**t
Play your part life is but a dream for me
I get a flash of nightmares when n***as scheme on me
It's hard to see my enemies
Who infiltrated my team
I take a step back and notice
That things ain't what they seem
That's when a n***a refocus
Yeah I turn on them high beams
I got that red dot waitin'
I'm wastin' your whole regime
I wish a n***a would boy you can't out-smart me
I let you feel like you the s**t
But boy you can't out-fart me
Ya never have it I know you want what I got
But n***a you ain't me
But you are what I'm not
And that's a phony a*s
Lonely a*s cole is what you know me as
But we far from homies
If you know my mama you know me
If ya don't what then I'm sorry
You should get to know Kay
Man she been workin' too hard
I should send her a bouquet
My goal this year is a real one
Gonna stack a million
And as soon as I do
Mama that 9 to 5 is through
And I know I ain't been callin'
But I'm thinkin' 'bout you
And all the s**t that you been through
My girl and then my brother too
'Cause this life gets hard on this road
Yeah it's true
I don't never tell you how much
I be stressin' but I do
But I suck it up for who
My fans and my mans
Who probably never ever had this
Type of lifestyle in they plans
Hoppin' in and out of vans
On the buses on the planes
Gettin' brain from a b***h and thinkin'
Goddamn what's her name
Sometimes I just shake my
Head and tell myself this is a shame
And then my other side kick in like
B***h don't be so f**kin' lame
Dang what a life another day another night
At times this s**t is all blurry
Pray and hope that God heard me
Just for those prayin' for me
Man I know that y'all worry
But I ain't never failed and you can bet I never will
Cole
Young n***a with his jeans low
Nice guy just got a mean flow
Never seen rich but he's seen poor
Mr Dollar and a dream in case she ain't know
That's all a n***a got
So if it's 'bout that cream
Then I'm all up in the spot
I got a dollar and a dream
Just a dollar and a dream
Hey 'cause n***a that's life
And trust me I'm livin'
Look what a n***a made out the s**t that I was given
Look what a n***a made out
Look what a n***a made out
Got a dollar and a dream
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