The Dream - Phora

[00:22.46]Yeah
[00:24.01]Lately I feel like the devil's watching, he taunts me
[00:26.74]I been having these thoughts in my head, they haunt me
[00:29.53]I been trying to keep my focus but I keep having this dream
[00:32.16]That I lost my life when I got shot in 2015, and
[00:35.70]I walk around my city and no one sees me
[00:38.33]I used to think, \"If I died it would be so easy\"
[00:41.24]Well, here I am, feel like everyone left me
[00:44.18]Now I'm back at home and everything feels so empty
[00:47.20]Upstairs I see the girl I love crying alone
[00:49.73]I see the cuts on her wrists, she's scared of dying alone
[00:52.74]I said her name softly, I swear that she looked right at me
[00:55.97]That's when I tried to walk up to her,
[00:57.65]But she walked past me, damn
[00:59.50]At my funeral, they dressed in all black
[01:01.92]Everybody mourning my death while I stand in the back
[01:04.53]And I look at they faces, in they eyes the pain is so clear
[01:07.40]But the people that I called my friends, they ain't even here
[01:10.64]Crazy how quickly they forget, instead of mourning my death
[01:13.64]They fighting over who gets the house
[01:15.77]And who gets the checks, damn
[01:17.12]I gave my heart to these people throughout these songs
[01:19.70]And it's sad to know that
[01:21.00]None of it matters now that I'm gone, damn
[01:42.12]Yeah, yeah
[01:45.51]All my albums are on the charts,
[01:47.69]And all the radios wanna play me
[01:49.64]I guess it took me to die for them to appreciate me
[01:52.49]I see them posting and saying how much they miss me
[01:55.44]But back when I was alive
[01:56.63]And depressed they ain't never hit me
[01:58.48]Before I died they all used to hate me, but now it's funny
[02:01.31]They post pictures,
[02:02.21]They all tryin' to claim me but never loved me
[02:04.21]Spit on my name when I was alive, I'll never forget
[02:06.89]It's sad that they wait till you die to show they respect, but
[02:10.48]Finally all the people who I looked up to
[02:13.21]Say how they respect me, saying they woulda loved to
[02:16.00]Meet me in the past, but it's too late for that now
[02:18.81]The way these people used to treat me,
[02:20.29]They can't take it back now
[02:21.77]People tell stories about how we were close
[02:23.92]And how they would ride for me
[02:25.08]I know I'm gone, but that energy they can't hide from me
[02:28.11]Award shows and these red carpets the same
[02:31.05]They make these tributes to my name,
[02:32.19]But back then they never invited me
[02:34.03]Look, I'm at the Grammys,
[02:35.43]I wish I could tell my mom I made it
[02:37.20]It only took a hole in my head to be nominated
[02:40.04]I looked for love from these people but all along
[02:42.71]What they said was true,
[02:43.64]They don't love you until you gone, ****
[02:46.14]But the truth is this life never goes the way you plan it
[02:48.96]I guess the point of this song
[02:50.54]Is don't take your life for granted
[02:52.12]And appreciate people while they still here
[02:54.48]And before you judge someone take a look in the mirror
[02:57.24]Because at any moment anything could happen
[03:00.33]Nothing is ever promised, but you can just imagine
[03:03.22]How it would be, so I give the type of love I want for me
[03:06.38]'Cause one day it'll be my last
[03:07.69]And it won't just be a dream, I mean
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