When you got big dreams don't listen to what nobody say
Growin' up in the hood as a kid
When you got big dreams keep your eyes on the prize
Even if they look lost forever
And don't let nobody turn you away
Don't fall to the wayside, reach for the sky
I was growin' up lookin' up to be like them
But she was true to a nigga do for a nigga
When you got big dreams keep your eyes on the prize
Don't fall to the wayside, reach for the sky
He ain't even have a chance, died 'fore the ambulance
Eighteen and life looked so surreal
May still come true even if they, even if, even if
Go to war wit the crew on the other side of town
When you got big dreams keep your eyes on the prize
When you got big dreams don't listen to what nobody say
My nigga had his ball game on lock
And don't let nobody turn you away
He had it made like, Special Ed about to get the bread
And all he ever did was give baby the blues
Now, I'm throwin' up cash, rollin' up in the bed
All the stuff that came wit it the drugs and the guns
And was more ready then Tony got laid down
Babygirl was on the verge of signin' a big deal
When you got big dreams don't listen to what nobody say
And don't let nobody turn you away
Headed to the NBA straight from high school
When you got big dreams don't listen to what nobody say
And e'body fell in love wit her when they seen her
When you got big dreams, when you got big dreams
He there
He don't care, if you wanna see him go to the crack house
I knew a girl named Gina that was a hell of a singer
Always got they hands out
When you got big dreams keep your eyes on the prize
He ain't even get grazed but the homegirl Gina
Now, his life in the drain, a triflin' shame
But the lick hit back put a end to the deal
When you got big dreams don't listen to what nobody say
E'time he get his welfare checks
He just got a letter of contempt from the Cavaliers
I had a homie named, Tony, 16, 6"2'
One night, he came, picked her up
I was stuck wit a dream I had since a shorty
Now, Uncle Junebuck's sick, skinny as hell
He was cookin' somethin' else
No car, no mo', no house and everywhere he go
And all of that
She was stuck wit a dude that was all bad news
Don't fall to the wayside
And don't let nobody turn you away
He stole, so they throwed him out
Don't fall to the wayside
Daddy watched her die they was tryna hit a lick
Pop, you and ya whole crew for a nigga
The gangs, the slangs and all the funds
When they see me and my momma
Don't fall to the wayside, reach for the sky
When you got big dreams keep your eyes on the prize
When you got big dreams keep your eyes on the prize
I got a few relatives, given family drama
But when he got his own kitchen
But chose to do somethin' dumb instead
Told her let's ride that's the same night
But at the same time he was in love with the block
She ain't even have to be there
Keep your eyes on the prize don't fall to the wayside
One could have been a doctor the other a chef
He knew it wasn't right, now he gotta deal wit it
I be damned if I let another man support me
Don't fall to the wayside
Sayin' how they love him and they wish he was there
Is layin' in the grave
He all washed up, wife took e'thing
I hate to tell the story but that's how it is
For the rest of his life and the part I don't like
And don't let nobody turn you away
And don't let nobody turn you away
Even got to him so many went through him
When you got big dreams don't listen to what nobody say
When you got big dreams, when you got big dreams
He got aids in his body from the needles he shared
