Dollar and a Dream III-J. Cole

[ti:Dollar and a Dream III (Explicit)] [ar:J. Cole] [al:Cole World: The Sideline Story (Deluxe Edition)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Dollar and a Dream III - J. Cole [00:01.01]Lyrics by：Jermaine Coleman [00:02.03]Composed by：Jermaine Coleman [00:03.05]Yeah hey cole world [00:13.56] [00:21.98]Hey I gotta dollar and a dream [00:25.66] [00:26.21]That's all a n***a got [00:27.35]So if it's 'bout that cream [00:28.94]Then I'm all up in the spot [00:30.43]I got a dollar and a dream [00:31.91] [00:33.88]Just a dollar and a dream [00:35.19] [00:37.83]Cole walk with a n***a [00:39.48]I give you my pain [00:40.71]So much on my mind [00:41.93]I wonder how it fit in my brain [00:43.52] [00:44.15]Scattered thoughts [00:45.03]Dark secrets lead me to a blacker heart [00:47.29]Life can't get any worse [00:48.84]Stevie with his glasses off [00:50.45]'Cause I still don't see hope [00:52.05]Lookin' for a quick fix [00:53.50]When everyone I see is broke [00:55.14]Get lost in w**d smoke [00:56.75]Knowin' it make it worse [00:58.38]Thoughts roam uncontrollably [01:00.15]Barely trustin' n***as [01:01.43]Over a decade they been knowin' me [01:03.29]S**t life at the bottom [01:04.55]Nobody but God got 'em [01:06.34]They say he wouldn't leave me [01:07.60]Yet I'm fallin' like it's Autumn [01:09.12]Tell me what do you do just [01:10.71]When you're on your last dollar [01:12.49]And the stress of this mess [01:13.71]You in can make your a*s holla [01:15.39] [01:16.15]Do you fold grow bitter and grow cold [01:18.67] [01:19.19]No longer fightin' [01:20.07]Now the only thing you grow is old [01:21.85] [01:22.75]Or do you flip that f**kin' dollar to a dream [01:25.30]Whether a scholar or a fiend [01:26.78]Watch a pawn become a king [01:28.33]Cole [01:28.47] [01:30.00]Young n***a with his jeans low [01:31.76] [01:33.04]Nice guy just got a mean flow [01:34.80] [01:36.00]Never seen rich but he's seen poor [01:38.36]Mr Dollar and a dream in case she know [01:41.07] [01:42.04]That's all a n***a got [01:43.38]So if it's 'bout that cream [01:44.90]Then I'm all up in the spot [01:46.14]I got a dollar and a dream [01:47.79] [01:49.75]Just a dollar and a dream [01:50.99] [01:52.97]Yeah armed and ready [01:54.79]You n***as strung out you spaghetti [01:56.61]Ya paper confetti small time [01:58.52]Y'all on one I'm on mine [02:00.04]You logged off 'cause I'm online [02:01.61]Small talk from small minds [02:03.13]I wanna buy the mall but [02:04.79]There ain't s**t in this small town [02:06.31] [02:06.95]This where I get my dough [02:07.87] [02:08.45]My n***as make sure the money [02:09.63]Right and then I rip the show [02:10.98] [02:11.49]I run the town they tried to call me underground [02:14.03]I spun around like you wish [02:15.43]Homie my backpack Louis [02:17.15]Now watch just how I do this [02:18.48]I got the nerds rappin' hard s**t [02:20.40] [02:20.93]Dummies rappin' smart s**t [02:22.29]Mozart meets Humphrey Bogart [02:24.16]With this from the heart s**t [02:25.45]Play your part life is but a dream for me [02:28.07]I get a flash of nightmares when n***as scheme on me [02:31.24]It's hard to see my enemies [02:32.81]Who infiltrated my team [02:34.41]I take a step back and notice [02:35.90]That things ain't what they seem [02:37.56]That's when a n***a refocus [02:39.16]Yeah I turn on them high beams [02:40.63]I got that red dot waitin' [02:42.27]I'm wastin' your whole regime [02:43.96]I wish a n***a would boy you can't out-smart me [02:47.15]I let you feel like you the s**t [02:48.49]But boy you can't out-fart me [02:50.24]Ya never have it I know you want what I got [02:53.29]But n***a you ain't me [02:54.55] [02:55.07]But you are what I'm not [02:56.50]And that's a phony a*s [02:57.70]Lonely a*s cole is what you know me as [03:00.13]But we far from homies [03:01.40]If you know my mama you know me [03:03.12]If ya don't what then I'm sorry [03:04.56]You should get to know Kay [03:05.92]Man she been workin' too hard [03:07.42]I should send her a bouquet [03:09.01]My goal this year is a real one [03:11.21]Gonna stack a million [03:12.71]And as soon as I do [03:13.82]Mama that 9 to 5 is through [03:15.64]And I know I ain't been callin' [03:17.07]But I'm thinkin' 'bout you [03:18.49]And all the s**t that you been through [03:20.16]My girl and then my brother too [03:21.86]'Cause this life gets hard on this road [03:24.22]Yeah it's true [03:25.09]I don't never tell you how much [03:26.49]I be stressin' but I do [03:28.32]But I suck it up for who [03:29.88]My fans and my mans [03:31.40]Who probably never ever had this [03:32.86]Type of lifestyle in they plans [03:34.54]Hoppin' in and out of vans [03:36.15]On the buses on the planes [03:37.75]Gettin' brain from a b***h and thinkin' [03:39.59]Goddamn what's her name [03:40.89]Sometimes I just shake my [03:42.10]Head and tell myself this is a shame [03:44.08]And then my other side kick in like [03:45.43]B***h don't be so f**kin' lame [03:47.15]Dang what a life another day another night [03:50.27]At times this s**t is all blurry [03:51.86]Pray and hope that God heard me [03:53.55]Just for those prayin' for me [03:54.89]Man I know that y'all worry [03:56.67]But I ain't never failed and you can bet I never will [03:59.78]Cole [04:00.02] [04:01.61]Young n***a with his jeans low [04:03.32] [04:04.70]Nice guy just got a mean flow [04:06.39] [04:07.51]Never seen rich but he's seen poor [04:09.50] [04:10.25]Mr Dollar and a dream in case she ain't know [04:12.62] [04:13.86]That's all a n***a got [04:15.10]So if it's 'bout that cream [04:16.35]Then I'm all up in the spot [04:17.92]I got a dollar and a dream [04:19.28] [04:21.14]Just a dollar and a dream [04:22.44] [04:23.64]Hey 'cause n***a that's life [04:25.66] [04:26.29]And trust me I'm livin' [04:27.74]Look what a n***a made out the s**t that I was given [04:30.79]Look what a n***a made out [04:32.27] [04:33.94]Look what a n***a made out [04:35.43] [04:37.08]Got a dollar and a dream [04:38.30] [04:40.80]Three