The Dreamer-Common/Maya Angelou

[ti:The Dreamer (Explicit)] [ar:Common/Maya Angelou] [al:The Dreamer, The Believer] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Dreamer (Explicit) - Common/Maya Angelou [00:04.52]For the world world world world world world [00:06.59] [00:10.06]My name is common no ID [00:12.04] [00:15.40]Ferrari testas Armani dressers [00:17.75]Exquisite thick b**ches that body bless us [00:20.25]Rest assured we getting festive in miami now [00:22.60]Told my ni**a ye I'm about to win the grammys now [00:25.15]Getting johnny cash old white folks know me now [00:27.73]Standing close to the mic like I'm Kobe now [00:29.78] [00:30.33]We celebrate with shots of the hate because we got love [00:32.88]It's the pop life a lot of faces pop up [00:35.52]Known to tear the club and the block up [00:37.65]Going through the airport with more lye than an opera [00:40.57]Knew crooks who move books like harry potter [00:42.96]Get cleaners to get it cleaner [00:45.11]A legend like john Lennon I'm a dreamer [00:47.85]Tried to f**k the world she only let me finger [00:50.05]Mind trips to Medina to visit the redeemer [00:52.89]A hero I'll drop out like Hiroshima [00:55.19]Off sangria with two broads at la esquina [00:57.79]Still opening roads for omoye and amina [01:00.21]I'm a dreamer [01:00.99] [01:03.79]It's for the world world world world world [01:05.60] [01:08.99]Dream on [01:09.55] [01:15.38]We take uh we make uh paper [01:19.06]And build skyscrapers [01:20.23]Walking on water building my faith up [01:22.76]Niggas with no heart I'm the pacemaker [01:25.00]Get the beat from no I feel the pulse of the chi [01:27.80]Survival of the fit with hope in they eye [01:30.03]Taking notes from the sky to fly above understanding [01:32.75]They notes from the most high so I gotta land them [01:35.33]Career ain't random make anthems streets chant them [01:38.58]Rock roles like a phantom [01:40.15]Mad hoes like they throwing tantrums [01:42.05]I tell them I need space like Richard branson [01:44.56]Dancing with wolves and stars getting full at bars [01:47.78]And then pass out like a pamphlet [01:49.76]Never taking grants for granted [01:51.58]It's common I'm high above standard [01:53.49]Fly ni**a keep my feet planted [01:55.34]To rock the planet I don't stop for panic [01:57.81]Maybe I'm a hopeless hip hop romantic [01:59.90]I'm a dreamer [02:00.60] [02:04.50]For the world world world world world world [02:06.87] [02:15.53]He introduced me I stepped to the podium [02:18.07]Said peace gave thanks to the holy one [02:20.50]Put my water up thought about my daughter for a second [02:23.24]The youth the living resurrection [02:25.38]Reflections of the sun glaring through the window [02:27.72]Now the audience staring at my mental [02:30.36]Feeling like the world the world is at my fingers [02:32.74]'Bout to speak to an auditorium full of dreamers [02:35.28]Kinda took me back to when I first had a dream [02:37.68]To be like the king that sang Billie jean [02:40.33]Now it's gold records and I'm on silver screens [02:42.84]At the mountaintop you still gotta dream [02:45.39]To the dreamers [02:46.19] [02:52.08]To the dreamers [02:52.85] [02:55.04]If it down [02:55.65] [02:56.30]We going be back [02:57.08] [03:00.20]It's for the world world world world world [03:02.54]Keep out [03:03.24] [03:05.22]It's for the world world world world world [03:07.60]keep out [03:08.19] [03:10.38]Yo yo [03:11.21] [03:15.17]keep out [03:15.70] [04:01.77]If I dream you're here [04:04.66] [04:06.54]And you dream I'm there [04:09.52] [04:11.58]We'll be nowhere near [04:13.90] [04:16.48]You should just come here [04:19.67] [04:21.45]If I wake you up [04:24.77] [04:26.40]Only difference is [04:30.92] [04:31.43]You can live the dream [04:35.66] [04:36.42]Just believe in it [04:40.30] [04:43.34]Once you find your shoulders dropping [04:44.81] [04:45.74]And your speech gets slow and hazy [04:47.80] [04:48.83]You better change your way of being [04:51.25]Before you found your brain got lazy [04:54.25] [04:55.18]You can build a better future when you join the winning team [04:58.20] [04:59.02]If you desire a bright tomorrow you must build a brighter dream [05:02.38] [05:03.37]Dare to let your dreams reach beyond you [05:05.76] [05:06.55]Know that history holds more than it seems [05:08.81] [05:09.64]We are here alive today because our ancestors dared to dream [05:15.38] [05:16.40]From Africa they lay in the bilge of slave ships [05:20.02] [05:20.77]And stood half naked on auction blocks [05:23.39] [05:24.58]From eastern Europe they crowded in vessels overloaded with immigrants [05:28.74] [05:29.28]And were mis named on Ellis island [05:31.99] [05:32.81]From south America and Mexico from Asia they labored in sweat shops [05:37.89] [05:38.62]From all over the world they came to America [05:40.71] [05:41.34]Many shivering in rags and still they dared to dream [05:44.72] [05:45.62]Let us dream for today and for tomorrow [05:49.12] [05:49.89]Let us dare to dream