Nas - Street Dreams (Re-Mix Version)

♪ Yo, this remix goes out, to everybody out there ♪ ♪ That call theyself "keepin' it real" ♪ ♪ From yours truly, Escobar and Big R ♪ ♪ From New York to Chi-Town ♪ ♪ Check it out now ♪ ♪ Commissioner Steve Stoute ♪ ♪ Trackmasters ♪ ♪ QB ♪ ♪ Check it, yo ♪ ♪ Low profile, rap. style slick as Nu Nile ♪ ♪ Give the crew pounds every. time we cover new ground ♪ ♪ Still survivin' but there's a, few down back in the essence ♪ ♪ I'm askin' questions on the, phone with jail adolescents ♪ ♪ Quiet confession, the system's applyin' the pressure ♪ ♪ My mind is guessin' ♪ ♪ Is livin' and dyin' a lesson ♪ ♪ But not to be obliged, with the mirage of cars ♪ ♪ Take me off track from what the gods focus on hard ♪ ♪ Laid up, smokin'. cigars, motionin' maids ♪ ♪ To bring me toast and eggs kosher ♪ ♪ Ice chokers and wolves to smoke ya ♪ ♪ My wisdom culture, lives in ultra madness ♪ ♪ Devoted Coach bag ♪ ♪ Broke, the average, hopes to get mad rich ♪ ♪ But what's the purpose ♪ ♪ Only the gods can, watch the Earth twist ♪ ♪ I'm physically trapped

down on the surface ♪ ♪ With all the crack merchants,. snakes and serpents ♪ ♪ Foul jakes that search us ♪ ♪ Clowns with four pounds,, this ain't a circus ♪ ♪ Street dreamer ♪ ♪ Oh, mercy, mercy me ♪ ♪ Ain't nothin' out there for ya ♪ ♪ There ain't nothin' out there for you ♪ ♪ Situation's gettin' heavy ♪ ♪ Heavy, heavy ♪ ♪ Tryin' to be a gangsta ♪ ♪ Word up ♪ ♪ Black clouds over the hood ♪ ♪ I'm on the corner with the thugs ♪ ♪ Late night under the Moon ♪ ♪ As they assume I'm slangin' drugs ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm hooded up ♪ ♪ Thought a G a night wasn't good enough ♪ ♪ Pushed my luck, yo, they had a brother put in cuffs ♪ ♪ Luckily, made it out, of court comfortably ♪ ♪ Judge said I need a job,, ain't nothin' comin' free ♪ ♪ Could've got a one-to-three ♪ ♪ I try to school these. shorties under me ♪ ♪ But they can't see, from life to death ♪ ♪ So now we back to where we never left, the ghetto ♪ ♪ It's a damn shame,, knowin' it's a man's game ♪ ♪ Shorty thinks it's time to make your plans change ♪ ♪ All that runnin' round ♪ ♪ Tryin' to chase what's already here ♪ ♪ Been there, it's goin' nowhere ♪ ♪ Pops told me knuckle up, no fear ♪ ♪ I wish some of these killings, they could be prevented ♪ ♪ Whatever happens, it was. written, meaning God meant it ♪ ♪ But during life, you. put your heart in it ♪ ♪ Even though it seems we bein' targeted ♪ ♪ Let that brother R hit it ♪ ♪ Street dreamer ♪ ♪ Oh, mercy, mercy me ♪ ♪ Ain't nothin' out there for ya ♪ ♪ There ain't nothin' out there for you ♪ ♪ Situation's gettin' heavy ♪ ♪ Heavy, heavy ♪ ♪ Tryin' to be a gangsta ♪ ♪ Dream on, dream on ♪ ♪ Dream on, dream on ♪ ♪ Dream on, dream on ♪ ♪ Dream on, dream on ♪ ♪ Street dreamer ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Street dreamer, dream on ♪ ♪ Dream on ♪ ♪ Sort of wild ♪ ♪ Since a child, hope was all we had ♪ ♪ Dreamt of plushed-out pads ♪ ♪ Complainin', the mental strainin' ♪ ♪ How many in my crew was into gainin' ♪ ♪ Subtract the weak links

up out the chain and ♪ ♪ Rise and start reignin' ♪ ♪ Blasphemy, usin' Nas' name in vain ♪ ♪ Some claim supreme being,, yet they lied in his name ♪ ♪ I tried to learn the game ♪ ♪ And only thing I found incredible ♪ ♪ Everything I tried to learn, see, I already knew ♪ ♪ That's right ♪ ♪ And it's embedded in my heart now ♪ ♪ So I could sit back, count a. stack, and play my part now ♪ ♪ I saw my life flash. in front of my eyes ♪ ♪ He wore disguise ♪ ♪ Put a gun to me, hungry,, he went on to chastise ♪ ♪ That's Nas, ain't it ♪ ♪ Made it rich from entertainment ♪ ♪ Fresh Wally's painted ♪ ♪ As he told the kid he came with ♪ ♪ My first thought was:, "How the game flip?" ♪ ♪ Yo, perhaps it was somebody I smacked ♪ ♪ Drunk in a party on 'gac ♪ ♪ Or was I marked for a. contract for some foul act ♪ ♪ I did a while back ♪ ♪ Or even beyond that ♪ ♪ He got me layin' face flat,. sayin' my grace, Black ♪ ♪ Woke up in a cold sweat, yo, I hate that ♪ ♪ Nightmares feelin' real, word to Will ♪ ♪ My A-Alike I lost in the battlefield ♪ ♪ That's why I hit the. mic with mad appeal ♪ ♪ Grab your shield and meet your maker ♪ ♪ The Queens die for paper ♪ ♪ Deed the things, the, street dreams will take ya ♪ ♪ Street dreamer ♪ ♪ Oh, mercy, mercy me ♪ ♪ Ain't nothin' out there for ya ♪ ♪ There ain't nothin' out there for you ♪ ♪ Situation's gettin' heavy ♪ ♪ Heavy, heavy ♪ ♪ Tryin' to be a gangsta ♪ ♪ Street dreamer ♪ ♪ Oh, mercy, mercy me ♪ ♪ Ain't nothin' out there for ya ♪ ♪ There ain't nothin' out there for you ♪ ♪ Situation's gettin' heavy ♪ ♪ Heavy, heavy ♪ ♪ Tryin' to be a gangsta ♪ ♪ Street dreamer ♪ ♪ Oh, mercy, mercy me ♪ ♪ Ain't nothin' out there for ya ♪ ♪ There ain't nothin' out there for you ♪ ♪ Situation's gettin' heavy ♪,