[00:12.21]I'ma chase my dream
[00:13.75]Coming to America like Prince Akeem
[00:16.37]I ain't never give a f-ck then I seen
[00:19.02]High definition to get what's forever given
[00:21.31]But nothin' was never given
[00:22.50]I build it from ground up
[00:24.08]I started out form my basement and builded my house up
[00:26.72]I'm rich off opportunity  money gon' pile up
[00:29.34]My swag on a hundred mill  how the stylist gon style us
[00:32.21]Caught up in the light  caught up in the life
[00:34.79]I see young'in on the corner with a quarter of that white
[00:37.43]He just tryna chase his dream plus his daughter needs some wipes
[00:39.92]And some pampers so he don't give a f-ck about the slammer
[00:42.98]He just tryna stay alive  clutching on his hammer
[00:45.67]World full of problems  ain't nobody gotta answer
[00:48.28]Mommy in the grave  daddy gettin' high
[00:51.16]Bills steady rollin' in  he barely gttin' by
[00:53.76]Same clothes everyday  he barely gettin' fly
[00:56.38]Erryday he wake  he just swear to do his job
[00:58.70]What that is  Chasin' dreams  time is tickin' so it seems
[01:01.40]On his downtime he's spittin'and he's sick  his flow is mean
[01:04.17]He just want his real chance  no reality show
[01:06.75]But the graveyard the jail cell  reality though
[01:09.38]Crack house was his crib  the streets fathered him tho
[01:11.94]And he ain't got no twitter page but you can follow him tho
[01:14.75]Woah
[01:15.35]Dream chaser  keep chasin'
[01:17.97]Grind will turn into your shine  be patient
[01:20.69]Yeh  a hundred miles and runnin'
[01:22.78]Tryna catch up to my dreams so you know I'm Forrest Gumpin'
[01:25.13]I'ma dream chaser  dream chaser  dream chaser
[01:29.96]Dream chaser  dream chaser  dream chaser
[01:33.97]Dream chaser  dream chaser
[01:36.07]I was raised by my momma
[01:37.61]Pop used to beat her
[01:39.04]Got a sister my age  my pop was a cheater
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[01:41.92]Gram's kept something in the pot for us to eat up
[01:44.35]Had to open up the oven for the house to heat up
[01:46.92]Christmas missed us  no birthday's or Easter's
[01:49.72]Used to snatch bags from Halloween trick or treaters
[01:52.41]Hot dogs and beans  fish sticks on the weekend
[01:55.00]Shared the same bed that my cousin used to pee in
[01:57.73]Dreamed to be the Huxtable's  settled for the Brady's
[02:00.37]Black and white on top of floor model wit' no cable
[02:02.97]My sister used to punch me  beat me  slap me
[02:05.64]Caught my first case stealin' cookies outta ackney
[02:08.39]Raised in South Phil  2-4 where you can find me at
[02:11.05]Used to kick the machines for quarters out the laundromat
[02:13.67]Dirty little teen  giong to school embarrassin'
[02:16.51]Gas cut off  my clothes smelling like kerosene
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[02:19.34]Dream chaser  keep chasin'
[02:22.01]Grind will turn into your shine  be patient
[02:24.64]Yeh  a hundred miles and runnin'
[02:26.77]Tryna catch up to my dreams so you know I'm Forrest Gumpin'
[02:29.14]I'ma dream chaser  dream chaser  dream chaser
[02:33.99]Dream chaser  dream chaser  dream chaser
[02:37.89]Dream chaser  dream chaser
[02:40.16]It all started in the basement  me  my pen and my pad
[02:42.65]
[02:43.39]Started thinkin' bout things I never had
[02:45.37]
[02:46.16]Was broke as a joke  ain't never laugh
[02:47.97]I woke up and went and got it  now they forever mad
[02:50.63]
[02:51.93]How can you hate me where I came from
[02:54.24]When just a year ago I was the same one
[02:56.84]Them dudes you call your homies be the main one
[02:59.16]You'd be surprised what niggas do as soon as the fame come
[03:01.86]But I ain't worried  discouraged  I just observe it
[03:04.38]When my dreams started to crumble  niggas deserted
[03:07.11]Empty courtroom when my judge read my verdict
[03:09.63]But now I'm gettin' to it  niggas act like they deserve it
[03:12.36]Sittin' in my cell  watching my dream
[03:15.08]Fade like Mike  fourth quarter  tie game
[03:17.73]Shackles on my ankles and wrist my first chains
[03:20.30]And now it's hard work on the menu  I thirst cream
[03:22.65]I'm a Dream chaser  keep chasin'
[03:26.00]Grind will turn into your shine  be patient
[03:28.67]Yeh  a hundred miles and runnin'
[03:30.85]Tryna catch up to my dreams so you know I'm Forrest Gumpin'
[03:33.36]I'ma dream chaser  dream chaser  dream chaser
[03:37.92]Dream chaser  dream chaser  dream chaser
[03:41.92]Dream chaser  dream chaser