JAY-Z - American Dreamin'

[00:00.56] Dreamed of you this mornin' [00:03.37] Then came the dawn and I thought you were here with me [00:08.96] If you could only see how much I love you [00:18.53] That's all, that's all, baby [00:20.51] Oh no, I'll never give up on you [00:24.75] (I never felt that before) [00:26.64] Oh no, I'll never give up on you [00:30.18] (I never felt that before) [00:31.45] Oh no, I'll never give up on you [00:35.19] (I never felt that before) [00:36.22] But there's always [00:38.18] (That's all that's all) [00:39.83] This is the shit you dream about with the homie steamin' out [00:43.38] Back-back-backin' them Beemer's out [00:45.95] Seems as our plans to get a grant [00:48.33] Then go off to college, didn't pan or even out [00:50.97] We need it now, we need a town [00:53.67] We need a place to pitch, we need a mound [00:56.35] For now, I'm just a lazy boy [00:58.56] Big dreamin' in my La-Z-Boy [01:00.36] In the clouds of smoke, been playin' this Marvin [01:03.15] Mama forgive me, should be thinkin' 'bout Harvard [01:05.76] But that's too far away, niggas are starvin' [01:08.32] Ain't nothin' wrong with aim, just gotta change the target [01:10.89] I got dreams of baggin' snidd-ow the size of pillows [01:13.84] I see pies every time my eyes clidd-ose [01:17.15] I see rides, sixes, I gotta get those [01:19.64] Life's a bitch, I hope that I make her over, though [01:21.88] Oh no, I'll never give up on you [01:24.73] (I never felt that before) [01:26.82] American dreamin' [01:28.54] Oh no, I'll never give up on you [01:30.00] (I never felt that before) [01:31.18] It's just American dreamin' [01:33.27] Oh no, I'll never give up on you [01:34.22] (I never felt that before) [01:35.13] American dreamin' [01:38.02] But there's always [01:39.61] (That's all, that's all) [01:41.79] Now see, the life's right there [01:43.61] And it seems right there, it's not quite near [01:45.83] And it's not like we're professionals movin' the decimals [01:49.37] Know where to cop? Nah, got a connect? No [01:52.05] Who under heaven knows how to be successful [01:54.52] Need a Personal Jesus, I'm in Depeche Mode [01:57.22] They say it's celestial, it's all in the stars [01:59.58] Like Tony Caruso, how you played the card [02:02.09] Y'all ain't fuckin' with me [02:03.90] The ironies are, had all coast better before he was bars [02:07.03] Now let's start, on your mark [02:10.16] Get set, let's go, get out the car [02:12.56] Goin' in circles, it's a vicious cycle [02:15.09] This is a crash course, this ain't high school [02:17.52] Wake up, Muttley, you're dreamin' again [02:20.18] Your own reality show, the season begins [02:21.78] Oh no, I'll never give up on you [02:23.56] (I never felt that before) [02:28.33] American dreamin' [02:29.53] Oh no, I'll never give up on you [02:30.64] (I never felt that before) [02:33.37] It's just American dreamin' [02:34.65] Oh no, I'll never give up on you [02:35.69] (I never felt that before) [02:38.18] American dreamin' [02:39.63] But there's always [02:41.66] (That's all, that's all) [02:43.40] Step one in this process, scramble up in your projects [02:46.17] And head to the heights where big coke is processed [02:48.78] You gotta convince 'em that you not from the Precinct [02:51.31] Please speak slow, 'cause he no speakey no English [02:53.77] If he takes a likin' after a couple of trips [02:56.30] If your money is straight, he's gon' give you consignment [02:58.95] You're now in a game where only time can tell [03:01.54] Survive the droughts, I wish you well [03:03.85] Survive the droughts, I wish you well [03:06.47] How sick am I? I wish you health [03:09.07] I wish you wheels, I wish you wealth [03:11.64] I wish you insight so you could see for yourself [03:14.27] You could see the signs, when the jackets is schemin' [03:16.87] And the cops is comin', you could read their mind [03:19.48] You could see from behind, you could redefine [03:21.73] The game as we know it, one dream at a time, I'm American dreamin' [03:24.63] Oh no, I'll never give up on you [03:29.98] (I never felt that before) [03:30.96] American dreamin' [03:32.22] Oh no, I'll never give up on you [03:33.07] (I never felt that before) [03:34.92] American dreamin' [03:36.36] Oh no, I'll never give up on you [03:37.40] (I never felt that before) [03:39.17] American dreamin' [03:41.43] But there's always [03:42.86] (That's all, that's all) [03:44.66] American dreamin' [03:46.41] Oh baby [03:52.19] But there's always [04:03.33] (That's all, that's all) [04:05.52] But there's always [04:06.37] (That's all, that's all) [04:40.12]