Dreamer

She was only seventeen when she left home, headin' off to college Just the clothes on the back forty dollars in the pocket On the couch of a one bedroom apartment Roommate tryna get her to pop her p***y for dollars He was only thirteen, just a lookout on the corner First he started of small, couple pills and marijuana Now he's thinkin' he should go out on the block And see if he can get shit poppin' He was tired of goin' in for just a little bit of profit, damn She fell in love with the ballers and bottles He fell in love with the block and the Glock Now he totin' them choppers Why does it seem like nobody else wanna be lawyers or doctors? Nowadays everybody out there tryna be dealers and models Just a thought I guess that's how it goes When it's all you know (know) And you ain't a dreamer (you ain't a dreamer) And you ain't a dreamer I guess that's how it be When it's all you see (all you see) And you ain't a dreamer (you ain't a dreamer) And you ain't a dreamer Now you can find her on a mainstay Trickin' and twerkin' and workin' so hard for them singles Twenty for her to get naked Money she see for the takin' She gonna take it Been dancin' so long she don't now when she'll be graduatin' Friends tryna tell her she trippin' She tellin' them to stop hatin' Three years later, 'fore he grows into a men Got a pocket full of money, nine milli in his hand Mama prayin' tryna make him understand That they just wanna put him in the system It's too late now, he convicted, damn She fell in love with the ballers and bottles He fell in love with the block and the Glock Now he totin' them choppers Why does it seem like nobody else wanna be lawyers or doctors? Nowadays everybody out there tryna be dealers and models Just a thought I guess that's how it goes (goes) When it's all you know (know) And you ain't a dreamer (you ain't a dreamer) And you ain't a dreamer (you ain't a dreamer) I guess that's how it be When it's all you see (all you see) And you ain't a dreamer (you ain't a dreamer) And you ain't a dreamer She never dreamt about goin' to college Choosin' her major Gettin' some knowledge He never dreamt about livin' for somethin' All that he knew was he was tired of the struggle She never knew that She'd ever do that Now she addicted to the money and the new bags And now he wish that He could get back All the time he lost Now he pays the cost She fell in love with the ballers and bottles He fell in love with the block and the Glock Now he totin' them choppers Why does it seem like nobody else wanna be lawyers or doctors? Nowadays everybody out there tryna be dealers and models Just a thought I guess that's how it goes (goes) When it's all you know (know) And you ain't a dreamer (you ain't a dreamer) And you ain't a dreamer (you ain't a dreamer) I guess that's how it be When it's all you see (all you see) And you ain't a dreamer (you ain't a dreamer) And you ain't a dreamer --- Dreamer - August Alsina