Bow Wow - Big Dreams lyrics

"It's not - It's not me exactly
Who touches people it's what I represent
The possibility that dreams long ago
May still come true
Even if they - even-even-even if
They look lost forever"

I had a homey named Tony, sixteen, six two
Headed to the NBA straight from high school
My nigga had his ball game on lock
But at the same time
He was in love with the block
All the stuff that came wit it
The drugs and the guns
The gangs, the slang and all the funds
He just got a letter of
Intent from the Cavaliers
Sayin' how they love him and
They wish he was there
He had it made like Special Ed
About to get the bread
But chose, to do, sumthin' dumb instead
Go to war with the crew on
The other side of town
And was mo' ready, and Tony got laid down
He ain't even have a chance
Died before the ambulance, even got to him
So many went through him
I hate to tell the story
But that's how it is
Growin' up in the hood as a kid

When you got big dreams
Don't listen to what nobody say
And don't let nobody turn you away
When you got big dreams
Keep your eyes on the prize
Don't fall to the wayside
("even-even if they look lost forever")
When you got big dreams
Don't listen to what nobody say and
Don't let nobody turn you away
When you got big dreams
Keep your eyes on the prize
Don't fall to the waste side
Reach for the sky
("even-even if they look lost forever")

Knew a girl named Gina that was
A hell of a singer
And everybody fell in love with
Her when they seen her
Baby girl was on the verge
Of signing a big deal
Eighteen, and life looked so-so real
She was stuck wit a dude
That was all bad news
And all he ever did was give baby the blues
But she was true to a nigga, do for a nigga
Pop you and ya whole crew for a nigga
One night he came, picked her up told her
"let's ride!" that's the same night that
He watched her die!
They was tryna hit a lick
But the lick hit back
Put a end to the deal, and all of that
She ain't even have to be there
He know it wha'nt right
Now he gotta deal with it for
The rest of his life
And the part I don’t like
He ain’t even get grazed
But the homegirl, Gina
Is layin' in the grave

When you got big dreams
Don't listen to what nobody say
And don't let nobody turn you away
When you got big dreams
Keep your eyes on the prize
Don't fall to the wayside
("even-even if they look lost forever")
When you got big dreams
Don't listen to what nobody say and
Don't let nobody turn you away
When you got big dreams
Keep your eyes on the prize
Don't fall to the waste side
Reach for the sky
("even-even if they look lost forever")

I got a few relatives givin' family drama
Always got they hands out when they
See me and my momma
One coulda been a doctor, the other a chef
But when he got his own kitchen
He was cookin' sumthin' else
Now his life in the drain, a triflin' shame
He all washed up, wife took e'rything
No car, no mo', no HOUSE
And everywhere he go, he stole
So they throwed him out
I was growin' up, lookin' up to be like them
Now I'm throwin' up cash
Rollin' up in the Bent
I was stuck wit a dream I had since a shorty
I be DAMNED if I let another man support me
Now uncle Junebug's sick, skinny as hell
He got AIDS in his body
From the needles he shared
E'rytime he get his welfare checks
He don't care
If you wanna see him go to the crack house
He there

When you got big dreams
Don't listen to what nobody say
And don't let nobody turn you away
When you got big dreams
Keep your eyes on the prize
Don't fall to the wayside
("even-even if they look lost forever")
When you got big dreams
Don't listen to what nobody say and
Don't let nobody turn you away
When you got big dreams
Keep your eyes on the prize
Don't fall to the waste side
Reach for the sky
("even-even if they look lost forever")

When you got big dreams
When you got big dreams
("even-even if they look lost forever")
When you got big dreams
When you got big dreams
Keep your eyes on the prize
Don't fall to the waste side
Reach for the sky
("even-even-even if they look lost forever")