A Tale of 2 Citiez

Album: 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014)
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  • Since a youngin' always dreamed of gettin' rich
    Look at me my nigga
    Fantasize about a white picket fence
    With some trees my nigga
    Used to want a pathfinder with some tints
    Thats all I need my nigga
    Throw some 20's on that bitch and get it wrenched
    But now I see my nigga
    That the worlds a lot bigger ever since
    Picked up the paper and they say my nigga Eddie caught a body, I'm convinced
    Anybody is a killer, all you gotta do is push 'em to the limps
    Fuck being timid in the Civic
    Politicin' with the pushers and the pimps
    I'm tryna write a story, can I get a glimpse?
    Yeah can I get a glimpse?

    Last night I had a bad dream
    That I was trapped in this city
    Then I asked is that really such a bad thing?
    They robbin' niggas on the daily
    Keep on blamin' nigga that ain't never had things
    Guess not, last night they pulled up on my nigga at the light like
    Uh, nice watch, run it
    Hands in the air now, hands in the air, run it

    Small town nigga Hollywood dreams
    I know that everything that glitters ain't gold
    I know the shits not always good as it seems
    But tell me till you get it how could you know
    How could you know? How could you know?
    Listen up I'm about to go and get rich
    Fuck with me my nigga
    We gonna slug around the Ville and hit a lick
    Cop some tree my nigga
    And some powder, bag it up and make it flip
    You gon' see my nigga
    One day we gon' graduate and cop a brick
    And that's the key my nigga
    And listen up I'm bout to go and get rich
    Stand back and watch if you want to nigga
    Me I want my pockets fat about a bitch
    Tired of seein' niggas flaunt, I wanna flaunt too nigga
    Watch some rollers in the fuckin' Crown Vic
    Tryna lock a nigga up, that's what they won't do nigga
    Wanna know a funny thing about this shit?
    Even if you let em' kill your dream it'll haunt you nigga

    Last night I had a bad dream
    That I was trapped in this city
    Then I asked is that really such a bad thing?I
    I look around like do you want to be another nigga
    That ain't never had things
    Guess not, last night we pulled up on my nigga at the light like
    Uh, nice watch, run it
    Hands in the air now, hands in the air, run it

    Father forgive me for me, childish ways
    I look outside and all the clouds are gray
    I need your hands to take me, miles away
    Your wish is my command, my command, my command, but
    Before you go I've got to, want you now
    Whatever goes up surely, must come down
    And you get your piece but no peace, won't be found
    So why just take me man, take me man, take me man
    Your wish is my command, my command, my command Writer/s: Anderson Hernandez, Jermaine Cole
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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