Common - The Dreamer Lyrics
For the world world worldMy name is Common, No I.D[Verse 1]Ferrari testers, Armani dressersExquisite thick *****es that body bless usRest assured, we getting festive in Miami nowTold my nigga 'Ye I'm about to win the Grammys nowGetting Johnny Cash old white folks know me nowStanding close to the mic like I'm Kobe nowWe celebrate the (?), they hate because we got loveIt's the pop life, a lot of faces pop upKnown to tear the club and the block upGoing through the airport with more lie than an operaNew crooks who move books like Harry PotterGet cleaners to get it cleanerA legend like John, Lennon, I'm a dreamerTried to ***** the world she only let me fingerMind trips to Medina to visit the redeemerA hero, I'll drop out like Hiroshima(?) with two broads (?)Still opening roads for (?)I'm a dreamer[Hook]It's for the world world world world worldDream on[Verse 2]We take, uh, we make, uh, paperAnd build skyscrapersWalking on water, building my faith upNiggas with no heart, I'm the pace makerGet the beat from No I, feel the pulse of the ChiSurvival of the fit with hope in they eyeTaking notes from the sky to fly above understandingThey notes from the most high, so I gotta land themCareer ain't random, make anthems, streets chant themRock rolls like a phantomMad hoes like they throwing tantrumsI tell them I need space like Richard BransonDancing, with (?) and stars getting full at barsAnd then pass out like a pamphletNever taking Grants for grantedIt's Common, I'm high above standardFly nigga, keep my feet plantedTo rock the planet, I don't stop for panicMaybe I'm a hopeless hip-hop romanticI'm a dreamer[Hook][Verse 3]He introduced me, I stepped to the podiumSaid peace, gave thanks to the holy onePut my water up, thought about my daughter for a secondThe youth, the living resurrectionReflections of the sun glaring through the windowNow the audience staring at my mentalFeeling like the world, the world is at my fingers'Bout to speak to an auditorium full of dreamersKinda took me back to when I first had a dreamTo be like the king that sang Billie JeanNow it's gold records, and I'm on silver screensAt the mountaintop, you still gotta dreamTo the dreamers[Bridge]If I dream you're hereAnd you dream I'm thereWe'll be (?)You should just come hereIf I wake you upOnly difference isYou can live the dreamJust believe in it[Maya Angelou]Once you find your shoulders droppingAnd your speech gets slow and hazyYou better change your way of beingBefore you found your brain got lazyYou can build a better future when you join the winning teamIf you desire a bright tomorrow, you must build a brighter dreamDare to let your dreams reach beyond youKnow that history holds more than it seemsWe are here alive today because our ancestors dared to dreamFrom Africa they lay in the (?) of slave shipsAnd stood half ***** on auction blocksFrom eastern-Europe they crowded in vessels overloaded with immigrantsAnd were mis-named on Ellis islandFrom South America and Mexico, from Asia, they labored in sweat shopsFrom all over the world, they came to AmericaMany shivering in rags, and still they dared to dreamLet us dream for today and for tomorrowLet us dare to dream
