She was only 17 when she left home
Heading off to Cali
Just the clothes on her back, $40 in her pocket
On the couch of a one-bedroom apartment
Roommate tryna get her to popping pussy for dollars
He was only 13
Just a lookout on the corner
First he started off small, couple pills and marijuana
Now he's thinking he should go out on the block and see if he could get shit popping
He was tired of going 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's toting them choppers
Why does it seem like nobody else wanna be lawyers and doctors?
Nowadays everybody outchea' tryna be dealers and models
Just a thought, I guess that's how it goes
When it's all you know, and you ain't a dreamer
And you ain't a dreamer
I guess that's how it be, when it's all you see
And you ain't a dreamer, and you ain't a dreamer
Now you can find her on the main stage
Shaking and twerking and working so hard for them singles
$20 for her to get naked
Money she see for the taken, she gonna take it
Been dancing so long, she don't know when she'll be graduating.
Friends try to tell her she tripping, she telling them to stop hating
Three years later, boy grows into a man
Gotta pocket full of money, nine milli in his hand
Mama praying tryna make him understand
That they just wanna put him in the system
It's too late now he's convicted, damn
She fell in love with the ballers and bottles
He fell in love with the block and the glock, now he's toting them choppers
Why does it seem like nobody else wanna be lawyers and doctors?
Nowadays everybody outchea' tryna be dealers and models
Just a thought, I guess that's how it goes
When it's all you know, and you ain't a dreamer
And you ain't a dreamer
I guess that's how it be, when it's all you see
And you ain't a dreamer, and you ain't a dreamer
She never dreamed about going to college, choosing a major, getting some knowledge
He never dreamed about living for something
All that he knew was he was tired of struggle
She never knew that, she'd ever do that
Now she addicted to the money and the new bags
And now he wished that, wished 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's toting them choppers
Why does it seem like nobody else wanna be lawyers and doctors?
Nowadays everybody outchea' tryna be dealers and models
Just a thought, I guess that's how it goes
When it's all you know, and you ain't a dreamer
And you ain't a dreamer
I guess that's how it be, when it's all you see
And you ain't a dreamer, and you ain't a dreamer
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Oh shit, another day, another goddamn dollar, man
Here we go
All you gotta do is ask for it... (?)
And if I took a trip around the world, my nigga, better have ya passport
Oui, oui, baby
Shit, oui, oui to you too