Dollar And A Dream III (Explicit) - J. Cole

Lyrics by：Jermaine Coleman

Composed by：Jermaine Coleman

Yeah hey cole world

Hey I gotta dollar and a dream

That's all a n***a got

So if it's 'bout that cream

Then I'm all up in the spot

I got a dollar and a dream

Just a dollar and a dream

Cole walk with a n***a

I give you my pain

So much on my mind

I wonder how it fit in my brain

Scattered thoughts

Dark secrets lead me to a blacker heart

Life can't get any worse

Stevie with his glasses off

'Cause I still don't see hope

Lookin' for a quick fix

When everyone I see is broke

Get lost in w**d smoke

Knowin' it make it worse

Thoughts roam uncontrollably

Barely trustin' n***as

Over a decade they been knowin' me

S**t life at the bottom

Nobody but God got 'em

They say he wouldn't leave me

Yet I'm fallin' like it's Autumn

Tell me what do you do just

When you're on your last dollar

And the stress of this mess

You in can make your a*s holla

Do you fold grow bitter and grow cold

No longer fightin'

Now the only thing you grow is old

Or do you flip that f**kin' dollar to a dream

Whether a scholar or a fiend

Watch a pawn become a king

Cole

Young n***a with his jeans low

Nice guy just got a mean flow

Never seen rich but he's seen poor

Mr Dollar and a dream in case she know

That's all a n***a got

So if it's 'bout that cream

Then I'm all up in the spot

I got a dollar and a dream

Just a dollar and a dream

Yeah armed and ready

You n***as strung out you spaghetti

Ya paper confetti small time

Y'all on one I'm on mine

You logged off 'cause I'm online

Small talk from small minds

I wanna buy the mall but

There ain't s**t in this small town

This where I get my dough

My n***as make sure the money

Right and then I rip the show

I run the town they tried to call me underground

I spun around like you wish

Homie my backpack Louis

Now watch just how I do this

I got the nerds rappin' hard s**t

Dummies rappin' smart s**t

Mozart meets Humphrey Bogart

With this from the heart s**t

Play your part life is but a dream for me

I get a flash of nightmares when n***as scheme on me

It's hard to see my enemies

Who infiltrated my team

I take a step back and notice

That things ain't what they seem

That's when a n***a refocus

Yeah I turn on them high beams

I got that red dot waitin'

I'm wastin' your whole regime

I wish a n***a would boy you can't out-smart me

I let you feel like you the s**t

But boy you can't out-fart me

Ya never have it I know you want what I got

But n***a you ain't me

But you are what I'm not

And that's a phony a*s

Lonely a*s cole is what you know me as

But we far from homies

If you know my mama you know me

If ya don't what then I'm sorry

You should get to know Kay

Man she been workin' too hard

I should send her a bouquet

My goal this year is a real one

Gonna stack a million

And as soon as I do

Mama that 9 to 5 is through

And I know I ain't been callin'

But I'm thinkin' 'bout you

And all the s**t that you been through

My girl and then my brother too

'Cause this life gets hard on this road

Yeah it's true

I don't never tell you how much

I be stressin' but I do

But I suck it up for who

My fans and my mans

Who probably never ever had this

Type of lifestyle in they plans

Hoppin' in and out of vans

On the buses on the planes

Gettin' brain from a b***h and thinkin'

Goddamn what's her name

Sometimes I just shake my

Head and tell myself this is a shame

And then my other side kick in like

B***h don't be so f**kin' lame

Dang what a life another day another night

At times this s**t is all blurry

Pray and hope that God heard me

Just for those prayin' for me

Man I know that y'all worry

But I ain't never failed and you can bet I never will

Cole

Young n***a with his jeans low

Nice guy just got a mean flow

Never seen rich but he's seen poor

Mr Dollar and a dream in case she ain't know

That's all a n***a got

So if it's 'bout that cream

Then I'm all up in the spot

I got a dollar and a dream

Just a dollar and a dream

Hey 'cause n***a that's life

And trust me I'm livin'

Look what a n***a made out the s**t that I was given

Look what a n***a made out

Look what a n***a made out

Got a dollar and a dream

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