Dream Big

I just needed time to concentrate It's different now cuz we talk but we never conversate I left it all in the open for y'all to commentate Sitting here as I contemplate switching gears Got no time to waste, huh And open minds got the finest taste I took the bus and my school was like an hour away So tell me that I ain't gifted when I was sitting And scribbling lines to fit in, And venting to pass the time away So just tell me the time and place A Florida boy tryna be a voice for the entire state They tell me that my ambition is gonna kill me I'd rather that than be driven by nine to fives I got bills to pay I know it's hard out here, we pour our hearts out here Put up our guards out here, can't even talk out here Was feeling lost out here, but now the city's looking different They pull cards out here So I focus on keeping my nose clean Grew up around dope fiends, by any and no means This town couldn't hold me, try to plant my success But the money don't grow on trees What's locked up ain't no AC And I know you see That these dreams are bigger than me And it's bigger than rap it seems My heart attached to my sleeve and confidence in my jeans So how could I keep the peace when my cousin's keeping the peace And now he's blowing off steam like Promise you'll think about me when I'm gone Cuz everything I gave was for the cause Now we roll the windows down exhausted I lost it, yeah I lost it And someone told me always dream big And run from the city cuz it'll hurt you again So I had to leave, I hope that you understand Dream big Dream big It's that kind of writing you can't replicate I stay awake jotting these verses to pressure make For diamond records and then my section was never safe But knew that I had a purpose to keep my head on straight We need a guidance While some were toting pistols just surviving I was in my bedroom writing my own version of "ambitions as a rida'" Tryna vent with all my idols Got a friend tryna rap too Down a few miles from my spot now Downtown called it the dog pound Cuz it was rough, parents ain't did enough He wanted to be remembered for it's songs and not the drugs Cuz when it's all said and done We all die under the sun and your environment Shapes you into the person you become I never run is what he told me then Someone broke into his home and stole the tree and ornaments Everything gone so he quit the rap thing And now he's back to selling dope again Damn Promise you'd think about me when I'm gone Cuz everything I gave was for the cause Now we roll the windows down exhausted I lost it, yeah I lost it And someone told me always dream big And run from the city cuz it'll hurt you again So I had to leave, I hope that you understand Dream big Dream big I don't know, when I was young I used to play a lot with fire And like, until one day I grabbed the flame and I got burnt And you know, my mom got mad at me And like, I don't know, 20 years later I'm still playing with fire and I'm still getting burnt