Dreamer Lyrics - This Thing Called Life - August Alsina

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 

*** 

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 

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