Intro:       It's not me exactly,    Who touches people,    It's what i represent    The possibility that dreams    Long ago may still come true    Even if they look lost forever.       Verse One:       I had a homie named Tony    16, 6 2    headed to the NBA    straight from high school    my nigga had his ball game on lock    but at the same time    he was in love with the block    all the stuff that came wit it    the drugs and the guns    the gangs, the slang    and all the funds    he just got a letter of contempt    from the Cavaliers    sayin how they love him    and they wish he was there    he had it made like special ed    about to get the bread    but chose to do something dumb instead    go to war with the crew on the other side of town    and was most ready    till he got laid down    he aint even have a chane    died before the ambulance    even got to him    so many went through him    I hate to tell the story    but thats how it is    growin up in tha hood    as a kid       Chorus:       When you got big dreams    dont listen to what nobody say    and dont let nobody turn you away    When you got big dreams    keep your eyes on the prize    dont fall to the waste side    When you got big dreams    dont listen to what nobody say    and dont let nobody turn you away    When you got big dreams    keep your eyes on the prize    dont fall to the waste side    reach for the sky       Verse Two:       I knew this girl named Gina    that was a hell of a singer    and everybody fell in love    with her when they seen her    babygirl was on the verge    of signing a big deal    eighteen, and life looked so so real    She was stuck wit a dude    that was all bad news    and all he ever did was give    baby the blues    but she was true to a nigga    do for a nigga    pop you and ya whole crew    for a nigga    One night he came    picked her up    told her lets ride    thats the same night    that he watched her die    they was tryna hit a lick    but the lick hit back    put a end to the deal    and all of that    she aint even have to he there    he knew it wasn't right    now he gotta deal with it    for the rest of his life    and the part i dont like    he aint even get graze    but homegirl Gina    is layin in the grave       Chorus:       When you got big dreams    dont listen to what nobody say    and dont let nobody turn you away    When you got big dreams    keep your eyes on the prize    dont fall to the waste side    When you got big dreams    dont listen to what nobody say    and dont let nobody turn you away    When you got big dreams    keep your eyes on the prize    dont fall to the waste side    reach for the sky       Verse Three:       I got a few relatives    given family drama    always got they hands out    when they see me and my momma    One coulda benn a doctor    the other a chef    but when he got his own kitchen    he was cookin somethin else    Now his life in the drain    a trifilin shame    He all washed up    wife took everything    No car no mo' no house    and everywhere he go    he stole    so they throwed him out    I was growin up    lookin up to be like them    Now Im throwin up cash    rollin up in the Bent    I was stuck wit a dream    I had since a shorty    I be damned if i let    another man support me    now uncle Junebucks sick    skinny as hell    he got AIDS in his body    from the needles he shared    everytime he get his welfare checks    he dont care    You wanna see him go to the crack house    he there       Chorus:       When you got big dreams    dont listen to what nobody say    and dont let nobody turn you away    When you got big dreams    keep your eyes on the prize    dont fall to the waste side    When you got big dreams    dont listen to what nobody say    and dont let nobody turn you away    When you got big dreams    keep your eyes on the prize    dont fall to the waste side    reach for the sky       When you got big dreams (repeat 4x)    keep your eyes on the prize    dont fall to the waste side    reach for the sky