American Dream (feat. Jo$wae)
Lil Sham
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American Dream, yeah my grandma used to pray for it Growing up with nothing in a country that doesn't pay for it Had to walk for miles just to keep the family hydrated Had to work her ass off and only earn a dime for it Seven kids deep, man we really talking mob ties Had no other choice but to flee her town in search for it Reality hits but you gotta keep your head cool Dreaming about the future is what really keeps the heart full Hoping for a life without poverty or turmoil Educate the family and start to plan our own soil It was time to pack the bags and get out of Ayótitlan Move to Cali for the grind Niños, eso es el plan One eye to the future, and one eye to survival Keep the family close and let the glue be the Bible Do it for my people, my children, who coming after me Am I really worthy of this life or is it more to me Power to the people The people who sacrificed their lives so we can be here The people who broke their backs so we can stand The people who gave their voices so we can shout The people who left their country just to make it out Make it out the struggle Put their blood, sweat, and tears into giving us comfort Hold our hands and tell us they love us Tell us to get an education and that's my inspiration that's the American Dream yeah my grandma used to pray for it Growing up with nothing in a country that doesn't pay for it She taught me to grind hard and put on for my people Use my voice to stand, and fight to be equal Cause reality is that America's two-sided Like a double-edged sword that Donald Trump divided With his bigoted tweets And his orange outline he brought out the racists that were safely hiding Make America great again As if it ever was Best believe we angry And that's because My people have been oppressed, since Fourteen Ninety-Two They raped Native land said it wasn't true White man makes the rules and that's the way it goes From Columbus to Trump how did we get this low The system wasn't designed for my people to succeed The ice on my neck is the only ice we need Illegality is a term, coined by fear They'd rather keep us out than comply to hear That we're educated and well aware of the facts Watch us struggle to pay bills, while y'all evading Taxes It's cold-blooded world giving chills to this beat We know our history and we won't let it repeat Looking to the past, dawg, one thing is fasho We gonna pour our hearts out and we gonna get this dough But the American Dream is more than just hard work It's a mentality to fight back and dig from the dirt, sham Working for a better life That's what my grandma used to pray for
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Written by: Josue Gil-Silva, Samuel Gil-Silva
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