Street Dreams (Remix) - Nas/R. Kelly
Lyrics by：Annie Lennox/Dave Stewart/Nasir Jones/Samuel Barnes/Jean Claude Olivier
Composed by：Annie Lennox/Dave Stewart/Nasir Jones/Samuel Barnes/Jean Claude Olivier
Nas：
Yo this remix goes out to everybody out there
That call theyself"keepin' it real"
From yours truly Escobar and Big R
From New York to Chi-Town
Check it out now
Commissioner Steve Stoute
Trackmasters QB check it yo
Low profile rap style slick as Nu Nile
Give the crew pounds every time we cover new ground
Still survivin' but there's a few down back in the essence
I'm askin' questions on the phone with jail adolescents
Quiet confession the system's applyin' the pressure
My mind is guessin' is livin' and dyin' a lesson
But not to be obliged with the mirage of cars
Take me off track from what the Gods focus on hard
Laid up smokin' cigars motionin' maids
To bring me toast and eggs kosher
Ice chokers and wolves to smoke ya
My wisdom culture lives in ultra madness
Devoted Coach bag b***h
Broke the average n***a's hopes to get mad rich
But what's the purpose
Only the Gods can watch the Earth twist
I'm physically trapped down on the surface
With all the crack merchants snakes and serpents
Foul jakes that search us
Clowns with four pounds this ain't a circus
R. Kelly：
Street dreamer
Oh mercy mercy me
Ain't nothin' out there for ya
There ain't nothin' out there for you
Situation's gettin' heavy
Heavy heavy tryin' to be a gangsta
Nas：
Word up
Black clouds over the hood I'm on the corner with the thugs
Late night under the Moon as they assume I'm slangin' d**gs
'Cause I'm hooded up thought a G a night wasn't good enough
Pushed my luck yo they had a brother put in cuffs
Luckily made it out of court comfortably
Judge said I need a job ain't nothin' comin' free
Could've got a one-to-three
I try to school these shorties under me
But they can't see from life to death
So now we back to where we never left
The ghetto it's a d**n shame knowin' it's a man's game
Shorty thinks it's time to make your plans change
All that runnin' round tryin' to chase what's already here
Been there it's goin' nowhere
Pops told me knuckle up no fear
I wish some of these killings they could be prevented
Whatever happens it was written meaning God meant it
But during life you put your heart in it
Even though it seems we bein' targeted
Let that brother R hit it
R. Kelly：
Street dreamer
Oh mercy mercy me
Ain't nothin' out there for ya
There ain't nothin' out there for you
Situation's gettin' heavy
Heavy heavy tryin' to be a gangsta
Dream on dream on
Dream on dream on
Dream on dream on
Dream on dream on
Street dreamer yeah
Street dreamer dream on
Dream on
Nas/R. Kelly：
Sort of wild since a child hope was all we had
Dreamt of plushed-out pads
Complainin' the mental strainin'
How many in my crew was into gainin'
Subtract the weak links up out the chain and
Rise and start reignin'
Blasphemy usin' Nas' name in vain
Some claim supreme being yet they lied in his name
I tried to learn the game and only thing I found incredible
Everything I tried to learn see I already knew
That's right
And it's embedded in my heart now
So I could sit back count a stack and play my part now
I saw my life flash in front of my eyes
He wore disguise
Put a gun to me hungry he went on to chastise
That's Nas ain't it
Made it rich from entertainment
Fresh Wally's painted as he told the kid he came with
My first thought was"How the game flip"
Yo perhaps it was somebody I smacked drunk in a party on 'gac
Or was I marked for a contract
For some foul act I did a while back
Or even beyond that
He got me layin' face flat sayin' my grace Black
Woke up in a cold sweat yo I hate that
Nightmares feelin' real word to Will
My A-Alike I lost in the battlefield
That's why I hit the mic with mad appeal
Grab your shield and meet your maker
The Queens n***as die for paper
Deed the things the street dreams will take ya
R. Kelly：
Street dreamer
Oh mercy mercy me
Ain't nothin' out there for ya
There ain't nothin' out there for you
Situation's gettin' heavy
Heavy heavy tryin' to be a gangsta
Street dreamer
Oh mercy mercy me
Ain't nothin' out there for ya
There ain't nothin' out there for you
Situation's gettin' heavy
Heavy heavy tryin' to be a gangsta
Street dreamer
Oh mercy mercy me
Ain't nothin' out there for ya
