now i was sitting on a mountain of dilemmas guzzling 40 ounces to the liver thinking about my life my life how i was living in strife we would be out all night in front of my building in the gutter the impoverished civilians it was life or death i was just trying to make a killing jobs wasn t hiring mama lost her mind again daughter needed diapers and daddy needed a vicodin baby girl getting older and it won t be long til she got the weight of the world on her shoulders try to be calm this chronic prevent me from doing niggas bodily harm gotta remind me i m shawn cuz sometimes i be lost fantasizing about cars go to sleep with a picture of a maserati on my wall from them projects and buildings to a yacht and some slippers had them christopher wallace intentions i had to get it big dreams big dreams the whole city was mine big dreams big dreams benz beepers and 9 s big dreams big dreams the only limit s the sky got me feeling like the world is mine now close your eyes now everybody has a dream but not every man has a plan for some it becomes a reality slight chance but hey you you take it for what it s worth even if it just so happens your face end up in the dirt where i m from the definition of work is a zipper some purp or a key of that girl i swear the city s bizerk wanted to travel the world leave a dent on this earth i guess a nigga in search always trying to find an exit was tired of living reckless in my mind envisioned myself driving in a lexus uh you ll know ya nig got it made when the cops never raid and the crib got a maid why life as a shorty gotta be fucked up i just want what s mine i ain t asking for much i mean i had dreams and rapping was one it was either that or ski mask and a gun but you don t hear me tho  know what i m saying close your eyes man picture that man close your eyes and envision this you know what i m saying it s the life it s a cole world big cars expensive linen you know what it is grizzly city to the ville nigga real niggas connect know what i m saying respect fayettnam all the way to grizzly city nigga big dreams it s the f