Since a youngin' I've been dreamin' of gettin' rich Look at me, my n***a fantasizin' bout a white picket fence It's the trees, my n***a, used to want a pad, find it with some tents That's all I need, my n***a, throw some twenties on that bitch and get it rinsed But now I see, my n***a, that the world's a lot bigger ever since Picked up the paper and they say my n***a had it caught a body, I'm convinced Anybody is a killer, all you gotta do is push him to the limps *** bein' timid in the civic, politickin' with the pushers and the pimps I'm tryin' write a story, can I get a glimpse? Last night I had a bad dream That I was trapped in this city, then I asked, is that really such a bad thing? They robbin' n****s on the daily, can you blame a n***a that ain't ever had things? Guess not Last night, they put up on my n***a at the light like, uh, nice watch, runnin' Hands in the air now, hands in the air, runnin' Hands in the air now, hands in the air, runnin' Hands in the air now, hands in the air Hands in the air now, hands in the air Small town n***a, Hollywood dreams I know that everything that glitters ain't gold I know that *** ain't always good as it seems But tell me, till you get it, how could you know? How could you know? How could you know? How could you know? How could you know? How could you know? Listen up, I'm about to go and get rich *** with me, my n***a, we gon' soak around the villa and hit a lick Cop some trees, my n***a, and some powder, bag it up and make a flip And you gon' see, my n***a, one day we gon' graduate and cop a brick And that's the key, my n***a, listen up, I'm about to go and get rich So stand back and watch if you want to, n***a Me, I want my pockets fatter, better, bitch Tired of seein' n****s float, I wanna flunk too, n***a Watch the rollers in the fuckin' Cran-Vit Try and lock a n***a up, that's what they won't do, n***a Wanna know a funny thing about this ***? Even if you let him kill your dream, it'll haunt you, n***a, haunt you Last night, I had a bad dream That I was trapped in the city, then I asked, Is that really such a bad thing? I look around like, Do you wanna be another n***a that ain't never had things? Guess not Last night, we pulled up on a n***a at the light, like Nice watch Run it Hands in the air, now Hands in the air Run it Hands in the air, now Hands in the air Run it Hands in the air, now Hands in the air Hands in the air, now Hands in the air Father, forgive me for my childish ways I look outside and all the clouds are gray I need your hands to take me miles away Your wish is my command, my command, my command But before you go, I've got to warn you now Whatever goes up, surely must come down You'll get your peace, but no peace won't be found So I just take me, man, take me, man, take me, man Your wish is my command, my command, my command