Dollar and a Dream

I got a dollar and a dream
That's all a man got
So if it's bout that cream then I'm all up in the spot
When u don't have money time is all you got
So are you tryna change your life or rot in the pot

Hear me out like it's life or death
Seventeen years old never been able to take a breath
My life been tragic something like Macbeth
Now you have the context let me get in depth

I was born in a country where war was a norm
People were dying while you were laughing in your dorms
Father worked in oil barely ever saw him
Oil is where the money is therefore he was a target
Growing up in that environment makes you grateful for whatever you got
Whether it's a dollar or a band
A diamond or a grain of sand
Reality hits I open my hand and all I see, I see that

All I got is a dollar and a dream
If you can't see what I'm doing turn on your high beams
Just to make man I'm going to the extremes
This shit is in my blood it's in my fucking genes
Look I wish I had some universal appeal
Maybe I'll get recognized maybe finally get a deal
But will I sell my soul or will I keep it real
I'm tryna break out of this cycle it's spinning like a wheel

I've been hustling for years doing the impossible
Jermaine said dream like you've never seen obstacles
The hope in my eyes is melting like a popsicle
It's either I end up in a mansion or a hospital

I fall I get up
I fail I never give
I'm tryna get my bread up
The lord with me if I mess up
Never doubt him I know he knows what is best for me
But all them tests take me back to elementary
Used to daydream about performing for a crowd
Tryna make my dreams come true
Tryna make my momma proud
Tryna get out there and show you what I'm all about
My faith in god hoping this shit doesn't go south

I'm on my grind tryna turn a dollar into a million
It's my time to shine don't give a fuck bout your opinion
Y'all falling behind satisfied with civilian
But I'm not civil
Came from nothing I'm a rebel
Tryna flip that dollar to a dream ill never settle till I do
Let me worry bout myself you worry about you
L.V or Jimmy Choo don't determine my value
You're brainwashed consider changing your shampoo