Yeah hey Cole world. [Hook]. Hey I gotta dollar and a dream that's all a nigga got. So if it's bout that cream then I'm all up in the spot. I got a dollar and a dream just a dollar and a dream. [Verse 1: J. Cole]. Cole walk with a nigga I give you my pain. So much on my mind I wonder how it fit in my brain. Scattered thoughts dark secrets lead me to a blacker heart. Life can't get any worse Stevie with his glasses off. Cause I still don't see hope lookin' for a quick fix. When everyone I see is broke get lost in weed smoke. Knowin' it make it worse thoughts roam uncontrollably. Barely trustin' niggas over a decade they been knowin' me. Shit life at the bottom nobody but God got em'. They say he wouldn't leave me yet I'm fallin' like it's Autumn. Tell me what do you do just when you're on your last dollar. And the stress of this mess you in can make your ass holla?. Do you fold grow bitter and grow cold?. No longer fightin' now the only thing you grow is old. Or do you flip that fuckin' dollar to a dream?. Whether a scholar or a fiend watch a pawn become a king. Cole!. [Bridge]. Young nigga with his jeans low. Nice guy just got a mean flow. Never seen rich but he's seen poor. Mr. dollar and a dream in case yeen know. [Hook]. [Verse 2: J. Cole]. Yeah armed and ready you niggas strung out you spaghetti. Ya paper confetti small time ya'll on one I'm on mine. You logged off cause I'm online small talk from small minds. I wanna buy the mall but there ain't shit in this small town. This where I get my dough. My niggas make sure the money right and then I rip the show. I run the town they tried to call me underground. I spun around like you wish. Homie my backpack Louis now watch just how I do this. I got the nerds rappin' hard shit dummies rappin' smart shit. Mozart meets Humphrey Bogart with this from the heart shit. Play your part life is but a dream for me. I get a flash of nightmares when niggas scheme on me. It's hard to see my enemies who infiltrated my team. I take a step back and notice that things ain't what they seem. That's when a nigga refocus yeah I turn on them high beams. I got that red dot waitin' I'm wastin' your whole regime. I wish a nigga would boy you can't out-smart me. I let you feel like you the shit but boy you can't out-fart me. Ya never have it I know you want what I got. But nigga you ain't me but you are what I'm not. And that's a phony ass lonely ass Cole is what you know me as. But we far from homies if you know my mama you know me. If ya don't then well I'm sorry you should get to know Kay. Man she been workin' too hard I should send her a bouquet. My goal this year is a real one gonna stack a million. And as soon as I do Mama that 9 to 5 is through. And I know I ain't been callin' but I'm thinkin' bout you. And all the shit that you been through. My girl and then my brother too. Cause this life gets hard on this road yeah it's true. I don't never tell you how much I be stressin' but I do. But I suck it up for who? my fans and my mans. Who probably never ever had this type of lifestyle in they plans. Hoppin' in and out of vans on the buses on the planes. Gettin' brain from a bitch and thinkin' "god damn what's her name?". Sometimes I just shake my head and tell myself this is a shame. And then my other side kick in like "bitch don't be so fuckin' lame". Dang what a life another day another night. At times this shit is all blurry pray and hope that God heard me. Just for those prayin' for me man I know that y'all worry. But I ain't never failed and you can bet I never will. Cole!. [Bridge]. [Hook]. Hey cause nigga that's life and trust me I'm livin'. Look what a nigga done made out the shit that I was given. Look what a nigga made out look what a nigga made out. Got a dollar and a dream three