[Chorus]

Sleepwalking got you following your dreams, boy

Take it from me, yeah, yeah (Never, never dream)

Don't wear your heart on your sleeve, boy

Tellin' me this world isn't all that it seems

You're 'bout to fall for the scheme

We all wanna be kings, boy

Take it easy, ayy, ayy (Never, never dream)

It ain't as easy as it seems, boy

Everybody wanna lead, but nobody wanna bleed

[Verse 1]

Now was it all to bling?

I used to read the Source magazine

Before I started going full-force at this rapping thing

I had a mean left, but never had a battle swing

Yet, I would ball up all the ballers on the traveling team

I was a bit more secure than your average teen

Too broke for prom, yet the queens kept asking me to ask them

I was like, "Ask him"

I was thin, about five-ten, benching with the baddest thing in school

Sneaking sips of pop's pimp juice

Rocking Timbs and my gym shoes

But still hoopin' on niggas with the truest form swishin'

But now I think my uniform is missin'

'Cause me missin' shots, rarer than a unicorn existing

I was playin' more positions than they shoot in porn pictures

I was born with it, but I wasn't born for it

Still I never looked back like Forest

[Chorus]

Sleepwalking got you following your dreams, boy

Take it from me, hold up, ayy (Never, never dream)

Don't wear your heart on your sleeve, boy

Tellin' me this world isn't all that it seems

You're 'bout to fall for the scheme

We all wanna be kings, boy

Take it easy, ayy, check (Never, never dream)

It ain't as easy as it seems, boy

Everybody wanna lead, but nobody wanna bleed

[Verse 2]

Oh, yes, indeed he wrote graffiti on the bus

Backseat, headphones, blown on the cusp

Being something great

Told my lady, "Wait, I gotta leave up out the States"

'Cause I ain't know who I was before I had a buzz

I used to shoot the shit with the Crips and the Bloods

Funny thing about it was I didn't know they was

Told 'em they was gods 'cause they didn't know they was

We just rolled hay, blowed away, playing thugs

We only taked drugs as a way to stay above

From government officials with missiles or the thugs with the pistols

Taking hate to places they forget to take they love

I was talking to my 'cause just the other day

Hung up the phone, didn't tell him what I want to say

I want to say that whenever you fall astray

Stay awake and you'll always find a way

[Chorus]

Sleepwalking got you following your dreams, boy

Take it from me, yeah, yeah (Never, never dream)

Don't wear your heart on your sleeve, boy

Tellin' me this world isn't all that it seems

You're 'bout to fall for the scheme

We all wanna be kings, boy

Take it easy, ayy, ayy (Never, never dream)

It ain't as easy as it seems, boy

Everybody wanna lead, but nobody wanna bleed

[Verse 3]

I mean, damn, it's like everyday's the same day

Another realisation that you ain't paid

I came to the conclusion that I can't complain

'Cause if the world was a canvas, I wouldn't paint pain

I've seen Jay's fame but I took Dame's advice

And took the hustle route, tryna flip a couple thou'

Just like a humble child listen to my uncle's feed

Geeked off a couple thou' they was makin' once a week

Now the truth leaks out when they discussin' me

So I had to flip it for niggas that get productive, see?

Now the business is busy as a bumblebee

Hoping niggas mumble me and soon the next Puff will be

I never asked these niggas to put trust in me

But really, who would lead you to the heavens if it wasn't me?

Huh? Plus I do it so comfortably

Doc Martin, never thought I would become a King

[Chorus]

(Never, never dream)

Don't wear your heart on your sleeve, boy

Tellin' me this world isn't all that it seems

You're 'bout to fall for the scheme

We all wanna be kings, boy

Take it easy, ayy, ayy (Never, never dream)

It ain't as easy as it seems, boy

Everybody wanna lead, but nobody wanna bleed

[Outro]

It ain't as easy as it seems, boy

Everybody wanna lead, but nobody wanna bleed