[Intro: Silver Convention, Scribe]

Dreaming, I'm only

Dreaming, I'm only

Dreaming my troubles away

Check it out, one, two

Hey yo, hey yo

[Verse 1: Scribe]

I came a long way since back in the day

From a teenager tryna make it rappin' this way

Ever since I was a kid, I had somethin' to say

Rockin' mics was a dream, I didn't care about pay

I sacrificed late nights and goin' out with my friends

Just to stay home alone with my pad and my pen

Had my eyes on my prize, my mind on my goal

As I carved these rhymes out with my heart and my soul

I didn't have a CD, all I had was a tape

On the dole, so my flow was my only escape

From a world where they didn't wanna see me prevail

Don't wanna see me take it all, they'd rather see me fail, it's like

[Chorus: Scribe]

I was down and out

Struggling

Wondered how

I'm gonna make it through

I got a dream (I got a dream)

Holdin' on (I'ma hold on)

I can't let go

'Cause I gotta make it come true (Hey, yo)

[Verse 2: Scribe]

I got a dream to make it big in New York

Give up the drugs and alcohol, I didn't wanna distort

My vision to be livin' life to the full

And I wouldn'ta made it if it wasn't for you

You picked me up every time that I fell

When I was goin' through hell, you told me that I would prevail

You said I had exactly what it took to be great

That I was young and. in the future, what a man I would make

It's like you saw something in me I couldn't see

You said I would succeed and be anything I wanted to be

I'm twenty-three, and I just wanna be me

Wanna be free, wanna be everything I can be

But I don't have many choices, can't afford to be wrong

All I do is try to stay true to the words of my song

Just don't hesitate and wait too long

'Cause like a dream, when you wake up, it's gone, it's gone

[Chorus: Scribe]

I was down and out

Struggling

Wondered how

I'm gonna make it through

(Had no money in my pocket) I got a dream

(All I had was a pad and a pen) Holdin' on

(That's all I ever needed) I won't let go

'Cause I gotta make it come true (Hey, yo)

[Verse 3: Scribe]

It was a sunny day, and we were feelin' high

Jammin' the song underneath the baby blue sky

Thinking back in the time when we were so poor

'Member the kids used to laugh at the clothes we wore

We always knew one day that things were gonna change

And from that day, I was never gon' be the same

I went to sleep that night, I dreamt I touched the sky

And ever since, I've been tryna keep my dream alive

So when you see the Scribe droppin' the iller rhyme

Definin' how I'm livin' mine in this day and time

I'm workin' 9-to-5, I'm slavin' over beats

It's hard work livin' the dream, I hardly ever sleep

I'm in the rhythm deep, yo, just tryna do my thing

It's funny when you shine, and people hate to see the gleam

No matter what they say, keep on doin' what you do

And don't give up 'cause only you can make that dream come true, it's like

[Chorus: Scribe]

I was down and out

(I was way out) Struggling

Wondered how

I'm gonna make it through

I got a dream

Holdin' on

I can't let go

'Cause I gotta make it come true

[Outro: Scribe]

I was down and out

Wondered how

I got a dream

I won't let go

'Cause I got