Dreaming With Our Eyes Open-Witt Lowry

[ti:Dreaming With Our Eyes Open] [ar:Witt Lowry] [al:Dreaming With Our Eyes Open] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Dreaming With Our Eyes Open - Witt Lowry [00:35.90]Stuck in the same room in the same mood [00:38.22]Everybody tried to tell me what I can't do [00:40.30]Everybody tried to tell me that I changed too [00:42.12]And I changed lanes from you lame dudes [00:43.99]It's been a minute since I spilled my pain [00:45.70]Had to take a step back and look at life in a different way [00:48.15]If you want the change you gotta be the change [00:50.35] [00:51.10]Now we're all the same [00:52.88]Nobody wanna take the reins nobody wanna push their brain [00:55.68]Nobody will admit that they're fake for the facts they claim [00:58.01]You see we're all imperfect in a perfect way [01:00.12]And while we work all day we're all work no play [01:02.24]We're slaved to the loans and the bills we pay [01:04.11]You consume a double cheese when the radio play [01:06.15]Mainstream mickey d's and my sh*t gourmet [01:08.94]I've been up for seven days straight [01:10.42]Trying to figure out my fate [01:11.91]Trying to figure out any way to put food on my plate [01:14.08]But I sold a few tee's so I'm eating today [01:16.26]Okay I'm doing okay could probably do better [01:18.80]Came home to a letter eviction [01:20.24]I know I don't fit your description of a rapper [01:22.06]But me I'm a clearer they threw all the cheddar [01:24.15]I know everything that glitter ain't gold [01:26.39]Life is the clay you too busy to mold [01:28.25]Time here is taking it's toll [01:29.64]We spend all our time without passion and then we get old [01:32.22]Was told I should go quit [01:33.77]But none of you see all the letters I get from these kids [01:36.13]Who hurt from within and don't wanna live [01:38.23]And tell me my music is all that can give them hope [01:41.00] [01:41.87]Yeah all we need it some hope [01:44.13]And they tell me their family's broken and broke [01:46.21]They using my music to cope [01:47.69]I've been on that boat held down by a rope [01:49.69]Held down by a string y'all looking for things [01:51.71]I'm looking to change the perception of people [01:53.73]And all of the beautiful things that it brings [01:55.96]Yeah record in my closet don't make enough profit [01:58.21]Y'all used to have morals and somehow you lost it [02:00.25]Don't care about the money I spend on my coffin [02:02.20]I care bout the people attending [02:03.63]And often we're lost lost in this world [02:05.75]We're selfish to think I could find happiness in a girl [02:08.20]We're selfish to think we're elite we destroy and deplete [02:10.54]Our whole planet no smarter than squirrels [02:12.19]So who wants to talk about that who wants to talk about facts [02:15.27]Maybe I'd be in your mag if I added tunechi or bap-bap [02:18.07]Or I talked about w**d when I rap [02:19.74]But f**k all of that the voice of the youth [02:21.64]The voice of the people the real and the truth [02:23.79]The voice of the one who had nothing to lose [02:25.60]I speak for a heart that's been broken and beaten and bruised [02:28.10]I'm tired of holes in my shoes [02:29.81]Tired of having to move tired of coming unglued [02:32.81]Tired of cleaning your table and serving you food [02:35.28]We are what we choose if only you knew the sh*t that I've seen [02:37.94]I can't tell if I'm lucid or living the dream [02:40.17]I don't do it for me do it all for the team [02:42.11]I remember back living when I was a teen [02:44.11]And my grandma she said I was worthless [02:46.17]And my teachers said I had no purpose [02:48.16]And my mama she said I was perfect [02:49.81]I'm sitting on twitter while I should be working on verses [02:52.26]You're worth it and when you feel weak [02:53.71]The deeper the trench the higher the peak [02:55.66]See y'all are a piece of my legacy [02:57.34]Cause you believe we can be anything and I wanna be me