When I bought the Rolls Royce they thought it was leased Icy as a hockey rink, Philly nigga, I’m flyer No crawlin’, went straight to walkin’, with foreigns in my garagesĪll foreign bitches ménagin’, fuckin’, suckin’ and swallowin’Īnything for a dollar, they tell me get ’em, I got ’em I go and get it regardless, draw it like I’m an artist They love me when I was stuck and they hated when I departed Of what we started, lil’ nigga but I’m lion-hearted I’m gettin’ cream, never let them hoes get in between
Like a nigga sneezed, nigga please, ‘fore them triggers squeeze Got a shorty, she tryna bless me like I said achoo If you want it you gotta see it with a clear-eyed view
It was time to marry the game and I said, “Yeah, I do” Seen my dreams unfold, nightmares come true In the back of the paddy wagon, cuffs locked on wrists So I had to grind like that to shine like thisĪnd the matter of time I spent on some locked-up shit I used to pray for times like this, to rhyme like this more? Discuss this article and others on RedEye's Facebook page.Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Meek Mill -Dreams And Nightmares (Intro) () LYRICSĪin’t this what they’ve been waitin’ for? Kyle Kramer is a RedEye special contributor. Although it's unlikely that "Dreams and Nightmares" will end up as one of the most memorable parts of Meek Mill's career, plenty of what it has to say should leave an unforgettable imprint. His evocative portrayals of violence and jail time on songs like "Polo and Shell Tops" or "In God We Trust" give life and humanity to rarely discussed realities. Despite Ross's efforts to make Meek in his own image, Meek Mill is, at heart, a fairly classic rapper, a gifted storyteller with an eye for detail in the vein of Ghostface Killah or Beanie Sigel. Nonetheless, while little on "Dreams and Nightmares" makes an effort to distinguish itself conceptually as a landmark work – it goes so far as to include the sequel to a story rap from "Dreamchasers" – Meek Mill's talent is singular.
In a year that's already seen, in addition to "Dreamchasers 2," a group album from Meek Mill's label, the Rick Ross-helmed Maybach Music Group, as well as two Rick Ross mixtapes and one Rick Ross album, one might question the need for "Dreams and Nightmares." Songs like the lush, feature-heavy "Maybach Curtains" and "Lay Up," while good, are MMG boilerplate by now there have probably been two dozen tracks this year that convey the same basic mood and message with a similar cast of performers.
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Millions of free downloads notwithstanding, the bottom line is "Dreams and Nightmares" will reach fewer people and arguably deliver less hit material (its great lead single, "Amen," was already on "Dreamchasers 2"), making it potentially easy to overlook. By all traditional metrics, Meek Mill is a pure genre artist with relatively little crossover appeal. *** (out of four) In the first verse on his debut album "Dreams and Nightmares," Meek Mill notes that he "did it without an album." Indeed, by one measurement Meek Mill is the most successful rapper currently working: His "Dreamchasers 2" mixtape, released earlier this year, holds the record for the most downloads ever from free mixtape site Datpiff at well over 3 million.
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