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Hopes & Dreams Lyrics by NdineZulu

What Should’ve Been

2018

[Hook: Gladys]
Hopes and dreams, people dream of a better life
What it is life's no paradise
We just live off some borrowed times
Paradise, life's no paradise
[Verse 1: NdineZulu]
See I have family that work in hotels they might never sleep in
I know dudes that clean cars they might never drive and
No I don't judge em' but odds keep stackin' against them
And many others that strive to make a living & there are plenty I know
Many more I do not know that, resort to many illegal schemes to meet earns meat
For a piece of meat on their plate and we still do judge them
Even though we D.O.N.O.T understand the driving force behind their actions
The masses like to act all righteous and judge the hookers
But never the men, that pay for the services offered, but until the lion learns to write
The hunter will always be glorified, you never take sides I never side neutral
Its right for the hunters rifle to hunt a lion for pride, but never the pride ambush a man
To satisfy their hunger lest it sparks anger among the masses
I'm sick and tired of y'all acting like we're not part of the problem
[Hook: Gladys]
Hopes and dreams, people dream of a better life
What it is life's no paradise
We just live off some borrowed times
Paradise, life's no paradise
[Verse 2: NdineZulu]
What about the sister working in the jewelry store, she can't afford to buy from
General cleaners in the private school, stressin' daily and deep inside she know she can't afford to
Have her kid enrolled to, same school she works for, pray for em
Anything for a dollar bill is fine right? Must I write everything I observe
And leave it unsaid, hoping these tables would turn, bridges would burn
All by themselves I am that flame, at the ocean floor
I know I am an anomaly so I speak for my people, the ones we see as not equal
And things we see but ignore like the evils in the sequel that people choose not to speak of
I'm no hero, no saint just a zero, like everybody else
Except I choose to be the guy that flipped the script and spoke of things we'd never speak of
Like a how a mans unfaithfulness doesn't break a home
A woman's would never make a song
Lets break the norm
[Hook: Gladys]
Hopes and dreams, people dream of a better life
What it is life's no paradise
We just live off some borrowed times
Paradise, life's no paradise
[Outro: Moo-Moo Majazzy]
Life ain't no paradise
It is what it is
Ain't no paradise
Ain't no
Oh yeah, Oh no
Credits
NdineZulu

NdineZulu

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"Hopes & Dreams" appears on "What Should’ve Been" in 2018.

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