Cause out here on the real streets, a dreamer always stay sleep

from UGK (Ft. Charlie Wilson) – How Long Can it Last Lyrics on Rap Genius

Nice wordplay here: Dreams occur in the subconscious. When you are dreaming, you are not out living in the real world, hence you’re “sleeping”.

A deeper interpretation for this line could be using the world sleep to mean death. Trying to live a fantasy world where everything is ideal (dreamer) could end up getting you killed out on the streets. The line essentially parallel’s the quote “I’ll sleep when I’m dead”.

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