Dreams and Nightmares (Intro) Lyrics

[Part I: "Dreams"]

[Intro]
Ain't this what they've been waitin' for?
You ready? Uh, uh

[Verse]
I used to pray for times like this, to rhyme like this
So I had to
Grind like that to shine like this, in a matter of
Time I spent on some locked-up shit, in the back of the
Paddy wagon, cuffs locked on wrists

Seen my dreams unfold, nightmares come true
It was time to marry the game and I said, "Yeah, I do"
If you want it, you gotta see it with a clear-eyed view
Got shorty, she tryna bless me like I said "achoo"
Like a nigga sneezed, nigga, please, 'fore them triggers squeeze
I'm gettin' cream, never let them hoes get in between of what we started
Lil' nigga, but I'm lion-hearted
They love me when I was stuck and they hated when I departed
I go and get it regardless, draw it like I'm an artist
No crawlin', went straight to walkin', with foreigns in my garages
All foreign bitches ménagin', fuckin', suckin' and swallowin'

Anything for a dollar, they tell me get 'em, I got 'em
I did it without a album
I did shit with Mariah
Lil' nigga, I'm on fire
Icy as a hockey rink, Philly nigga, I'm flyer
When I bought the Rolls Royce they thought it was leased
Then I bought that new Ferrari, hater, rest in peace
Hater, rest in peace, rest in peace to the parking lot
Phantom so big, can't even fit in the parking spot

You ain't talkin' 'bout my niggas, then what you talkin' 'bout?
Gangstas move in silence, nigga, and I don't talk a lot
I don't say a word, I don't say a word
Was on my grind and now I got what I deserve, fuck nigga (Ah)
Maybach Music
[Part II: "Nightmares"]

[Verse]
Hold up, wait a minute (Minute), y'all thought I was finished? (Woah)
When I bought that Aston Martin, y'all thought it was rented? (Yeah)
Flexin' on these niggas, I'm like Popeye on his spinach
Double M, yeah, that's my team, Rozay the captain, I'm lieutenant
I'm the type to count a million cash then grind like I'm broke
That Lambo' my new bitch, she don't ride like my Ghost
I'm ridin' around my city with my hand strapped to my toast
'Cause these niggas want me dead and I gotta make it back home
'Cause my mama need that bill money, my son need some milk

These niggas try take my life, they fuck around, get killed
You fuck around, you fuck around, you fuck around, get smoked
'Cause these Philly niggas I brought with me don't fuck around, no joke, no
All I know is murder, when it come to me
I got young niggas that's rollin', I got niggas throwin' B's
I done did the DOA's, I done did the KOD's
Every time I'm in that bitch, I get to throwin' thirty G's
But now I'm hangin' out that drop head, I'm ridin' down on Collins (Skrrt)
They let my nigga Ern back home, that young nigga be wildin' (Let's go)
We young niggas, we mobbin' (Mobbin'), like Batman and we're robbin' (Woah)
This two-door Maybach with my seat all reclinin'
I'm like, "Real nigga, what up? Real nigga, what up?"
If you ain't about that murder game, then pussy nigga, shut up (What?)
If you diss me in your raps, I'll get yo' pussy-ass stuck up
When you touchdown in my hood, no, that tour life ain't good
Catch me down in MIA at that Heat game on wood
With that Puma life on my feet, like that lil' engine, I could
Boy, I slide down on your block (Block), bike on 12 o'clock (Rah)
And they be throwin' deuces on the same nigga they watch (Meek Milly)
And I'm the king of my city 'cause I'm still callin' them shots
And these lames talkin' that bullshit the same niggas that flopped
I'm the same nigga from Berks Street with them nappy braids, that loc'
The same nigga that came up and I had to wait for my spot
And these niggas hatin' on me (Me), hoes waitin' on me (Me)
Still on that hood shit, my Rolls-Royce on E
They gon' remember me, I say remember me
So much money, have yo' friends turn in yo' enemies
And when there's beef, I turn my enemies to memories
With them bricks, they go for forty, ain't no ten a key
Hold up, broke nigga turned rich (Rich), love the game like Mitch (Mitch)
And if I leave, you think them pretty hoes gon' still suck my dick?
It was somethin' 'bout that Rollie when it first touched my wrist
Had me feelin' like that dope boy when he first touched that brick
I'm gone
Haha
[Outro]
Woo

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Genius Annotation

This Intro sets the tone for the theme of Meek’s entire album, so literally that the song itself is broken into two parts. The beginning – an upbeat braggadocio depicting Meek’s ascension to the top (i.e. Dreams) – is juxtaposed by an anger-fueled tirade (i.e. Nightmares) midway through the track.

To bring it full circle, Meek’s concluding bar of the Intro (“It was something ‘bout that Rollie when it first touched my wrist, Had me feeling like that dope boy when he first touched that brick”) acts as a representation of the album art itself – a Rolex watch connected to a handcuff (in other words: a dream & a nightmare), setting the stage for the rapper’s debut studio album.

NFL team Philadelphia Eagles have embraced the song as their anthem during a rocky journey to Super Bowl Lll. Even a section of “Dreams and Nightmares” was used as their Super Bowl LII entrance song to show solidarity with Meek, who was born and raised in Philadelphia. The Eagles proceeded to win the game 41-33, earning their first super bowl. They, like Meek, succeeded despite being written off.

Following their Super Bowl victory, NBCSports Philadelphia heralded the song as “the greatest Philly sports anthem ever.”

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Release Date
October 30, 2012
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