Lil Sham, Jo$wae - American Dream Lyrics

American Dream, yeah my grandma used to pray for it
Growing up with nothing in a country that doesn't pay for it
Had to walk for miles just to keep the family hydrated
Had to work her ass off and only earn a dime for it
Seven kids deep, man we really talking mob ties
Had no other choice but to flee her town in search for it
Reality hits but you gotta keep your head cool
Dreaming about the future is what really keeps the heart full

Hoping for a life without poverty or turmoil
Educate the family and start to plan our own soil
It was time to pack the bags and get out of Ayótitlan
Move to Cali for the grind
Niños, eso es el plan
One eye to the future, and one eye to survival
Keep the family close and let the glue be the Bible
Do it for my people, my children, who coming after me
Am I really worthy of this life or is it more to me

Power to the people
The people who sacrificed their lives so we can be here
The people who broke their backs so we can stand
The people who gave their voices so we can shout
The people who left their country just to make it out
Make it out the struggle
Put their blood, sweat, and tears into giving us comfort
Hold our hands and tell us they love us
Tell us to get an education and that's my inspiration that's the

American Dream yeah my grandma used to pray for it
Growing up with nothing in a country that doesn't pay for it
She taught me to grind hard and put on for my people
Use my voice to stand, and fight to be equal
Cause reality is that America's two-sided
Like a double-edged sword that Donald Trump divided
With his bigoted tweets
And his orange outline he brought out the racists that were safely hiding
Make America great again
As if it ever was
Best believe we angry
And that's because
My people have been oppressed, since Fourteen Ninety-Two
They raped Native land said it wasn't true
White man makes the rules and that's the way it goes
From Columbus to Trump how did we get this low
The system wasn't designed for my people to succeed
The ice on my neck is the only ice we need

Illegality is a term, coined by fear
They'd rather keep us out than comply to hear
That we're educated and well aware of the facts
Watch us struggle to pay bills, while y'all evading Taxes
It's cold-blooded world giving chills to this beat
We know our history and we won't let it repeat
Looking to the past, dawg, one thing is fasho
We gonna pour our hearts out and we gonna get this dough
But the American Dream is more than just hard work
It's a mentality to fight back and dig from the dirt, sham
Working for a better life
That's what my grandma used to pray for