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Nightmares

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Nightmares

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They tell me you can only dream when you fell asleep

But now I'm working to achieve, but sleep is the only thing I never see

And I vowed that my breathing will never cease

To the retrieve then I can't let them be

I won't let 'em leave and I had the same feeling since 17

But I wasn't ready then like a lemon's green

Now I'm in the magazines almost every week

Cause I'm getting heat like in Tenerife

Right now it's better than it's ever been

Never fade like a plant that's evergreen

It's what I hoped in my heart, but my self doubts are getting me

Faith in my crafts getting dark by the day and I'm getting weak

Cause I'm new, I'm not where the stars be

They chase dreams together like a slumber party

And now I'm on my own, even though I'm smooth sailing

I'm scared to sing, cause my nightmares'll fade in

When the darkness creeps in

I feel my nightmares watching me

And when my dreams are sleeping

I feel my nightmares watching me

Oh, oh, oh!

I feel my nightmares watching me

You better wake up cause I am making moves

And even when I'm dozing I'm breaking rules

I'm only hitting the sack when I'm training

Too busy trying to keep up with the latest snooze

Made my bed and that's where I'm heading

I fly straight with the best man I embed 'em

Married to the game was a quiet wedding, then I had to fight to get her

Now I'm taking control of my inception

Cause they try to hit my misses with my erection

See they better marry donna cause when I strike, strike

Not even Argentina's gonna cry for them

See I'm awake at night, with the ammunish

The haters know where the family lives

Anyone I catch playing knock down ginger

Is gonna lose a lot more, than I need it

They say sleep is the cousin of death

But I hear shit, cousin I am deaf

Gang signs I'm a N/A reading

I'm a CEO, man you suckers are next

When the darkness creeps in

I feel my nightmares watching me

And when my dreams are sleeping

I feel my nightmares watching me

Oh, oh, oh!

I feel my nightmares watching me

They watching me! They watch me sleep!

Let me go!

I fell asleep on sofa, woke up in reality

And daydream about losing my sanity

I've been rhyming forever got a blind flow

So I can see an off note with my eyes closed

But to achieve your dreams you can't doze off cause you dream a sleep

I ain't nodding off but I'm nodding to the beat

I be shocking in my sheets, when I should have been asleep.

See, all the dreams I'm fond of

You placed me in the team insomnia

Now, I'm Mr hard worker

In my nightmares I'm Mr can't turn up

And I missed my chance worst luck

Trying to hit women like Mr Ike Turner

Ch'yeah, but I walked from that ish

Now they gotta put me to rest, mattress

When the darkness creeps in

I feel my nightmares watching me

And when my dreams are sleeping

I feel my nightmares watching me

Oh, oh, oh!

I feel my nightmares watching me

Watching me!

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