A Dream

[Jay-Z] It was all a dream

[scratched simultaneously: "It was all a dream" -

B.I.G.]

[Faith Evans] + (Jay-Z)

Last night I had a dream

Thoughts was racin through my head (it was all a dream)

Felt so real to me

This is what was said..

[Jay-Z]

Had a dream I said, bout who he said?

Bout B.I.G. I said, that's big he said

Dig he said, proceed he said

Indeed I said, so - breathe I did

Don't repeat what I say I said, he said nothin

He agreed with his head, he just nodded like this

What I believe to be a yes I re-peated what was said

It came to me like a .. well as even I said

"You feel playboy," was the greeting he said

First thing I wanted to know, what's the reason he was dead?

"More money, more problems, better believe it," he

said

"Careful what you wish for you might receive it," he

said

I see I said, jealousy I said

Got the whole industry mad at me I said

Then B.I. said, "Hov' remind yourself

nobody built like you, you designed yourself"

I agree I said, my one of a kind self

Get stoned every day like Jesus did

What he said, I said, has been said before

"Just keep doin your thing," he said, say no more

[Faith Evans]

Was it all a dream - tell me

Was it all a dream, was it a dream

Was it all a dre-eeee-eeeee-eeam

I gotta know ("It was all a dream")

Was it all a dream - was it a dream

Was it all a dream, a dream

Was it all a dre-eeee-eeeee-eeam

[Notorious B.I.G.]

It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up magazine

Salt'n'Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine

Hangin pictures on my wall

Every Saturday, "Rap Attack," Mr. Magic, Marley Marl

I let my tape rock 'til my tape popped

Smokin weed and bamboo, sippin on private stock

Way back, when I had the red and black lumberjack

with the hat to match

Remember Rappin' Duke? "Duh-ha, duh-ha"

You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far

Now I'm in the limelight cause I rhyme tight

Time to get paid, blow up like the {**"World Trade"**}

Born sinner, the opposite of a winner

Remember when I used to eat sardines for dinner

Peace to Ron G, Brucey B, Kid Capri

Funkmaster Flex, Lovebug Starsky

I'm blowin up like you thought I would

Call the crib, same number same hood, it's all good

Uhh, and if you don't know, now you know, nigga

[Faith Evans]

Was it all a dream - tell me

Was it all a dream, was it a dream

Was it all a dre-eeee-eeeee-eeam

I gotta know ("It was all a dream")

Was it all a dream - was it a dream

Was it all a dream, a dream

Was it all a dre-eeee-eeeee-eeam

It was all a dream

It was all...

It was all... a dream

It was all a dream

It was all... a dream

It was all...

It was all... a dream

[the beat drops out and Jay-Z raps the next part acapella]

[Jay-Z]

I see I said, jealousy I said

Got the whole industry mad at me I said

Then B.I. said, "Hov' remind yourself

nobody built like you, you designed yourself"

I agree I said, my one of a kind self

Get stoned every day like Jesus did

What he said, I said, has been said before

"Just keep doin your thing," he said, say no more