CHALLENGER'S RAP

• 0:30)
• another day another mother
• trying to raise a pair of young brothers
• trying to be a single parent make it working 60 hours
• but ends meat still not being enough to feed even some ramen at the grocery shop
• tried to make something out of herself
• but monetary problems stop her from paying college bills
• so she starts dancing for dollar bills
• coming home late every night tucking her growing boys in/ sleep/ tight
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• (0:55) (hook)
• dreaming the american dream am i alive or just breathing
• working hard for a dream that may never be achieved and
• trying to do it better than my family
• but as i keep on dreaming it's turning into a nightmare... nightmare
• but as i keep on dreaming it's turning into a nightmare... nightmare
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• (1:19)
• 2 years deep into anatomy
• but in trouble it seems (what)
• that here young boys are growing into young men
• but look out,now there's a new man
• is he beating the boys like he does their mother?
• but financial dependency means they can't leave to another
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• (1:30)
• so she comes home hoping hes sleeping
• so she doesn't receive another beating
• a late night of stripping a necessary demon
• its claimin (cleamin) its toll on her soul
• through so a whiskey shot
• to escape the thought
• of this american dream that she's livin a lot
• a thing once used to pass the time starts to sink in its claws
• always looking for another clause
• to stay out a bit later and not come home to her depressing scene
• so she stumbles in late drunk her eldest tuck her in/ sleep/ tight/
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• (1:55) (hook)
• dreaming the american dream am i alive or just breathing
• working hard for a dream that may never be achieved and
• trying to do it better than my family
• but as i keep on dreaming it's turning into a nightmare
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• (2:07)
• Yeah 4 years down the road she got her degree
• and that abusive man she made leave
• but her youngest son is can no longer breathe
• shot in the chest over some stupid shit
• that he probably shouldn't have gotten involved with
• the doctor says he only hours yet to live (leave)
• his brother on the ground covered in tears
• only 17 won' live to see another year
• his mother walks in
• weeps with his big brother
• holding his hand not moving for hours
• waiting until the return of doctor
• doc says its time, she works up the strength inside
• his mother tucks him in for one last time/ sleep/ tight
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• (hook)(2:43)
• dreaming the american dream am i alive or just breathing
• working hard for a dream that may never be achieved and
• trying to do it better than my family
• but as i keep on dreaming it's turning into a nightmare... night mare