[00:00.60]My mama wanted me to be a baller but I ball a different way[00:04.50]I look at my Rolex, say it's time to get this cake[00:07.64]I throw all this money but it never fade away[00:10.79]Uh, hoop dreams[00:13.66]I used to shoot the rock until my ***** sold the rock[00:17.29]They try to block my shot, I'm taking rollies out the box[00:20.41]I used to go to practice just to work on my defence[00:23.59]Red and white jersey, red and white mean hit the fence[00:26.83]I was outside, tryna make another way[00:30.03]To cut the water off that soap shit that the NBA won't play[00:33.11]I'm tryna see a cheque tack back, let it stack[00:36.33]'Cause it's a long time before I see a contract[00:39.59]Mama, I can't help it, shit is getting real now[00:42.71]I know you want me in a jersey but we got these bills now[00:45.80]I know you want me on the court and not to visit me in court[00:49.02]I got you girl, just be a good sport[00:51.45]My mama wanted me to be a baller but I ball a different way[00:55.90]I look at my Rolex, say it's time to get this cake[00:58.86]I throw all this money but it never fade away[01:01.97]Uh, hoop dreams[01:04.28]What the **** I look like going bassline[01:06.67]With this forty on my waste line?[01:08.64]What the **** I look like going bassline[01:12.65]With this forty on my waste line?[01:15.81]Shorty at my phone all the time,[01:19.49]Tryna **** me, that's a waste of time[01:22.31]Shorty at my phone all the time,[01:25.84]Tryna **** me, that's a waste of time[01:28.67]Sometimes I still feel like a hooper,[01:32.27]How I ball on ****ers[01:33.96]Talking summertime to winter and to fall on ****ers[01:37.00]I remember back when I couldn't even call on ****ers[01:40.28]So tell me how I'm really 'posed to feel[01:42.60]What the **** I look like wasting all my time?[01:45.01]I got money on my line[01:46.64]Boggy forty on my hiphop[01:48.24]I make forty on my mind[01:49.82]I make forty in the day so I need eighty by my side[01:53.00]She ain't a dime[01:53.84]What the **** I look like talking to a nine?[01:56.28]I've been in and out my mind but I'm back up on my shit[01:59.43]Tryna get some ****ers past us but they back up on my list[02:02.69]Mama, look what I cup, she always knew that I'd be rich[02:05.86]Now I rap and don't play ball[02:07.45]But I'm still balling in this bitch[02:09.00]My mama wanted me to be a baller but I ball a different way[02:12.50]I look at my Rolex, say it's time to get this cake[02:15.64]I throw all this money but it never fade away[02:18.71]Uh, hoop dreams[02:21.34]What the **** I look like going bassline[02:23.41]With this forty on my waste line?[02:25.46]Hoop Dreams[02:27.62]What the **** I look like going bassline[02:29.86]With this forty on my waste line?[02:32.15]Hoop Dreams[02:34.15]Shorty at my phone all the time, tryna **** me[02:37.11]That's a waste of time[02:39.04]Hoop Dreams[02:40.29]Shorty at my phone all the time, tryna **** me[02:43.52]That's a waste of time[02:45.41]Hoop Dreams