Night Shift Dreams

Intro

It was the night shift 'fore I was a rapper from below (From below)

A whole lot

Chorus

I came from below, below, below

I came from below, below, below

Verse 1

Yo, yeah

I'm on the early early early morning shift

It's that early 'fore the early bird gets worm, yo

Workin', workin' until my fingers sore

Verse 2

Clockin' out, but I'm clockin' in another shift

Thinkin' 'bout what would happen if I quit my job

I know that sounds like a typical teen talk

Verse 3

But I'm old enough to know I been here 'fore

And I been here 'fore

Yeah, I been here 'fore

Verse 4

They said I was smart, so I went to college

But when it came to the street, I had no knowledge

And when it came to hip-hop, I had to acknowledge

Verse 5

I was the producer of the group, not the rapper

But this ain't about the music, this is deeper than that, yo

This is about life from the bottom up, yo

Chorus

I came from below, below, below (Bottom up, yo)

I came from below, below, below (Bottom up, yo)

Verse 6

Yo, what if you had a dream and nobody believed

Not even your parents even though you was achieving?

Verse 7

They say, "You're smartie and good lookin', so why sell your soul?

You never know who's lookin', you should pursue your role"

Verse 8

But it's hard to keep your eyes on the prize

When all you see is the price tag attached to your life

Verse 9

A lot of my peers became priests or doctors

But I was in the studio, workin' on my beats and poppin' collars

Verse 10

'Cause that's the only way I could get the girls to notice me

Or get a job workin' at the car wash or the body shop

Chorus

I came from below, below, below

I came from below, below, below

Bridge

(I came from below)

Yeah, it's from the bottom up, yo

(I came from below)

Yeah, it's from the bottom up, yo

Chorus

(I came from below) Workin' on the night shift

(I came from below) Yo, I was workin' on the night shift

(I came from below) Thinkin', "Man, I wanna be a rapper"

(I came from below) Yeah, from below

(I came from below) Thinkin', "Man, I really wanna be a rapper"

(I came from below) Workin' on the night shift

(I came from below) Workin' on the night shift

(I came from below) Thinkin', "I don't wanna do this no more"

Outro

(From below) Yeah, I was workin' on the night shift

(From below) Workin' on my beats and rhymes

(From below) Yeah, this is the College Dropout, yo

(From below) This is the College Dropout, yo