[Intro: Rick Ross (Anthony Hamilton)] (Yeah, oh) (Down here in the ghetto) I can't see 'em running down my eyes So I gotta make the song cry (This is where dreams are made) I can't see 'em running down my eyes So I gotta make the song cry
[Verse 1: Rick Ross] I just came to get the millions I just came for the millions Young Hov, I see you nigga I got the Blueprint in my back pocket nigga I did what you told me nigga Look at me nigga, I got so much fucking money Too many bitches, the homies could fuck 'em for me Winning in real estate, opening restaurants And I really don't give a fuck who rolling the next blunt Check, real nigga born, Carol city raised See you niggas scorn, I wasn't phased It was a phase, look at my face I wanna race, I set a pace As a fat boy, I had to catch my wind Get my laps on, double back when rappers spit Them niggas know what's up, they throwing peace signs Fuck that, I'm holding up an East sign Get in my way of my money, you know what happens Niggas finding you funny and then they clapping Round of applause, you looking at an icon Snatch a bottle off ice, now pour when I'm gone
[Hook: Anthony Hamilton] One day I'm gonna be (One day I'm gonna be) Getting up out of these slums Then they gonna see (One day they gonna see me) All that I can become All eyes on me (All eyes are watching) Just a young buck tryna come up I can be a nice one, I can be a rude one I can be an icon Living the life of a dreamer Living out the life of a dreamer Yeah
[Verse 2: Rick Ross] I'm very persuasive I know a few masons Crack dealers need me as their motivation Started at the bottom, blind leading the blind I did it by myself so it took me some time No Dr. Dres, no Eminems, no Neptunes, no Timbalands Just doing him, and I'd do it again Self made real niggas feeling him God forgives and I don't is what the streets said You and I know it's on till the beef dead Rest in peace hater, as I get a massage No longer a Don, a fucking icon
[Hook: Anthony Hamilton & Rick Ross] One day I'm gonna be (One day I'm gonna be) A fucking Icon Getting up out of these slums A motherfucking Icon Then they gonna see (One day they gonna see me) All that I can become All eyes on me (All eyes are watching) Just a young buck tryna come up I can be a nice one, I can be a rude one I can be an icon Living the life of a dreamer Living out the life of a dreamer Yeah
[Outro: Anthony Hamilton] Damn you really go Oh, this is where our dreams are made Oh, searching for a hero Oh, this is where success is made Oh, down in the ghetto Oh, this is where success is made Oh, searching for a hero This is where the icon The icon, the hero, lays