[00:00.56]I have a dream of a scene between the green hills
[00:03.00]Clouds pull away and the sunlight's revealed
[00:04.77]People don't talk about keeping it real
[00:07.38]It's understood that they actually will
[00:09.31]And intoxicated and stimulated emcees
[00:11.75]Staring in the trees, paranoid, or caught in the breeze
[00:14.62]Watch them flee, hip-hop hits
[00:16.79]Take a walk with me and what you'll see
[00:19.09]Is a land where the sand is made up of crushed up wax
[00:21.57]And the sky beyond you is krylon blue
[00:23.40]And everybody speaks in a dialect of rhyme
[00:26.00]And emcees have left materialism behind them
[00:28.31]Meanwhile I just grip my mic
[00:30.58]And hope me and my team make it through alright
[00:32.96]Because say what you will, and say what you might
[00:35.39]But don't ignore who it's for at the end of the night
[00:37.51]Because this is dedicated to the kids
[00:39.63]Dedicated to where the music lives
[00:41.35]Dedicated to those tired of the same old same
[00:44.49]And dedicated to the people advanced in the game
[00:46.94]What's real is the kids who know that something's wrong
[00:49.21]What's real is the kids who think they don't belong
[00:51.68]What's real is the kids who have nowhere to run
[00:53.88]Who are hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
[00:56.31]I've seen a lot of shit, I've talked to a bum
[00:58.67]Out on sunset strip, he asked me How would you feel
[01:01.11]If everybody acted like you didn't exist
[01:02.92]You'd lose your grip, probably eventually flip.
[01:05.42]So let it be known, the only reason that we do this
[01:07.83]So that you can pick it up and just bang your head to it
[01:10.77]While emcees fight to see who can be the commonist
[01:12.94]Be floatin overhead like a space odyssey monolith
[01:15.25]Over seeing the game, over being part of the same old thing
[01:18.12]It's all gonna change in a hurricane of darkness and pain
[01:21.52]And acidic rain and promises that you won't do it again
[01:24.39]Meanwhile I just grip my mic
[01:26.59]And hope me and my team make it through alright
[01:28.60]Because say what you will, and say what you might
[01:31.13]But don't ignore who it's for at the end of the night
[01:33.54]Because this is dedicated to the kids
[01:35.57]Dedicated to where the music lives
[01:37.31]Dedicated to those tired of the same old same
[01:40.06]And dedicated to the people advanced in the game
[01:42.50]What's real is the kids who know that something's wrong
[01:44.97]What's real is the kids who think they don't belong
[01:47.32]What's real is the kids who have nowhere to run
[01:49.64]Who are hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
[01:52.00]Pulling me close, the shadow is warm inside
[01:59.54]This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide
[02:04.25]Pulling me close, the shadow is warm inside
[02:08.65]This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide
[02:11.24]Because this is dedicated to the kids
[02:13.01]Dedicated to where the music lives
[02:15.31]Dedicated to those tired of the same old same
[02:17.76]And dedicated to the people advanced in the game
[02:20.20]What's real is the kids who know that something's wrong
[02:22.38]What's real is the kids who think they don't belong
[02:24.79]What's real is the kids who have nowhere to run
[02:27.20]Who are hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
[02:29.81]This is dedicated to the kids
[02:31.58]Dedicated to where the music lives
[02:33.29]Dedicated to those tired of the same old same
[02:36.40]And dedicated to the people advanced in the game
[02:38.46]What's real, everybody who doesn't feel safe
[02:40.94]What's real, everybody who knows they're out of place
[02:43.49]What's real, anybody with nowhere to run
[02:45.51]Will hide in the shadows waiting for the sun