[Intro: Drake talking]
Yeah I remember me and, me and Denter added
used to talk about this kind ofenter added
stuff all the time
Like what it's gonna be like when youenter added
get closer to your dreams
I didn't know much then but,enter added
probably tell you a lil'enter added
somethin' now

[Verse 1: Drake]
Mr. Big Dreams no tolerance
Cut you at the house and haven't hollered since
Get bored quickly
He stay grown
So the p-a-trãn had to get poured quickly
Ex girl strippin'
I can't stop her
New girl trippin' but I can't drop her
'Cause I need somethin' to balance out the fact
That it's hard to find a woman whenenter added
you' talented and black
When you hollerin' at labels
And they silencing you back
'Cause you fail to thoroughly discussenter added
some violence in ya trackenter deleted
Well
Gunshot for the young yacht owner
See there's everybody else thenenter added
there's one top loner
First place is often the worst place
But fuck it I love it here Ienter added
call it my birthplace
Whenever I walk in they makin' the worst face
Surrounded by Fillipinos Ienter added
think of the worst case
Watch blue and green diamonds Ienter added
call it the earth face
I'm gettin' ya cake I tell youenter added
how ya dessert taste
I get a dessert plate
Y'all eat pedigree as ya meal
I've been Urkel for some yearsenter added
it's better bein' Jaleel
Though I rock lean snap it'senter added
better bein' this real
It'sit's better drivin' a car withenter added
the letter B in the wheelenter deleted
Seat back
Light sayin' tank on E
I got the drank on me
You better bank on me
To be the one and only niggaenter added
that you ain't gon' see
In the club with a model spillin' drinks on meenter deleted
Nah
Gimme 20 in the tank on 3
I'm in the Range bumpin' Keyshia Cole
Singin' off-key like [Andreena harmonizes]
I'mma spare y'all
Why you wanna judge me
I don't ever compare y'all
The city is mine
I know it because I'm there y'all
It ain't even started I'menter added
really tryna prepare y'all
Spring '07 second quarter I'm droppin'
With or without a label man I'menter added
committed to poppin'
And take over the summer
Tour to tour hoppin'
I'mma meet a lot of women I'mmaenter added
do a lot of shoppin'
Really no other option
Spend a lot of money just to make it back
Anybody I dissed in a song I don't take it back
Same rappers that's all in yaenter added
face sayin' Drake is wack
Are checkin' my availability just to make a track
I promise mama
I'mma do it 'cause I know I putenter added
you through it (I know I put youenter added
through it baby)
And I just want you to sit aroundenter added
with ya friends at a dinner table
And say "my baby's famous and I knooow it" (yeah)
And it wasn't nothin' tooo it
I've drawn it and drew it 'tilenter added
the pen was out of fluid
The ballpoint run out
Then all joints come out classic
Rappers are fake we can all point one out

[Drake Talking]enter deleted
Yeah
I'd like to introduce you to theenter added
first lady of the ATF (uhh)
Miss Andreena Mill

[Chorus: Andreena Mill]
Closer to my dreams I'm gettin' higher
Yeah I feel it in my sleep
I said I'm gettin' higherenter deleted
Yeah
And closer to my dreamsenter deleted
Whoa
Sometimes it feels like I'll never move on
Closer to my dreams

[Verse 2: Drake]enter deleted
Look
I took a plane to Hawaii with D
And we was trippin' off of the speedenter added
at which life progressed
From meetin' Trey in Atlanta toenter added
doin' a cameo in his video
Which made everything right with X (Songz)
I got too many records and not enough shows
For too many rappers and not enough __enter deleted
Well
You can fill the blank in
They tryna be the best
Just tryna place in the rankin'
Day care play pen drop out
To grade ten drop out
To summer '05 with the grey Benz drop out
Charcoal Charger
Racin' through back streets
On my (Craig David) shit the (Artful Dodger)enter deleted
Shola Ama
I told her I'mma
'Bout to get my run on so hold the commas
Times've changed now I'm older mama
And these niggas ain't solid they fold in drama
And that's the realest shit I ever wrote
A compilation of mentalenter added
thoughts that I never note
And hi, haters
I'm back off of hiatus
How ya album doin'?
I'm gettin' cake off of my latest
Anticipated like the iPhone
Respected in any city that I roamenter deleted
Summertimeenter deleted
Wintertimeenter deleted
Dinnertimeenter deleted
Anytime
Bet I am the nigga in my town when I arriveenter deleted
Home

[Outro: Drake talking]
Yeah one more time 'fore weenter added
turn the lights out ladiesenter added
and gentleman
(Sing it to' em 'Dreena) lightsenter added
'bout to go down, curtains 'boutenter added
to close but
I want y'all to enjoy yourself onenter added
the way out, yeah manenter deleted
(Yeah man)

[Chorus]