A Dream

Title	A Dream
Artist	JAY-Z
Album	The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse
Release Date	2002-11-12
Description	Jay-Z and Faith Evans pay a tribute to The Notorious B.I.G. on the Kanye West-produced opening track to Jay’s 2002 album The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse. The song samples Blackjack’s “Stay,”, The 5th Dimension’s “The Rainmaker,” and the opening verse to Biggie Small’s “Juicy,” in-which “A Dream” is dedicated to. Scratches by Just Blaze.
Lyrics	[Intro: JAY-Z, The Notorious B.I.G., Both & Faith Evans] Ohh, ooh, ohh Uh, uh, uh It—It—It was all a dream Last night I had a dream Thoughts was racing through my head (It was all a dream) Felt so real to me (It was all) This is what was said (All-all-all-all-a-all a dream) [Verse 1: Jay-Z] "Had a dream," I said, "'Bout who?" he said "'Bout B.I.G.," I said, "That's big," he said "Dig what he said", "Proceed," he said "Indeed," I said, so, breathe I did "Don't repeat what I say," I said, he said nothing He agreed with his head, he just nodded like this What I believe to be a yes, I repeated what was said "It came to me like a whisper last evening," I said "What's the deal, playboy?" was the greeting he said First thing I wanted to know was the reason he was dead "Mo' Money Mo' Problems,'" better believe it," he said "Careful what you wish for, you might receive it," he said "I see," I said, "jealousy" I said "Got the whole industry mad at me," I said Then B.I. said, "Hov, remind yourself: Nobody built like you, you designed yourself!" "I agree," I said, "my one of a kind self" Getting stoned every day like Jesus did "What he said," I said, "has been said before" "Just keep doin your thing," he said; "say no more" [Chorus: Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G.] Was it all a dream? Tell me Was it all a dream? Was it a dream? Was it all a dream? (It was all, all-all, all, all-all, all, all-all) I got to know Was it all a dream? Was it a dream? (It was all a dream) Was it all a dream? A dream Was it all a dream? (Oh) [Verse 2: The Notorious B.I.G. & Faith Evans] It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up! magazine (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) Salt-n-Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) Hanging pictures on my wall Every Saturday, Rap Attack, Mr. Magic, Marley Marl I let my tape rock 'til my tape popped (Oh, oh, oh) Smoking weed and bamboo, sipping on private stock (Oh, oh, oh) Way back, when I had the red and black lumberjack (Oh, oh, oh) With the hat to match Remember Rapping Duke, "duh-ha, duh-ha" (Oh, oh, oh) You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far (Oh, oh, oh) Now I'm in the limelight 'cause I rhyme tight (Oh, oh, oh) Time to get paid, blow up like the-- Born sinner, the opposite of a winner (Ooh) Remember when I used to eat sardines for dinner Peace to Ron G, Brucey B, Kid Capri (Ooh) Funkmaster Flex, Lovebug Starski I'm blowing up like you thought I would Call the crib, same number, same hood, it's all good (Ooh) Uh, and if you don't know, now you know, nigga, uh You might also like[Chorus: Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G.] Was it all a dream? Tell me (It was all a dream, uh) Was it all a dream? Was it a dream? (It was all) Was it all a dream? (It was all, all-all, all, all-all, all, all-all, all, all-all) I gotta know Was it all a dream? Was it a dream? Was it all a dream? A dream (It was all a dream) Was it all a dream? It was all, all-all, all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all, all a dream [Bridge: The Notorious B.I.G.] It was all It was all, all, all-all, all, all-all-all-all-all-all-all, all a dream It was all a dream It was all, all, all, all, all, a-a-a-a-a-a-a-all a dream It was all, all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all All-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all All-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all All-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all-all a dream [Outro: Jay-Z] "I see," I said, "jealousy" I said "Got the whole industry mad at me," I said Then B.I. said, "Hov, remind yourself: Nobody built like you, you designed yourself!" "I agree," I said, "my one of a kind self" Getting stoned every day like Jesus did "What he said," I said, "has been said before" "Just keep doin your thing," he said; "say no more"