Tell me what you know about them night terrors every nightĥ am, cold sweats, wakin up to the skies
You don't really know about nothin nothin Tell me what you know about dreamin dreamin I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good. I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold (hey) If I fall if I die know I lived and missed some bullets If I fall if I die know I lived it to the fullest Imma do just what I want lookin ahead no turnin back People told me slow my road I'm screaming out fuck that Rollin the Midwest side and out livin my life getting out dreams
I don't care, hand on the wheel, drivin drunk, I'm doin my thing Its good to see some positive ideas in rap/hip hop culture, too bad not every rapper/hip hop artist could be as insightful as this guy.Crush a bit, little bit, roll it up, take a hitįeelin lit feelin light, 2 am summer night. This is proven at the end of the song when the last line of the chorus goes from "ill be fine once i get it, yeah ill be good," to "i don't get it, ill be good", showing the ignorance of the first man, and the way he chooses to live his life. The second man is ignoring all consequences and doing whatever he wants to because happiness is just going to come to him. You don't know about nothin" the chorus itself is in the perspective of the first man, "i'm on the pursuit of happiness" is referring to living life in a destructive way in order to achieve happiness. The first verse reads "driving drunk, i'm doing my thang, livin my life, getting out my dreams" where as the second verse says "tell me what you know about dreamin. The second verse of this song is basically just a complete counter argument to the first man's lifestyle. Getting high, getting drunk, and not giving a damn about anything he has done or choices he has made. Short term thrills allow him to escape the reality that "everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold", the decadence of his world which he knows is futile and not true happiness but isn't he "Livin' my life, getting' out dreams", "lived life to the fullest"? Awesome song - conflicted and angry, at the world and bitterly ironic towards himself.īasically the first verse of this song is one man's interpretation of what living life is all about. At the heart of it is the emptiness the singer feels - the "pursuit of happiness" and the irony that "once I get it, I'll be good" - but this drug-induced "happiness" will only last until "5 a.m, cold sweats wakin' up, to the sky" when the withdrawal symptoms kick in, and over-indulgence is self-desctructive, "Oh my god why did I drink so much and slug so much? Ah/Ugh, fuck". The singer knows this lifestyle will result in him burning out too fast, "People told me slow my roll", but he doesn't care about the "trials of tomorrow".
The first few lines are about boozing - "Drivin' drunk, I'm doin' my thing" - and smoking crack - "Crush a bit, little bit, roll it up, take a hit" on a summer's night. It's about being on a road to self-immolation, knowing it, and telling the world "fuck that/Imma do just what I want". This is a great song because it's so self-aware. Oh my god why did I drink so much and slug so much?, ah I'll be fine once I get it, yeah, I'll be goodĪnd I know everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold, hey I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be goooood.Įverything that shines ain't always gonna be gold, hey You don't really care about the trials of tomorrowĮverything that shines ain't always gonna be gold Tell me what you know about night terrors, nothin'
Tell me what you know about dreams, dreams Tell me what you know about them night terrors, every nightĥ A. You don't really know about nothin' (nothin') Tell me what you know about dreamin' (dreamin') I'll be fine, once I get it, I'll be goooood. I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know,Įverything that shine ain't always gonna be gold Crush a bit, little bit, roll it up, take a hitįeelin' lit, feelin' light, 2 A.