Chords for JellyRoll - "Dream While I'm Awake" [Big Sal Story] (Coming October 23, 2012)

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[E] When I was young, I always had a dream that one day I'd be able to make my own music and
put out my own album.
An old wise man once told me to only dream while I was awake.
_ _ So I dedicate this album, The Big Sal Story, and I dedicate this video in particular to
a few people I admire [Bb]
that were bold enough to dream while they were awake.
[Ab] _ _ What if Jesus Christ came back and he was homeless?
I [Bb] wonder if any of us would even notice.
Speak [Cm] to him all the time, but really we don't know him.
And everything we owe him, we don't ever show him.
I [Ab] finally got it right, so I said that it was overdue.
[Bb] Try to treat people right, cause that's the goal. _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ Having to eat molded food.
[Ab] I try to stay confident, but that's a [Bb] hard balance.
In my life, [Eb] I probably slept on a hundred [Cm] couches.
I've been _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ there for the pain.
That I [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Cm] see the stars, they in my reach now.
I told my daddy he could finally sleep.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Ab] There's two sort of dreams in life.
The one [Bb] you have while you're asleep, _ [Cm] just to chase it.
There's no telling how many miles you may or may not have to walk just to catch your dream.
But [Ab] always remember, dream as if you'll live [Bb] forever, _ and live as [Cm] if you'll die today.
_ Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
[Ab] I always felt rejected, never [Bb] accepted. _ _ _
[Cm] _ Treatings always dissecting every mixtape, but I don't need they [Ab] suggestions.
This my direction, my own lane, my [Bb] own thing.
My own squad, my only. _
[Cm] When it started, they told me that I would never buzz.
They said a white boy can't rap about [Ab] selling drugs.
They said that I was stupid, said I was [Bb] acting wild.
But if that's all I know, what else could I [Cm] _ was?
If O God and the _ peace is somewhere way in [Ab] Gramps.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Florida just to pick up [Cm] pills.
All the way in Cali, find the ship that killed.
Ship in Rio.
Man, I gotta get this deep.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ I'm still living in the [Bb] moment.
And money won't last.
The reason why I [Cm] blow up.
Rapping my ass off, but critics don't hear it.
But they judge me by the lyrics or my appearance.
[Ab] It's sad that this industry is all about the [Bb] image now.
You can only make it if you got a [Cm] gimmick now.
They told me they want me to change.
Man, that shit is wild.
They said that I was too brash, and I [Ab] should sell it out.
I said I'm really from the streets.
Bitch, I [Bb] get around, out of town.
Looking for someone to front me [Cm] 50 pounds.
This rap shit is cool, no denying it.
I just pray I never take my skates out on the [Ab] top.
How much can I take?
Got my [Bb] hands to the sky.
I'm searching for a break.
Got my [Cm] knees on the ground.
My head up while I pray.
I'm talking to the Lord.
I [Eb] need a better way.
I only [Ab] dream while I'm awake.
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ Lord, I need a better _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ way.
[Cm] _ When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like,
If you live each day as if it was [N] your last,
Someday you'll most certainly be right. _ _
It made an impression on me.
And since then, for the past 33 years,
I've looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself,
If today were the last day of my life,
Would I want to do what I am about to do today?
And whenever the answer has been no for too many days in a row,
I know I need to change something.
_ Remembering that I'll be dead soon
is the most important tool I've ever encountered
to help me make the big choices in life.
Because almost everything,
all external expectations,
all pride,
all fear of embarrassment or failure,
these things just fall away in the face of death,
leaving only what is truly important.
Remembering that you are