My first rap name was ice t
That's cuz my family called me Tito
I was seven
I ain't know about the legend ice t though
I was rhyming In the mirror
For my sisters and my primos
That's before my father left and we was living w my tios
It was 9 or 10 of us in that crib down By zambitos
When the east side of the city felt like mini Puerto Rico
My tío learning English just from watching cartoons
beads was hanging in the doorways separating the rooms
you see the cops in street clothes and know it's them from their shoes
Or how they rocking last years fashion like its new
I had a crew I used to cipher with
And we ain't care about getting famous we just rapped because we liked the shit
We rapped because we loved the shit
On tables during lunch and shit
My homies trapped and thought about bars while they was hustling
I wasn't satisfied getting bread to double it
They wanna buy Supreme i wanna buy Supreme Court justices
Which means I need a hundred Ms - I had to get signed
My father left when I was ten it was my job to provide
I saw my idols making millions only offa their rhymes
That's when I dreamt that what they got could be mine

Looking out my window
Humbly I stare
All that's accounted for
stemmed from a dream
Dream
Castles in the sky to oceans deep
Such lucid feel
To what I'd believe
Dream

I moved to Brooklyn w my homie ease
And we were throwing shows at Galapagos we aint roam the streets
Yeah - that led to tours overseas
We went from home - where I saw war zones to Warsaw w polish freaks
No Florida keys - if we at beaches its the Baltic Sea
Who needs a law degree when there's one degree between Nas and me
I used to call up Green and plot my approach
Before me - aint nobody from the Roc get this close
But every time that I went home - them people talk like I owed
And cats I never spoke with a would ask to hop on my shows
Like they entitled to it cuz we from the same place
But friendships is just something that I cant fake
And clout chasing is the one thing that I cant take
They tried to shake me down and ask for hand outs like they were handshakes
It made me feel like I should sanitize
from where the sinners aimed their cannons at the saints while they got canonized
I passed the time with all the things they used to fantasize
been ignoring texts from my idols - cuz now they fans of mine
That's what you call progression
And dreams change when every day you get to build on your successes

Looking out my window
Humbly I stare
All that's accounted for
stemmed from a dream
Dream
Castles in the sky to oceans deep
Such lucid feel
To what I'd believe
Dream"