Released: December 13, 2011

Songwriter: Abstract

[Intro]
Welcome to Perception Volume 1: The Dream
This is Abstract, and I hope you enjoy
Alright, thank you, peace

[Verse 1]
Yeah, yeah
She left my heart outside
Thought that she was love
But I was told that she lied
That she laughed and I cried
That'll be the last time I let shit like that ride
I can't decide
Should I hate her, feel bad for what I came up and made her
Or was it her doing, her own choosing?
Please forgive us, Lord, for we know not what we doin'
We just some kids living adult lives
Who work seven-to-twos instead of nine-to-fives
So when we make mistakes, is it really a surprise?
Thinking at the age of eighteen the dark clouds will rise
But the real outcome is not ours to decide
Then I found rap, I'm now about that
Your kids, you wanna be around forever
You wanna be remembered
Keep it real in your music, don't let the hoes change you ever
I kept it real no matter the X's and O's
I told you, I deliver
Whether it was bars, flows, or clothes, all true though
No time for the filler
Ask anybody who knows
If they know about this mothafuckin' killer, yeah

[Chorus]
Yeah, we all got a dream
We all got a dream
Yeah, we all got a dream
Everybody's tryna turn it into somethin'
Somethin'
We've been tryna turn it
Yeah, we all got a dream
Yeah, we all got a dream
Everybody wanna be a king
Yeah, we all got a dream
Everybody wanna be a king
Yeah, we all got a dream
Be a king, yeah
Everybody's tryna turn it into somethin'
Everybody wanna be a king, yeah
Yeah, yeah (Yeah)
'Cause we all got a dream

[Verse 2]
We all got dreams but some work harder than others
I do this without a team but still, I got my brothers
Yeah, I grew up more blessed than many unfortunate others
I had them warm-ass winters and cold-ass summers
Protected from the thunder under them warm-ass covers
Fucked with and got fucked by a couple fake lovers
Was told to concentrate by all my fuckin' brothers
They said, "Son, you got a dream, don't listen to the others
They said, "Son, you got a team; you make tracks, we'll be your runners"
So I got somethin' to live to as I'm up-and-coming
When I got my drive, to most it would seem stunnin'
'Cause I learned destruction in the heart makes construction in the mind
So I took the pain and started workin' overtime
Workin' over rhymes but lettin' my heart decide
If I wasn't happy with it, then it wasn't worth it, right?
Nah, it wasn't worth it, right?

[Chorus]
Yeah, 'cause we all got a dream
Yeah, we all got a dream
And everybody's tryna turn it into something
Yeah, alright
Yeah, we all got a dream
This is the part where we ride out
And everybody wanna be a king
I hope everyone enjoys the rest of the mixtape
Yeah, we all got a dream
So, yeah, alright; peace
And everybody's tryna turn it into something
Yeah, everybody's got a dream

Abstract

Growing up in New Jersey, Luke Terkovich, otherwise known as Abstract, was involved with music at an early age. Learning how to play piano, electric guitar, and the drums were Luke’s first involvement with music — and he did it all before 6th grade. With a move across country from New Jersey to Jackson, Wyoming, the distance between learning and playing new instruments got larger. It wasn’t until several years later that Luke began to mess around with freestyling during his high school years spent at Jackson Hole High. Evolving his newly found musical expression into Raised in Jackson, WY, Abstract is known for his immense musical versatility and affinity for providing uplifting music for a turbulent world. With a knack for storytelling, he provides introspective motivation to all who take the time to dive into his work. Notably known for his remix of Ruth Bs Lost Boy “Neverland” which has garnered hundreds of millions of plays on YouTube, his work with Drumma Battalion and Roze, and his 2016 album Something to Write Home About. He heads a collective known as “A Team Worldwide” 5 musicians from 4 different countries. Producers Drumma Battalion of Norway, Blulake of Sweden, Cryo Music of Scotland, and Abstract. Coming off his first overseas tour with YONAS, the ATWW collective is gearing up to drop Abstracts new album/experience late summer 2018.writing detailed lyrics, he began to find that he could vent the stresses of his everyday life through creating music. Slowly progressing through the years of his new town where he calls home; balancing school, life, and music developed Luke to become Abstract.

Trying to find his sound was a young teenager who just looked to get something written down and then translated into music, and eventually rap. Still in his caterpillar stage of metamorphosis was a young Abstract who released his first ever collection of songs, properly named The Dream.

In 2012, through YouTube, Abstract met Craig McAllister, a producer from Glasgow, Scotland. During that period, Abstract was in the midst of working on On My Own Time and was the first time Craig showed up with Abstract. Afterwards, the duo started to mesh extremely well and produced the five projects, Under Lights & Microscopes, A Life To Live By, Dreaming With Eyes Open, The Science Of Feeling Tall, and We Are The Artist.