I have a dream of a scene between the green hills
  Clouds pull away and the sunlight's revealed
  People don't talk about keeping it real
  It's understood that they actually will
  And intoxicated and stimulated emcees
  Staring in the trees, paranoid, are gone in the breeze
  Watch them flee, hip-hop hits
  Take a walk with me and what you'll see
  Is a land where the sand is made up of crushed up wax
  And the sky beyond you is krylon glue
  And everybody speaks in a dialect of rhyme
  And emcees have left materialism behind them
  Meanwhile I just grip my mic
  And hope me and my team make it through alright
  Because say what you will, and say what you might
  But don't ignore who it's for at the end of the night
    [CHORUS]
  Because this is dedicated to the kids
  Dedicated to wherever music lives
  Dedicated to those tired of the same ol' same
  And dedicated to the people advancin' the game
  What's real is the kids who know that something's wrong
  What's real is the kids who think they don't belong
  What's real is the kids who have nowhere to run
  Who are hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
    I've seen a lot of shit, I've talked to a bum
  Out on sunset strip, he asked me "How would you feel
  If everybody acted like you didn't exist
  You'd lose your grip, probably eventually flip."
  So let it be known, the only reason that we do this
  Is so you can pick it up and just bang your head to it
  While emcees fight to see who can be the commonest
  Be floatin overhead like a space odyssey monolith
  Over seeing the game, over being part of the same ol' thing
  It's all gonna change in a hurricane of darkness and pain
  And acidic rain and promises that you won't do it again
  Meanwhile I just grip my mic
  And hope me and my team make it through alright
  Because say what you will, and say what you might
  But don't ignore who it's for at the end of the night
    [Chorus]
    Pulling me close, the shadow is warm inside
  This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide
  Pulling me close, the shadow is warm inside
  This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide
    [Chorus]
    This is dedicated to the kids
  Dedicated to wherever music lives
  Dedicated to those tired of the same ol' same
  And dedicated to the people advancin' the game
  What's real, everybody who doesn't feel safe
  What's real, everybody who knows they're out of place
  What's real, anybody with nowhere to run
  Who hides in the shadows waiting for the sun