一如绝大多数成长于残忍现实街头的黑人少年一般，Nelly早年青春时期的生活在身处美国内陆城市的多元环境中也是充满了各类不同的诱惑。然而幸运地，他的母亲带着当时尚属青少年时期的Nelly一同搬迁至附近郊区的大学校区城镇。而那也是他开始专注发展运动，说书以及撰写饶舌歌词的一个关键点。很快地，他便邀集一些高中同学共同组成了他的首支团体名为St. Lunatics。时至1996年，St. Lunatics透过管道自行发行了一首单曲《Gimmie What You Got》并成为一首在当地广受欢迎的畅销作品。
I was thinkin about her thinkin about me
Thinkin about us what we gonna be
Open my e1 yeah it was only just a dream
So I travel back down that road
Who she come back No one knows
I realize yeah it was only just a dream
I was at the top and I was like I at the basement
Number one spot and now she found her a replacement
I swear now I can't take it knowing somebody's got my baby
And now you ain't around baby I can't think
Shoulda put it down Shoulda got that ring
Cuz I can still feel it in the air
See her pretty face run my fingers through her hair
My lover my life My shorty my wife
She left me I'm tied
Cuz I knew that it just ain't right
I was thinkin about her thinkin about me
Thinkin about us what we gonna be
Open my e1 yeah it was only just a dream
So I travel back down that road
Who she come back No one knows
I realize yeah it was only just a dream
When I be ridin man I swear I see her face at every turn
Tryin to get my usher over I can let it burn
And I just hope she notice she the only one I yearn for
Oh I miss her when will I learn
Didn't give her all my love I guess now I got my payback
Now I'm in the club thinkin all about my baby
Hey she was so easy to love But wait I guess that love wasn't enough
I'm goin through it every time that I'm alone
And now i'm missin wishin she'd pick up the phone
But she made a decision that she wanted to move one
Cuz I was wrong
And I was thinkin about her thinkin about me
Thinkin about us what we gonna be
Open my e1 yeah it was only just a dream
So I travel back down that road
Who she come back No one knows
I realize yeah it was only just a dream
If you ever loved somebody put your hands up
If you ever loved somebody put your hands up
And now they're gone and you wish you could give them everything
I said if you ever loved somebody put your hands up
If you ever loved somebody put your hands up
And now they're gone and you wish you could give them everything
I was thinkin about her thinkin about me
Thinkin about us what we gonna be
Open my e1 yeah it was only just a dream
So I travel back down that road
Who she come back No one knows
I realize yeah it was only just a dream
And I was thinkin about her thinkin about me
Thinkin about us what we gonna be
Open my e1 yeah it was only just a dream
So I travel back down that road
Who she come back No one knows
I realize yeah it was only just a dream |