He's saying the "American dream" is relative. It isn't to him what it wud be to a white guy who is ceo of a bank. This whole album is based on the movie "american gangsta" in the movie frank lucas talks briefly about the american dream. This song is jay-z's interpretation of that scene. The relation of that scene to his life. This song was the American dream of a young, broke Jay-z
He's saying the "American dream" is relative. It isn't to him what it wud be to a white guy who is ceo of a bank. This whole album is based on the movie "american gangsta" in the movie frank lucas talks briefly about the american dream. This song is jay-z's interpretation of that scene. The relation of that scene to his life. This song was the American dream of a young, broke Jay-z