Dream ft PMBata - Roadtrip

“Roadtrip” is the debut single by breakout YouTuber and content creator Dream. The song features American rapper and singer, PmBata, who assisted heavily in the songwriting process.

The song is largely about reminiscing of past experiences with someone each singer cared deeply for. These thoughts are brought-upon by the sights, feelings, and associations seen in their current life.

Dream later did a Q&A on his Twitter, where he explained the meaning of lyrics from his part of the song. He also made a point to discuss how his life has changed since he was eighteen.

The song was first teased by Dream on his main Twitter in a since-deleted tweet. Soon after, Dream released a snippet of his part of the song on his private Twitter, while PmBata released small video snippets of the song in now-deleted Instagram and Twitter posts.

On the morning of the song’s announcement, Dream released the official cover of the song on his private Twitter. This cover was commissioned by acaicamc.

Lyrics

[Intro]

(Secure the bag, know what I'm sayin'? Banrisk on the beat)

(Ayo, Perish, this **** hot, boy)

[Verse 1: Dream]

People change like the tides in the ocean

At least I think, or am I dead wrong?

Foot on the brake at the light, I don't notice

I sit and wait until the next song

[Pre-Chorus: Dream]

Twenty hours in an old van

Up the east coast, through the cold wind

Drove twenty hours by the ocean

Up the east coast, what a roadtrip

[Chorus: Dream]

Now that interstate is paved with memories

Of a past life I lived when I was eighteen

And every winter, I think back to what we used to be

In that past life we lived at eighteen

[Post-Chorus: Dream]

Oh, oh, oh

Woah, woah, woah

Oh, oh, oh

Woah, woah, woah

[Verse 2: PmBata]

Uh, I reminisce about a past life

Things change, I get it 'cause nothing lasts, right?

Yeah, and I was thinkin' 'bout her last night

Scrollin' through our memories, debatin' 'bout our last times

Ayy, for a minute we was cool

Then we flew just a little too close to the sun

Now we finished, now we through

Guess we knew one day we would have to grow up

[Pre-Chorus: PmBata]

Twenty hours in an old Ford

'Cross the Midwest, thinking, "What for?"

Drove twenty hours, but it's hopeless

'Cross the Midwest, what a roadtrip

[Chorus: Dream]

Now that interstate is paved with memories

Of a past life I lived when I was eighteen

And every winter, I think back to what we used to be

In that past life we lived at eighteen