Only a Dream

Sometimes,

There are times in life where you just have to speak your mind...

Well,

That time is now for me, Listen...

When I was just a little kid I never thought about poverty

I never thought about people killing people for money or committing armed robbery.

It never occurred to me that there was more than one class of people;

Not everyone was the same.

You got the upper, middle and lower classes all fighting with each other;

Ain't it just a damn shame...

So many things when I was younger never occupied my thoughts

These things never seemed to apply to me or at least,

Thats what I thought.

Now that I'm a little older I look back at all the things from my past.

It seems generation after generation there always the same fight in our own population

Causing this great devastation demolishing everything we've been trying to create in;

This hell we call the World.

We have teenagers killing people just to gain a little respect

Pulling a Clock on someone just to take their welfare check.

The middle class is struggling to survive because the lower class people committing homicides

Envious of what they have they think they got to resort to killing

because someone from a poverty stricken community doesn't believe that they can be better than the place that they living.

Everyday we must celebrate life because someone just became a widow

What kind of life are we living if we are scared to stand by our windows?

Where is the help to subdue the violence or the struggle in this place?

I thought the U.S. Government would have done something more rather than be just one big disgrace

They all talk fine words from Bush all the way down

But they don't understand the struggle because they never are around.

They talk of making more jobs and helping people find homes

They want to do all these so called nice things

But can you really call the "Projects" home?

A job is good if it has somewhere to lead, not being a manager at a fast food place or working at a gas station, please...

Its time to stop waiting my friends

Lets all stand up on our feet.

Lets help each other in this forsaken world

Because we are usually just fed lies and deceit.

Lets take it upon ourselves to improve our quality of life

Lets be the people who make the world better and strive to make it right.

Through a unified effort from black,white, brown and yellow

We can end the struggle, we CAN together!

I CANNOT FAIL,

WILL NOT FAIL

AS LONG AS I'M BREATHING I WILL PREVAIL.

That is our anthem on which we must live or die by

We will keep our heads lifted high

Our strength in numbers ring in a deafen tone;

We cannot be denied...

I CANNOT FAIL,

I WILL NOT FAIL,

AS LONG AS I'M BREATHING I WILL PREVAIL....

Such proud words spoken,

Such proud words seen,

But in truth and reality...

These thoughts only are my dream....