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        !!!'''Informal Writing Week 2: Common - "A Dream"

Informal Writing Week 2:

CommonA Dream

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XBa55sDTIiA

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A Dream lyrics by Common.

Chorus

(I am happy...I Have a Dream) I got a Dream

(That One Day ) We gonna work it out out out

(That One Day ) We gonna work it out

(I Have a Dream) I got a Dream

(That One Day ) We gonna work it out out out

(That One Day ) We gonna work it out

(I Have a Dream) I got a Dream

(That One Day) That one day

(That One Day) I'ma look deep within myself

(I Have a Dream) I gotta find a way...

My Dream Is To Be Free

My Dream Is To Be

My Dream Is To Be Free

[Verse 1:]

In search of brighter days, I ride through the maze of the madness,

Struggle is my address, where pain and crack lives,

Gunshots comin' from sounds of Blackness,

Given this game with no time to practice,

Born on the Black list, told I'm below average,

A life with no cabbage,

That's no money if you from where I'm from,

Funny, I just want some of your sun,

Dark clouds seem to follow me,

Alcohol that my pops swallowed bottled me,

No apology, I walk with a boulder on my shoulder,

It's a Cold War - I'm a colder soldier,

Hold the same fight that made Martin Luther the King,

I ain't usin' it for the right thing,

In between Lean and the fiends, hustle and the schemes,

I put together pieces of a Dream

I still have one

Chorus

(I am happy...I Have a Dream) I got a Dream

(That One Day ) We gonna work it out out out

(That One Day ) We gonna work it out

(I Have a Dream) I got a Dream

(That One Day ) We gonna work it out out out

(That One Day ) We gonna work it out

[ A Dream lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com ]

(I Have a Dream) I got a Dream

(That One Day) That one day

(That One Day) I'ma look deep within myself

(I Have a Dream) I gotta find a way...

My Dream Is To Be Free

My Dream Is To Be

My Dream Is To Be Free

[Verse 2:]

The world's seen me lookin' in the mirror,

Images of me, gettin' much clearer,

Dear Self, I wrote a letter just to better my soul,

If I don't express it then forever I'll hold, inside

I'm from a side where we out of control,

Rap music in the 'hood played a fatherly role,

My story's like yours, yo it gotta be told,

Tryna make it from a gangsta to a godlier role,

Read scrolls and stow slaves,

And Jewish people in cold cage,

Hate has no color or age, flip the page,

Now my rage became freedom,

Writin' dreams in the dark, they far but I can see 'em,

I believe in Heaven more than Hell,

Blessings more than jail,

In the ghetto let love prevail,

With a story to tell, my eyes see the glory and well,

The world waitin' for me to yell "I Have a Dream"

Chorus

(I am happy...I Have a Dream) I got a Dream

(That One Day ) We gonna work it out out out

(That One Day ) We gonna work it out

(I Have a Dream) I got a Dream

(That One Day ) We gonna work it out out out

(That One Day ) We gonna work it out

(I Have a Dream) I got a Dream

(That One Day) That one day

(That One Day) I'ma look deep within myself

(I Have a Dream) I gotta find a way...

My Dream Is To Be Free

My Dream Is To Be

My Dream Is To Be Free

        Hip-hop was my first love when I was a teenager in the ‘90’s.  However, since the dark hip-hop of Wu-Tang Clan and Mobb Deep gave way to money-rap, I’ve strayed quite a bit in the last eight years or so.  Recently, I heard a little bit of Common and was pleasantly surprised.  So, upon seeing his video under the links section, I knew that’d be a good place to start.  I was extremely pleased with his message.  Adding to its power was the fact that it wasn’t limited to any particular group.  His intermingling of images of the racial struggle in America and the Holocaust combined with lyrics such as, “Hate has no color or age, flip the page” served to show that his words reach all of humanity.  It’s important that figures tackle issues of hate across all levels.  This shows a focus on people as a whole and not preference for any one group.  Common exemplified brotherhood.