I Have a dream

I have a dream

“I am happy to join with you today, in what will go down in history as the

greatest demonstration now is the time”

I have a dream that real emcees will win awards/ cats who’ve been ignored/

By the industry before/ the underdogs that are giving more/ and their living for

The bigger cause/ that our hip hop will hit abroad/ in terms of level of sales and

Rate at which it’s bought/ I have a dream of seeing an SA emcee in the source/

A HHP poster in the centerfold/ I have a dream of platinum sales minimum gold/

A tour bus with all of us/ touring across African borders/ while television

Networks record us/ I have a dream of being on stage when I perform this/

Seeing the crowd respond to metaphors not just the chorus/ I have a dream/

Of writing articles in magazines/ that’ll explain hip-hop is more than just a baggy

Jeans/ in fact it seems the whole culture is misunderstood/ they say we portray

The bad listen while I spit some good/ it’s not all about me verb/ I want all

Emcees to be heard/ and get the respect that they deserve/ I have a dream that

That I’ll spit real/ until I die or get killed/ like Jerusalem this is real

It’s all definite/ we’re a force to be reckoned with / using thought as a weapon/

In this here war we expect to win/ be victorious yet again/ bringing all of the

Elements/ Dj’s graffiti arts and b-boys to get in spins/ from young emcees to

Veterans/ wannabe’s get your pens/ it’s no coincidence they call us heads cause

We’re ahead of them/ initiating new recruits to let them in/ schooling the youth

That truth in music is relevant/ I have a dream that African hip-hop is the future/

My thoughts are parallel to Martin Luther King junior/ cause I too have seen

The promise land and what it looks like/ if you haven’t tasted freedom you need

To read my book twice/ I have a dream of seeing more rap TV shows/ local

Releases packed in CD stores/ and more high rotations/ at more radio stations/

Local vs. international ratios changed quick/

Hook

(Heads) I time is now, rhymes is down, shine is found, we have re-defined the

Sound.

(Heads) listen here. This the year to spit the real and make the wackness

Disappear.

(Heads) together we stand divided we fall

(Heads) the better we can provide them a war

(Heads) We’ve played the background long enough

We’ll never back down rap’s now strong enough.