Song Info
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#118,490 today
Peak #253
#11,390 in subgenre
Peak #22
Author
Beat/Lyrics/Vocals: Me
Rights
Me
Uploaded
June 09, 2006
Track Files
MP3
MP3 5.3 MB • 128 kbps • 4:30
Lyrics
My hope lies asleep in a prophecy long lost
Through the times & the ages, what's it gonna cost
To be set free, I know my enemy makes haste
To condemn us to genocide, men of every race
AIDS has become their new weapon of mass destruction
Mass corruption, yes tha system's unjust son
When the power lies in the hands of the elite
And the people follow into their chains like sheep
But what can ya do when you're on the defense
When you're brainwashed daily by the media's lens
To see tha world through American eyes
And not see tha deception, brutality & lies
And the blood, sweat & tears for an American dream
Nonexistant to those caught up in their schemes
Ignorant to the truths I express through my mic
To break down tha darkness in which I shed my light
[Chorus]
Ignorance
(is an American Dream)
Submission
(is an American Dream)
Corruption
(is an American Dream)
Deception
(Is an American Dream)
Hypocrisy
(Is an American Dream)
Brutality
(IS an American Dream)
Conformity
(Is an American Dream)
The elite have you forever chained to tha dream
Tha sketch of a dream first by our forefathers
Never bothered by those who felt tha need to work harder
For tha promise of a future better than before
In a system where tha poor can only remain poor
And tha rich get richer off tha sweat of a little girl
Fighting to create her own little place in tha world
Working 12-12 hours to have something of her own
While she steadily chokes upon her old memories of home
For that dream she has of a white picket fence
Caught & trapped in her own little world of innocence
Heart locked, boxed inside tha mind of a child
Until that image gets stained,cast into exile
Reality hits hard so it's best ya be prepared
To face it cause they've got your vision impaired
With a false sense of hope of a utopical lifestyle
Perceived to be tha symbol of tha good american life
[Chorus]
With fists I hit upon their toxic metropolis
Can't resist the jungle mist as it sweats an apocalypse
Brought forth by the schemes, an American dream
Beholds to disrupt & corrupt tha masses at the seams
Once they plant the seed, they create a new breed
Of people corrupted by ignorance & greed
Choking from the rope held tight around their throat
To keep them in check while chained to tha boat
Carrying them across seas to start life anew
Chained to tha dream of tha red, white, & blue
They're the building blocks that America's founded on
Decades later the spirit of a culture's nearly gone
Cause tha dream has taken hold on the souls of the enslaved
Forgotten bodies rotting from being sent to early graves
Taught to behave by those who reign supreme
Suppressing the oppressed for an American Dream
For an American Dream x8
[Chorus x2]
