I Dreamt a Dream Last Century
I DREAMT A DREAM LAST CENTURY
I Dreamt a Dream Last Century,
That babies were forsaken in the name of expedience.
That borders were shut in the nation of hospitality.
That music faded beneath the strident silence of apathy.
And that all hope was lost.
I Dreamt a Dream Last Century,
That men manipulated the hatred of a nation, to blind babies to justice.
That women cared only for themselves.
That pastors preached hell fire in the name mercy.
And that all hope was lost.
I Dreamt a Dream Last Century,
That a wind from the east formed like a whisper.
I Dreamt a Dream Last Century,
That a wind from the east like a whisper began to awaken minds and manifest
rhymes and take the reins to a glorious revolution.
I Dreamt a Dream Last Century,
That a wind from the east caught hold of a generation and we said in
unison, “NO MORE!”
Amen.
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