I have a dream

**Samples of Martin Luther King speech**

I’m happy to join with you today

In what will go down in history

As the greatest demonstration

Now is the time…

[Chorus]

(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

We played the background long enough

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

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 double H P 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 I’ll spit real until I die or get killed

Like Jerusalem this Is-real

[Chorus]

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 coz 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

Coz 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

More high rotations at more radio stations

Local vs. international ratios changed quick

[Chorus] X 2

Free at last, free at last

Thank God Almighty we are free at last