A Dream Lyrics

[Chorus: will.i.am & Martin Luther King Jr.]
(I have a dream)
I got a dream
(That one day) We gonna work it out
(That one day) We gonna work it 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
(That one day) We gonna work it 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) Imma look deep within myself, I gotta find a way
(I have a dream)

[Bridge: will.i.am]
My dream is to be free
My dream is to be...
My dream is to be...
My dream is to be free

[Verse 2: Common]
The world see 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 hold
Inside, I'm from the side where we out of control
Rap music in the hood play the fatherly role
My story like yours, yo it gotta be told
Tryna make it from a gangsta to a godlier role
Where it scrolls and stow slaves, and Jewish people in cold cage
Hate has no color or age
Flip the page, now my race became freedom
Write dreams in the dark, they far but I can see 'em
I believe in heaven more than hell, lessons more than jail
In the ghetto, let love prevail with a story to tell
My eyes see the glory, and well
The world waiting for me to yell "I Have a Dream"
[Chorus: will.i.am & Martin Luther King Jr.]
(I have a dream)
I got a dream
(That one day) We gonna work it out
(That one day) We gonna work it 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
(That one day) We gonna work it 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) Imma look deep within myself, I gotta find a way
(I have a dream)

[Bridge: will.i.am]
My dream is to be free
My dream is to be...
My dream is to be...
My dream is to be free

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Common and Will.I.Am sample Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and reflect on what’s changed and what’s unfortunately stayed the same in the close to 50 years since it was delivered

This is also the official soundtrack for the Richard LaGravenese`s 2007 film “Freedom Writers”.

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