(CHORUS)

I REALIZE, TIME DON'T MASTER ME...

I CAN'T DENY, REALITY FOR WHAT SEEMS...

HAD TO TAKE MY TIME, JUST TO GET ON MY FEET...

AND SEE IT IN MY EYES, ME, LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM...

(VERSE ONE)

01. PLACE OF THE PATRIOTS, HOME OF THE DERRINGER,

LAND OF CONTRADICTIONS, WE CALL HOME AMERICA...

02. YOU KNOW THE AREA, AND IT'S A WHOLE NEW YEAR,

OUR PRESIDENT IS BLACK, HE'S BUILDING HEALTH CARE...

03. WE GOT A LOT OF WORK, AFTER THE BUSH YEARS,

WE POURED OUT ALL OUR PAIN, WE GAVE 'EM ALL OUR TEARS...

04. WE SAW THE BEST, AND WORST, WE DID THE WRONG, AND RIGHT,

WE OVER STAND THE HISTORY, BUT AFTER EVERY NIGHT...

05. THERE'S ANOTHER CHANCE, YEAH THERE'S ANOTHER LIGHT,

I COULDN'T SEE IT, SO I HAD TO READJUST MY SIGHT...

06. WONT EVER REST A BIT, IT'S 'BOUT PROGRESSING IT,

FROM A DREAM, INTO FRUITION, THAT'S THE BEST IT GETS...

(VERSE TWO)

07. WE'RE UP FROM SLAVERY NOW, BUT DOWN FROM DRUG ABUSE,

I NEVER THOUGHT I'D LIVE, I THOUGHT I'D DIE CONFUSED...

08. I MEAN, I'M STILL CONFUSED, BUT HEY, THE VISION'S CLEARER,

YOU SAY THEY'RE HATING HARD, I SAY LOOK IN THE MIRROR...

09. YOU GOTTA HOLD YOUR OWN, WE GOTTA GRIND TOGETHER,

YEAH, THEY STILL TREAT US BAD, BUT HEY, IT'S GETTING BETTER...

10. JUST BE A GO-GETTER, SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE,

AND IF YOU'RE FROM, WHERE I'M FROM, RECOGNIZE WE'RE EQUAL...

11. WE GOT THE SAME RIGHTS, WE HAD THE SAME CHANCE,

PEEP THE SYSTEM, OR BE VICTIM TO A CIRCUMSTANCE...

12. THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES, AND ALWAYS ROOM TO BE,

AT YOUR BEST, DON'T EVER REST, GET ON YOUR ZOOM, AND SEE...

(VERSE THREE)

13. WE'RE TALKING STEM CELLS, WE'RE SENDING MORE TROOPS,

SOME LOST THEIR FOCUS, AND APPROACHED US, LIKE WE WOULDN'T MOVE...

14. BUT WE STILL STAND TALL, SAID IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN,

BUT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THE FALL, SO NOW, THERE'S NO RELAXING...

15. I DREAMED OF BETTER DAYS, CAUSE I WAS "SO TIRED",

AND THIS RECESSION HAD ME STRESSING, FEELING UNINSPIRED...

16. SOME SAY 'DON'T BE DREAMER', LIKE IF I'M JUST A FOOL,

BUT EVEN RESTING, I'M PROGRESSING, WAKE AND EXECUTE...

17. BRING THE BEST OF YOU, I'LL BRING THE BEST OF ME,

AND AS ONE, WE'LL GET IT IN, SO RESPECTFULLY...

18. JUST EMBRACE THE DREAM, GO AND GET YOUR SHARE,

CAUSE OVERALL LIFE IS GOOD, WHEN YOU PERSEVERE...

19. TRYING TO SEE IT CLEAR,

VISUALIZE AND TAKE IT THERE...

AMERICAN DREAM (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED SUPERIOR SOUNDS 2010)

VOCALS BY THE MAESTRO Z.O.O.M. and THE DONSTRESS