Defari - These Dreams Lyrics
[defari]Aiyyo put one in the air for the ancestors, yknow?Cause without them, thered be no us, thats realTheres something on my mind.. everyday, all the timeIts the legacy, yknow? generations, of black peopleNow bust this..Aiyyo I think about this government, three strikes capital punishmentEnslaved my peoples for four hun-d-redYeah, plus someOften dream of goin back in time and givin slaves guns {*buk!*}So they can watch the master runWatch them devil try to get away then clap his back with the shotgunI got one, lets cut his head offLets take it to harriet tubman, show her that we ready to set it offShe get nat turner, nat go get sojournerSojourner send a messanger for touissant lovertureThrough the underground railroad, we goThrough the dark to the edge of forrest to meet with denmarkVessey, you know he got soldiers readyReady to kill like lions, in the serengetiSo like a stampede we rush the plantationSettin fire to everything, burn them down like cremationNo hesitation, free up the black nationKill them devils take his ships and head back for the mainlandThe game plan, yet and still its just a dreamI never forget, in my mind it never leave, aiyyo[chorus 2x: defari]I never forget, in my mind it never leaveThese dreams, filled with days of slaveryNever forget, in my mind it never leaveThese dreams, filled with days of slavery[defari]Yo, aiyyo jamie was a slaveEvery baby shed have the master would take awayShe never seen one long enough to give a nameEverytime the master would rape, jamied feel ashamedShe was only fourteenViolated, used and abused, far from a queenI met jamie in a dreamI gave her a brand new m-16 with two magazinesI told her next time he come aroundAct like you want him, get him to lay downMake sure that he take off his clothingAfter that I want you to fill him up, full of bullet holesRelease the whole clip, set trip on that mother*****erTell him thats for disrespectin you and your motherYour grandmother, your great-grandmotherYour brother your father, in the land they call the motherNext thing you do is round up all the restStay together and shoot your way to freedom, God bless, aiyyo[chorus] - 1.5x[defari]Aiyyo, I got dj babu in the houseFrom the world famous, beat junkiesAiyyo, yo babs how you feel about this?And this goes out to all the ancestorsEspecially to my grandmother (? ? )The foundation, rest in peaceLove you grandma
