These Dreams

[Defari]<br>Aiyyo put one in the air for the ancestors, y`know?<br>Cause without them, there`d be no us, that`s real<br>There`s something on my mind.. everyday, all the time<br>It`s the legacy, y`know? Generations, of black people<br>Now bust this..<br><br>Aiyyo I think about this government, three strikes capital punishment<br>Enslaved my peoples for four hun-d-red<br>Yeah, plus some<br>Often dream of goin back in time and givin slaves guns {*BUK!*}<br>So they can watch the master run<br>Watch them devil try to get away then clap his back with the shotgun<br>I got one, let`s cut his head off<br>Let`s take it to Harriet Tubman, show her that we ready to set it off<br>She get Nat Turner, Nat go get Sojourner<br>Sojourner send a messanger for Touissant L`Overture<br>Through the underground railroad, we go<br>Through the dark to the edge of forrest to meet with Denmark<br>Vessey, you know he got soldiers ready<br>Ready to kill like lions, in the Serengeti<br>So like a stampede we rush the plantation<br>Settin fire to everything, burn them down like cremation<br>No hesitation, free up the black nation<br>Kill them devils take his ships and head back for the mainland<br>The game plan, yet and still it`s just a dream<br>I never forget, in my mind it never leave, aiyyo<br><br>[Chorus 2X: Defari]<br>I never forget, in my mind it never leave<br>These dreams, filled with days of slavery<br>Never forget, in my mind it never leave<br>These dreams, filled with days of slavery<br><br>[Defari]<br>Yo, aiyyo Jamie was a slave<br>Every baby she`d have the master would take away<br>She never seen one long enough to give a name<br>Everytime the master would rape, Jamie`d feel ashamed<br>She was only fourteen<br>Violated, used and abused, far from a queen<br>I met Jamie in a dream<br>I gave her a brand new M-16 with two magazines<br>I told her next time he come around<br>Act like you want him, get him to lay down<br>Make sure that he take off his clothing<br>After that I want you to fill him up, full of bullet holes<br>Release the whole clip, set trip on that motherfucker<br>Tell him that`s for disrespectin you and your mother<br>Your grandmother, your great-grandmother<br>Your brother your father, in the land they call the mother<br>Next thing you do is round up all the rest<br>Stay together and shoot your way to freedom, God bless, aiyyo<br><br>[Chorus] - 1.5X<br><br>[Defari]<br>Aiyyo, I got DJ Babu in the house<br>From the World Famous, Beat Junkies<br>Aiyyo, yo Babs how you feel about this?<br>And this goes out to all the ancestors<br>Especially to my grandmother (??)<br>The foundation, rest in peace<br>Love you grandma