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The dream of today
If I’m gonna be honest
America is dying
So much stuff is going on
I bet you Martin Luther King’s cryin’
He said “I Have a Dream”but it didn’t come out as planned,
They tell us “Just keep livin” but I don’t think that we can
Life gets harder everyday
Cause of the color of our skin,
I be askin’ the Lord “When will our new day begin?”
Mommas buryin’ they babies, almost every two hours
I told the gardeners “You need to start plantin’ more flowers”
Martin asked “When will you be satisfied?”
When we all get justice for our black daughters
And when they stop makin’ families cry
“We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters”
That’s his words, not mine so we need to stop givin’ out orders
“Let us not wallow in the valley of despair,” he said
But what we’re doing today, feels like we don’t even care
Innocent, black lives get taken all day
People, cryin’, fightin’, cause they want justice their way
I’m very disappointed in America today,
We’re supposed to be united,
Not divided in this way
No name callin’, no judgin’
Just lovin’ and huggin’
Martin had a dream that needs to come true,
So imma do my part
Now what about you?
“I Have a Dream” needs to be a reality
That’s what I’m sayin’
So let’s stand together and bring together nations
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This was made for a project for Martin Luther King Jr. day and we had to compare his speech to our world and the society we live in today. The question she asked was, "Did Martin's dream become a reality, or are we not there yet?" And that's how this poem was created.