Wishing

[Intro: Gene Wilder]

We are the dreamers of dreams

[Verse 1: Masta Ace]

Yeah, I wish the president would stop lying

Black babies would stop crying

And young brothers would stop dying (Stop dying)

I wish the police would stop killing

Politicians stop stealing and acting like they not dealing

When they know they got bricks in the street

At the country club, fixing to eat

I can see 'em now

I wish we'd get this shit figured out

And stop going the trigger route

And actin' all nigga'd out

On the block with the nine cocked

I wish we try and stop (What?), stop wishing for the pine box

I wish we wasn't so obsessed with death

Tell me is it 'cause we blessed with less?

I don't know really

I wish the world was safer, I'm scared to travel abroad

That's why I travel with the Lord (Yeah)

I wish a cab would stop for me in the rain

I know you wanna call me insane

I'm a dreamer

[Interlude: Martin Luther King Jr. & Gene Wilder]

I have a dream that one day ... people ... injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream...

We are the dreamers of dreams

[Verse 2: Ed O.G]

I wish my pops didn't die when I was seven years old

If there's life after death, is Heaven this cold?

I wish I could wipe the tears of all the crying mothers

Wish New York niggas didn't start flying colors

I wish my people stop avoiding the truth

BET stop poisoning youth

We need changes for teenagers as they go through phases

More than just a concrete jungle, a world of green acres

I wish I'd been more diligent

Smart cats rhyme militant, the rest rhyme ignorant

I wish the world didn't give us funny looks (Uh-huh)

Think we all just dummies and crooks

Athletes and entertainers singing hooks

We need more black babies that's into books (Read on)

I wish God could take away the pain

I know you want to call me insane

I'm a dreamer

[Interlude: Gene Wilder]

We are the dreamers of dreams

[Verse 3: Ed O.G]

I wish I didn't get searched when I come through customs

I wish Christians stop beefing with Muslims

Wish the poor didn't have to take welfare

Wish America had universal healthcare

'Cause there ain't no help here (Nah), in a country where we don't fight fair

The American Dream becomes a nightmare

It's all hype here, and on this track my soul I might bare

I wish Bush just get out of office (Get out!)

Before he start World War Three and try to off us

It won't cost them, but it'll cost us

And right now, believe me, you lost us