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To A Dream Deferred

from Langston HUghes by Defi Reason & GoodFella Nella

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lyrics

*1*
- Yo What Happens To A Dream Deferred -
Does It Dry Up
Waitin On Yo Ass To Come & Replenish Its Earth /(2) -
- Or Get Infected Like A Open Sore -
- Sickened Wit Thoughts,
You Wont Be Able To Accomish This At All /(4) -
- Or Does It Stink Like Rotten Beef -
- Killing What Could Be
Over What's Been Sour For Weeks/(6) - - - Or Crust Over
Like Flippin Old Pies -
Diggin Like You Trying To Find A Friggin Gold Prize/(8)
For A Spot To Bury It -
- More Underground Than Harriet -
- Till There's No Recollection Of Ever Having It/(10) - -
- Or Maybe It Just Drags
Like A Heavy Soul -
Wit Too Much Weight On Its Back -
Strapped To A Heavy Tow /(12) - -
- - Or Does It Just Explode,
Combust From -
Having Too Much To Hold -
- Inside /(14) -
Just Waiting To Make Somebody Life -
More Splendid Than They Ever Intended In The Design /(16) -

HOOK:
- Got Ambition To Scheme ,
Got The Talent
Now The Challenge
Is To Execute The Dream /(2) - -
- - Take My Shot
But Not To Execute The Dream -
- - Better Late,
Than To Never Test The Scene /(4)

*2*
- Reverberations Of The Renaissance,
Slave To The Vision
Channel Masters Of Poetic Arts /(2) -
& True Musicianship -
- Never Poppin Off
But Talkin All That Jazz,
Never Choosing Censorship /(4) -
- Cant Tame
What You Cant Contain -
The Brilliance Of Blackness,
Too Massive, For JackAsses, To Ascertain /(6) -
- - Creating In The Shadows Of True Legends -
Who Didnt Let The Dream Die
Before Getting To Heaven/(8) -
- Pray That This Record Is Destined For The Intended Ears -
- & It Stirs Something Deep Within Whoever Hears /(10)
Dedicated To Whoever Cares -
This For That Shorty Dreaming Big,
Thinking Fuck The Fears /(12) -- Im Going For It,Whether Win, Lose, Or Draw -
- Not Much To Lose When You Done Been Thru The War/(14)
- So Go For It,
Whether Win, Lose, Or Draw -
- Aint Much That We Aint Been Thru Before/(16)

HOOK:
- Got Ambition To Scheme ,
Got The Talent,
Now The Challenge Is To Execute The Dream /(2) - -
- - Take My Shot
But Not To Execute The Dream -
- - Better Late,
Than To Never Test The Scene /(4)

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from Langston HUghes, released May 22, 2020

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