3. I Had A Dream

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This here is the song closest to my heart, and for obvious reasons too. I won’t say too much cos’ it really tells its own story. So I’ll let it do just that.

In fact I’ll tell you this much, I wrote this one a while after I’d given up on pressing through my degree for the wrong reasons…..I guess I wanted to explain myself. And it wasn’t an easy one to write at all, this one hurt to get out….but it felt like the perfect thing to do at the time. It gave me a whole lot of peace of mind.

DEAR DAD,
I’M WRITING THIS IN THE SINCEREST LETTERS I HAVE
I MIGHTA MISSED EVERY SINGLE LIFE LESSON YOU PASSED
IN SPITE OF THIS I CAN STILL SAY THAT I’M A MAN
COS I DO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH YOU LOVE ME
AND EVEN THOUGH ITS SO PITITFUL AND ITS UGLY
THE WAY WE CONSTANTLY BICKERING WON’T YOU TRUST ME
I WANT THE SAME FOR MYSELF
I WANT THE NAME NOT THE SAME
THAT I MADE FOR MYSELF
AND YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANNA
AND BE MAD AS YOU WANNA
BUT I NEVER NEGLECT THE RESPECT AND HONOUR
THAT YOU TRULY DESERVE FOR PUTTING IN HARD WORK
ON THE GRIND AT THE MINES YOU DESIGNED YOUR LIFE
’85 I ARRIVED YOU DESIGNED MY SHINE
TEHN-DIAMOND I TALK TO THE WIND AND THE SKY
AND YES I FAILED A DEGREE BUT I NEVER FAILED YOU
COS AT THE END OF THE DAY….WELL I ONLY FAILED ME
BUT I’M FLYING….

DEAR MAMA,
YOUR THE HARDEST PART OF MY ARMOUR
YOUR MY SUNNY DAYS
SO ITS HARD THAT WE’VE BEEN APART HALF A DECADE
AND THE DAYS JUST KEEP TICKING
THE PAIN JUST KEEPS HITTING MY FRAME
BUT I’M CALM, COS YOU LOVE ME
AND EVEN THOUGH YOU GET TIRED OF HEARING I’M STRUGGLING
I KNOW YOU RIGHT BY MY SIDE I KNOW THAT YOU WONDERING
WHAT I’MMA MAKE OF MYSELF
I SEE THE WAY THROUGH THE MAZE
I’MMA TAKE WHAT I’M DEALT
AND I BELIEVE IN YOU MAMA
SO GO GET YOUR DEGREEE
BUT PLEASE YOU GOTTA SEE A DEGREE WASN’T FOR ME
AND WHAT YOU TRULY DESERVE
FOR PUTTING ME ON THIS EARTH
THESE WORDS WOULDN’T BE WORTH
THIS VERSE WOULDN’T HAVE WORKED
SO I WALKED WITH THE WIND AND I TALKED TO THE SKY
TOLD EM TAKE ME TO THE MOON COS I’M READY TO SHINE
AND IF I LOSE THEN I LOSE BUT I’M FIGHTING TO WIN
COS IF I WIN THEN YOU DID GIVE BIRTH TO A KING

It also happens to be the title track of the album I’m working on at the moment….and if you dont already know, its also one of three tracks I’m hoping to shoot a video for. And if you check the little sidebar to the right you can go ahead and vote for it if you’ like it to be the first official video I do.

Gotta warn ya though I hit the lab with TAGZ and we cooked up a new beat for this joint, one that kinda carries the sentiment a little better. You’ll see and hopefully love it too.

Peace,Love & a brighter day..

TehN