Future Dreams of America

by Michael Sarate   Dec 16, 2004


Our future dreams of america
our future society growing up in
poverty.
and having us following down the wrong footsteps.
selling nonprescription vaccinations
sending people on mind-altering
vacations.
leading to early confrontations with
the law, having the crone colored
handcuffs slapped around the wrist.
still in grammar school but already
know the harsh rules of the world.
already know the when you hear
the bang! better drop to floor or
have your skin pores overflow with
the color of your red blood.
not even teens but already know how to strike fear into elders causing more stereotype\'s and just
becoming just another one in the classification of the failed attempts of the future dreams by just becoming the future dream.
they think they know what life means but can\'t even contemplate
how to truly imitate people around them.
you got to have them know that you\'ll go to college and gain the knowledge and street and smart wisdom.
striking fear in people in people don\'t gain respect but you expect everything to fall in the palm of your hands, y\'all can but don\'t want to understand y\'all see one dimensional but you got to see with 3d glasses know what the consequences are of gang banging
and dope slanging.
our young beloved females wearing to tight, booty can\'t fit right cutting off the circulation to the body kind of clothes while your only in seventh grade!
what are you trying to prove my young sisters?
that you have a developing figure and must linger around men twice your age and engage into sexual activities and it confuses me and puts me into losing hope for you being the future dream.
our males come on!
we wearing pants that can\'t even fit
thinking we gangsters man we ain\'t gangsters, we think we could commonly think we could bring death, to see the communities but we foolishly just prove that were nothing more than another fallen victim who didn\'t listen to elder words.
y\'all deserve a better life but will sacrifice it for your gang!?
y\'all got to be our future dream.
we are the future dreams of america
we\'re sons and daughters of sons and daughters and will soon have sons and daughters and they will be born with the same state of mind as we have now of gang banging and dope slanging. So let are little future dreams of america know that we were once the real future dreams of america.

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