Andre Morris

1. Andre Morris American Dream music project

2. INDEX • Eminem Mosh 2000 • The Game Dreams 2000 • System of a down B.Y.O.B 90s • System of a down A.D.D 90s • Billy Bragg help save the youth of America 80s • The Smiths Ask 80s • John Lennon give peace a chance 60s • Curtis Mayfield people get ready 60s • John Lennon Imagine 70s

3. Scrutinize every word, memorize every lineI spit it once, refuel, reenergize, and rewindI give sight to the blind, mind sight through the mindI exercise my right to express when I feel it's timeIt's just all in your mind, what you interpret it asI say to fight you take it as I’m going to whip someone's assIf you don't understand don't even bother to askA father who has grown up with a fatherless pastWho has blown up now to rap phenomenon that hasOr at least shows no difficulty multi taskAnd juggling both, perhaps mastered his craft slashEntrepreneur who has held long too few more rap actsWho has had a few obstacles thrown his way through the last halfOf his career typical manure moving past thatMister kiss his ass crack, he's a class actRubber band man, yea he just snaps back Come along, follow me as I lead through the darknessAs I provide just enough spark, that we need to proceedCarry on, give me hope, give me strength,Come with me, and I won't stear you wrongPut your faith and your trust as I guide us through the fogTill the light, at the end, of the tunnel, we going to fight,We going to charge, we going to stomp, we gonna march through the swampWe gonna mosh through the marsh, take us right through the doorsTo the people up top, on the side and the middle,Come together, let's all bomb and swamp just a littleJust let it gradually build, from the front to the backAll you can see is a sea of people, some white and some blackDon't matter what color, all that matters is we gathered togetherTo celebrate for the same cause, no matter the weatherIf it rains let it rain, yea the wetter the betterThey ain't gonna stop us, they can't, we're stronger now more then ever,They tell us no we say yea, they tell us stop we say go,Rebel with a rebel yell, raise hell we gonna let em knowStomp, push up, mush, fuck Bush, until they bring our troops home come on just . . .Come along, follow me as I lead through the darknessAs I provide just enough spark, that we need to proceedCarry on, give me hope, give me strength,Come with me, and I won't stear you wrongPut your faith and your trust as I guide us through the fogTill the light, at the end, of the tunnel, we gonna fight,We gonna charge, we gonna stomp, we gonna march through the swampWe gonna mosh through the marsh, take us right through the doors, come onImagine it pouring, it's raining down on us,Mosh pits outside the oval officeSomeone's trying to tell us something, maybe this is God just sayingwe're responsible for this monster, this coward, that we have empoweredThis is Bin Laden, look at his head nodding,How could we allow something like this, Without pumping our fistNow this is our, final hourLet me be the voice, and your strength, and your choiceLet me simplify the rhyme, just to amplify the noiseTry to amplify the times it, and multiply it by sixTeen million people are equal of this high pitchMaybe we can reach Al Quaida through my speechLet the President answer on high anarchyStrap him with AK-47, let him goFight his own war, let him impress daddy that wayNo more blood for oil, we got our own battles to fight on our soilNo more psychological warfare to trick us to think that we ain't loyalIf we don't serve our own country we're patronizing a heroLook in his eyes, it's all lies, the stars and stripesThey've been swiped, washed out and wiped,And Replaced with his own face, mosh now or dieIf I get sniped tonight you'll know why, because I told you to fight So come along, follow me as I lead through the darknessAs I provide just enough spark, that we need to proceedCarry on, give me hope, give me strength,Come with me, and I won't stear you wrongPut your faith and your trust as I guide us through the fogTill the light, at the end, of the tunnel, we gonna fight,We gonna charge, we gonna stomp, we gonna march through the swampWe gonna mosh through the marsh, take us right through the doors[Eminem speaking angrily]And as we proceed, to mosh through this desert storm, in these closing statements,if they should argue, let us beg to differ, as we set aside our differences,and assemble our own army, to disarm this weapon of mass destructionthat we call our president, for the present,and mosh for the future of our next generation, The song is about bush and how he has ruined the country. I chose this song because I believe that America would be a better place if G.W was in power. Makes me want to rebel against the government. Eminem Mosh

4. I woke up out that coma two thousand and one'Bout the same time Dre dropped "2001"Three years later the album is doneAftermath presents "Nigga Witta Attitude, Volume One"Rap critics politickin, wanna know the outcome"Ready to Die" "Reasonable Doubt" and "Doggystyle" in oneI feel like 'Pac after the Snoop Dogg trial was doneDre behind that G series and "All Eyez on Me"I watched the death of a dynasty, so I told Vibe MagazineWorkin with Dr. Dre was a {dream}I had visions of makin a classic, then my world turned blacklike I was starin out of Stevie Wonders glassesIt's kinda hard to imagine, like Kanye Westcomin back from his fatal accident to beatmakin and rappinBut, we the future, Whitney Houston told me thatAnd it's gon' take more than a bullet in the heart to hold me back [Chorus: The Game]Russian and this 40 ounce, lettin the ink from my pen bleedCause Martin Luther King had a {dream}Aaliyah had a {dream} Left Eye had a {dream}So I reached out to Kanye and {I brought you all my dreams}{Cause I love you, I love you, I love you}{I-highhhhhh love yI had dreams, of fuckin, a R&B bitch like MyaWhen I saw that ass on the front of that KingRead the article in the magazine, she loved gangsters, loved nasty thingsSo I'm in the glass house havin nasty dreamsGood girls never give it upBut anything is possible, if 50 fucked VivicaHurdled life's obstacles, found my way through the mazeThen joy turned to pain like Frankie Beverly and MazeUsed to dream of bein +Unsigned Hype+, 'til I was crushed by Dave MaysAlmost let my pen fall asleep on the pageDaydreamin yesterday, dozin off backstageI thought I saw Eazy talkin to Jam Master JaySo I walked over, heard Jam Master say"It's a hard knock life, then you pass away"They say sleep is the cousin of death, so my eyes wide openCause a dream is kin to your last breath ou} This song is bout the hard ships of street life. I chose this song because most African American males can relate to it. Makes me feel that hard work can get you by the struggle. The Game Dreams

5. Why do they always send the poorBarbarisms by BarbarasWith pointed heelsVictorious victories kneelFor brand new spankin' dealsMarching forward hypocritic andHypnotic computersYou depend on our protectionYet you feed us lies from the tableclothEverybody's going to the party have a real good timeDancing in the desert blowing up the sunshineKneeling roses disappearing intoMoses' dry mouthBreaking into Fort Knox stealingOur intentionsHangers sitting dripped in oilCrying freedomHanded to obsoletionStill you feed us lies from the tableclothEverybody's going to the party have a real good timeDancing in the desert blowing up the sunshineEverybody's going to the party have a real good timeDancing in the desert blowing up the sunshineBlast offIt's party timeAnd we don't live in a fascist nationBlast offIt's party timeAnd where the fuck are you?Where the fuck are you?Where the fuck are you?Why don't presidents fight the war?Why do they always send the poor?Why don't presidents fight the war?Why do they always send the poor?Why do they always send the poor?Why do they always send the poor?Why do they always send the poor?Kneeling roses disappearing intoMoses' dry mouthBreaking into Fort Knox stealingOur intentionsHangers sitting dripped in oilCrying freedomHanded to obsoletion,Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth I chose this song because it is about the war in Iraq and how they say that we fighting for peace but really oil so we live in a fascist nation. This song is about the war in Iraq. It makes me feel that there is no use for war because all it brings is pain. System of a down B.Y.O.B

6. We fought your wars with all our hearts,You sent us back in body parts,You took our wills with the truth you stole,We offer prayers for you long lost soul.The remainder is,An unjustifiable, egotistical, power struggleAt the expense of the American Dream,Of the American Dream, of the American.We don't give a damn about your world,With all your global profits, and all your jeweled pearls,We don't give a damn about your world,Right now, right now.There is no flag that is large enough,To hide the shame of a man in cuffs,You switched the signs then you closed our blinds,You changed the channel then you changed our minds.We don't give a damn about your world,With all your global profits, and all your jeweled pearls,We don't give a damn about your world,Right now, right now.We don't give a damn about your world,With all your global profits, and all your jeweled pearls,We don't give a damn about your world,Right now, right now.No flag large enough,Shame on a man in cuffs,You closed your blinds.The remainder is,An unjustifiable, egotistical, power struggle,At the expense of the American Dream,Of the American Dream, of the American,Of the American.We don't give a damn about your world,With all your global profits, and all your jeweled pearls,We don't give a damn about your world,Right now, right now.We don't give a damn about your world,With all your global profits, and all your jeweled pearls,We don't give a damn about your world,Right now, right now. right now, right now,Right now, right now, right now, pararara.... This song is about how we fight wars for our country and we stay to stay in Iraq all for the American dream. It make same feel that we fighting this war for nothing. I chose this song because a lot of families have fathers and mothers in the war fighting. System of a Down A.D.D

7. Help save the youth of AmericaHelp save them from themselvesHelp save the sun-tanned surfer boysAnd the Californian girls When the lights go out in the rest of the WorldWhat do our cousins sayThey're playing in the sun and having fun, fun, funTill Daddy takes the gun away From the Big Church to the Big RiverAnd out to the Shining SeaThis is the Land of OpportunityAnd there's a Monkey Trial on TVA nation with their freezers fullAre dancing in their seatsWhile outside another nationIs sleeping in the streets Don't tell me the old, old storyTell me the truth this timeIs the Man in the Mask or the IndianAn enemy or a friend of mine Help save the youth of AmericaHelp save the youth of the worldHelp save the boys in uniformTheir mothers and their faithful girls Listen to the voice of the soldierDown in the killing zoneTalking about the cost of livingAnd the price of bringing him home They're already shipping the body bagsDown by the Rio GrandeBut you can fight for democracy at homeAnd not in some foreign land And the fate of the great United StatesIs entwined in the fate of us allAnd the incident at Tschernobyl provesThe world we live in is very small And the cities of Europe have burned beforeAnd they may yet burn againAnd if they do I hope you understandThat Washington will burn with themOmaha will burn with themLos Alamos will burn with them   I chose this song because it makes me realize what we take for granted in this country. This song is about what we take for granted in the country. It makes me feel that as the next generation that we must stand up and take charge and make a better future. Billy Bragg help the youth of America

8. Shyness is nice, and Shyness can stop you From doing all the things in life You'd like to Shyness is nice, and Shyness can stop you From doing all the things in life You'd like to So, if there's something you'd like to try If there's something you'd like to try ASK ME - I WON'T SAY "NO" - HOW COULD I ? Coyness is nice, and Coyness can stop you From saying all the things in Life you'd like to So, if there's something you'd like to try If there's something you'd like to try ASK ME - I WON'T SAY "NO" - HOW COULD I ? Spending warm Summer days indoors Writing frightening verse To a buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME Because if it's not Love Then it's the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb That will bring us together Nature is a language - can't you read ? Nature is a language - can't you read ? SO ... ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME Because if it's not Love Then it's the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb, the Bomb That will bring us together If it's not Love Then it's the Bomb Then it's the Bomb That will bring us together SO ... ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME Oh, la ... This song is about how if we cant find peace then war will bring us together. I chose this song because in Iraq I think that many of will die if we don’t end this war. I feel patriotic about my nation and hopefully we can solve this terrorist problem without any more blood shed. The Smiths Ask

9. Two, one two three four Ev'rybody's talking about Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m. All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance C'mon Ev'rybody's talking about Ministers, Sinisters, Banisters and canisters Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes, And bye bye, bye byes. All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance Let me tell you now Ev'rybody's talking about Revolution, evolution, masturbation, flagellation, regulation, integrations, meditations, United Nations, Congratulations. All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance Ev'rybody's talking about John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper, Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna, Hare, Hare Krishna All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance This song about peace and how instead of war we should try peace. I chose this song because it has the same beliefs that I do we shouldn’t have wars doesn’t solve anything. It makes feel that we care to much about war and not enough about peace. John Lennon give peace a chance

10. People get ready, there's a train coming'You don't need no baggage, you just get on boardAll you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin'You don't need no ticket you just thank the lordPeople get ready, there's a train to JordanPicking up passengers coast to coastFaith is the key, open the doors and board themThere's hope for all among those loved the mostThere ain't no room for the hopeless sinner whom would hurt all mankindJust to save his ownHave pity on those whose chances grow thinnerFor there is no hiding place against the kingdoms thronePeople get ready there's a train comin'You don't need no baggage, just get on boardAll you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin'You don't need no ticket, just thank the lord. It makes feel how fortunate I am to live country. I chose this song because my family were immigrants and I guess it relates to them. Song is about immigrants coming to the United States. Curtis Mayfeild People get ready

11. Imagine there's no heavenIt's easy if you tryNo hell below usAbove us only skyImagine all the peopleLiving for today...Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peace...You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will be as oneImagine no possessionsI wonder if you canNo need for greed or hungerA brotherhood of manImagine all the peopleSharing all the world...You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will live as one I chose this song because it makes a lot of sense about the world. It is about the world and how it would be like without chaos. It makes me feel that we should really consider just letting the world do its thing don’t bother anyone just stay to ourselves. Imagine John Lennon

12. Hate and war - the only things we got todayAn' if I close my eyesThey will not go awayYou have to deal with itIt is the currencyHate...hate...hate...The hate of a nationA million miles from homeAn' get war from the junkiesWho don't like my formI'm gonna stay in the cityEven when the house fall downI don't dream of a holidayWhen hate an' war come aroundHate and war...I have the will to surviveI cheat if I can't winIf someone locks me outI kick my way back inAn' if I get aggressionI give it to them two time backEvery day it's just the sameWith hate an' war on my backHate and war - I hate all the EnglishHate and war - they're just as bad as wopsHate and war - I hate all the politenessHate and war - I hate all the copsI wanna walk down any streetLooking like a creepI don't care if I get beat upBy any Kebab Greek I chose this song because there is to much hate in the world. It makes me feel that we should have peace This song is about hate and war :D. Hate and War The Clash