I Have A Dream
(Johan Bengtsson/Martin Luther King)
I am happy to join with you today
In what will go down in history
As the greatest demonstration for freedom
In the history of our nation
So even though we face the difficulties
Of today and tomorrow
I still have a dream
It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream
I have a dream
That one day this nation will rise up
And live out the true meaning of its creed:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal.”
I have a dream
I have a dream
I have a dream
That my four children
Will one day live in a nation
Where they will not be judged by the color of their skin
But by the content of their character
I have a dream today!
One day, right there in Alabama,
Little black boys and black girls
Will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls
As sisters and brothers
I have a dream today!
I have a dream
That one day every valley shall be exalted
Every hill and mountain shall be made low
The rough places will be made plain
And the crooked places will be made straight
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
And all flesh shall see it together
This is our hope
This is the faith that I go back to the South with
With this faith
We will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair
A stone of hope
With this faith
We will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation
Into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood
With this faith
We will be able to work together
To pray together
To struggle together
To go to jail together
To stand up for freedom together
Knowing that we will be free one day
With this faith
We will be able to speed up that day
When all of God’s children
Black men and white men
Jews and Gentiles
Protestants and Catholics
Will be able to join hands
And sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual
“Free at last! free at last!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”
Credits:
Johan Bengtsson (keyboard, programming, sampling)