Wishing - Edo. G/Pete Rock.mp3

[00:18.362][Verse 1 Masta Ace]
[00:20.432]Yeah, I wish the president would stop lying
[00:22.892]Black babies would stop crying
[00:24.748]And young brothers would stop dying (Stop dying)
[00:26.684]I wish the police would stop killing
[00:28.799]Politicians stop stealing and acting like they not dealing
[00:32.289]When they know they got bricks in the street
[00:33.979]At the country club, fixing to eat
[00:36.658]I can see 'em now
[00:37.615]I wish we'd get this shit figured out
[00:39.249]And stop going the trigger route
[00:41.238]And actin' all nigga'd out
[00:42.944]On the block with the nine cocked
[00:44.745]I wish we try and stop (What?), stop wishing for the pine box
[00:48.154]I wish we wasn't so obsessed with death
[00:50.690]Tell me is it 'cause we blessed with less?
[00:52.567]I don't know really
[00:53.714]I wish the world was safer, I'm scared to travel abroad
[00:56.463]That's why I travel with the Lord (Yeah)
[00:58.700]I wish a cab would stop for me in the rain
[01:01.038]I know you wanna call me insane
[01:03.137]I'm a dreamer
[01:04.197]
[01:04.755][Interlude: Martin Luther King Jr. & Gene Wilder]
[01:05.269]I have a dream that one day ... people ... injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression,
[01:16.881]will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
[01:21.312]I have a dream...
[01:23.130]We are the dreamers of dreams
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[01:24.513][Verse 2：Edo.G.]
[01:24.838]I wish my pops didn't die when I was seven years old
[01:27.472]If there's life after death, is Heaven this cold?
[01:30.182]I wish I could wipe the tears of all the crying mothers
[01:33.100]Wish New York niggas didn't start flying colors
[01:36.025]I wish my people stop avoiding the truth
[01:38.273]BET stop poisoning youth
[01:40.109]We need changes for teenagers as they go through phases
[01:43.884]More than just a concrete jungle, a world of green acres
[01:46.867]I wish I'd been more diligent
[01:48.713]Smart cats rhyme militant, the rest rhyme ignorant
[01:52.249]I wish the world didn't give us funny looks (Uh-huh)
[01:54.439]Think we all just dummies and crooks
[01:56.258]Athletes and entertainers singing hooks
[01:58.793]We need more black babies that's into books (Read on)
[02:02.970]I wish God could take away the pain
[02:05.027]I know you want to call me insane
[02:06.857]I'm a dreamer
[02:07.482]
[02:25.449][Interlude: Gene Wilder]
[02:26.573]We are the dreamers of dreams
[02:28.042]
[02:28.823]I wish I didn't get searched when I come through customs
[02:32.050]I wish Christians stop beefing with Muslims
[02:34.824]Wish the poor didn't have to take welfare
[02:37.351]Wish America had universal healthcare
[02:40.434]'Cause there ain't no help here (Nah), in a country where we don't fight fair
[02:44.505]The American Dream becomes a nightmare
[02:46.904]It's all hype here, and on this track my soul I might bare
[02:51.058]I wish Bush just get out of office (Get out!)
[02:53.213]Before he start World War Three and try to off us
[02:56.182]It won't cost them, but it'll cost us
[02:58.799]And right now, believe me, you lost us