dreaming

We do the jobs no white person would do
We fight in your wars
We dust off your broom.
We allow you to step on us to make us seem smaller
We gave up everything we were just to save your ass
After all that I do...
I am still not white
I am still not Christian.
I'm barely even a man
So I will never be able to make my dreams come true

I want to be president of my own land
Without war
Without money
You are nothing without me

So I live thru you
I do the jobs you take for granted
Seeing you become what you are
Is as close to my fantasy as I ever will get
I am not angry
I am not sad
I'm proud of what I have done
I brought you to the top at all costs

Maybe someday you will step on us softly
It will be all the thanks I need
We may not be free
We may not be equal
But we are here doing the only things you will let us do
Dreaming our dreams through you
You are nothing without us

Dreaming Our Dreams