Dalamhati Track 2- American Dream

0:30)

another day another mother

trying to raise a pair of young brothers

trying to be a single parent make it working 60 hours

but ends meat still not being enough to feed even some ramen at the grocery shop

tried to make something out of herself

but monetary problems stop her from paying college bills

so she starts dancing for dollar bills

coming home late every night tucking her growing boys in/ sleep/ tight

 

(0:55) (hook)

dreaming the american dream am i alive or just breathing

working hard for a dream that may never be achieved and

trying to do it better than my family

but as i keep on dreaming it's turning into a nightmare... nightmare

but as i keep on dreaming it's turning into a nightmare... nightmare

 

(1:19)

2 years deep into anatomy

but in trouble it seems (what)

that here young boys are growing into young men

but look out,now there's a new man

is he beating the boys like he does their mother?

but financial dependency means they can't leave to another

 

(1:30)

so she comes home hoping hes sleeping

so she doesn't receive another beating

a late night of stripping a necessary demon

its claimin (cleamin) its toll on her soul

through so a whiskey shot

to escape the thought

of this american dream that she's livin a lot

a thing once used to pass the time starts to sink in its claws

always looking for another clause

to stay out a bit later and not come home to her depressing scene

so she stumbles in late drunk her eldest tuck her in/ sleep/ tight/

 

(1:55) (hook)

dreaming the american dream am i alive or just breathing

working hard for a dream that may never be achieved and

trying to do it better than my family

but as i keep on dreaming it's turning into a nightmare

 

(2:07)

Yeah 4 years down the road she got her degree

and that abusive man she made leave

but her youngest son is can no longer breathe

shot in the chest over some stupid shit

that he probably shouldn't have gotten involved with

the doctor says he only hours yet to live (leave)

his brother on the ground covered in tears

only 17 won' live to see another year

his mother walks in

weeps with his big brother

holding his hand not moving for hours

waiting until the return of doctor

doc says its time, she works up the strength inside

his mother tucks him in for one last time/ sleep/ tight

 

(hook)(2:43)

dreaming the american dream am i alive or just breathing

working hard for a dream that may never be achieved and

trying to do it better than my family

but as i keep on dreaming it's turning into a nightmare... night mare