American Dream lyrics

Oh yeah the American dream

American dream

The American dream

And so you want to get American visa

Want to go where they say the living is easier

Since you were young you been told

You can get anything there

Bought or sold

Freedom and prosperity for all

Equal opportunity is the call

But words without deeds

Is like a garden full of weeds

So you better take heed

So you better beware

And you better take care

Cause you just might be heading for a nightmare

Oh yeah the American dream

The American dream

Is not what it seems

And so it's better to seek your home

In Mount Zion I than in Rome

Cause when the levee go dry

A lot of people go cry

Some might even die

And so it's Africa for Africans

India for Indians

China for the Chinese ones

Europe for the Europeans

And now you understand

I hope you find your land

Because a dream is not reality

Oh yeah the American dream

American dream

The American dream

Oh yeah the American dream

The American dream

Is not what it seems

Yeah

For some it means the power and glory

And still for some a superficial story

Still for some an illusion filled with confusion

And hallucinations

I know for some it means emancipation

Or a member of an organisation

But when the big corporations

Get you in litigation you need protection

From most High Jah Rastafari

So you better beware

And you better take care

Cause you just might be heading for a nightmare

Oh yeah the American dream

The American dream

The American dream

Is not what it seems

(talked)

Why do you slumber

From January to December

Dream will only last while you sleep

Yeah, so look before you leap

• Artist:Jimmy Cliff
• Album:The Power and the Glory (1983)