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Fantastic. Speech of the century! No question about it at all.

The assembly for the rights of colored people. Good people.

"Now is the time." Amen, Dr. King. May we see your dream come to fruition.

It reminded me of where we were and brought me joy for how far we have come.

It reminded me of my standing on those steps and the times there after during which I was "tear gassed" for believing in the rights of all. And it amazes me that we still are fighting that fight - maybe a different "group" maybe a different "cause" but still fighting for freedom for all - when there come a time when that belief is actually a truism?

The amount of people that risked judgement, violence and segregation to come and attend and listen to this amazing man. The fact that in 2014 I am able to sit and watchi this incredible speech, leaves me speechless

~ I DREAMT, MLK Jr. ~ 1999 (c) Oni Lasana


I had a dream too, Martin Luther King Jr.
that your dream came true
& people looked inside of me
not at the shape or size of me
not at the color or style of me
they looked at my inner reality
not the outside fantasy

I dreamt that your dream came true...Mr. King
Marcus Garvey wasn't ridiculed & called a fool
Ruby Bridges walked to school alone
Malcolm wasn't murdered by his own
Miss Rosa enjoyed her bus ride home

Emmitt Till was alive today
Medgar Evers wasn't murdered in his driveway
Steve Biko lived to write another day
2 Pac represented the best of us
Rodney King wasn't beaten alive in front of us
&
Marvin was asking me "What's goin' on?"

I dreamt that your dream came true Rev. King
& young adults today were livin' clean
not smokin' tobacco, cronic, droppin' pills, hittin' crack
downin' 40's & gettin' wacked
dreaming stupid dreams
nothing to do but get hi & lie...or so it seems
living nightmares shooting down tomorrow's dreams

I dreamt your dream came true Minister King
& in concrete jungles everywhere
sons and daughters of criminals and righteous folks
were sitting at a table together
learning & teaching one another to read & to LOVE

I was dreaming and your dream came true Teacher King
& all children attended equally integrated schools
where students were not judged by the color of skin
or the color of Nike, Dickie's, Akademik
but by the work they handed in on time
to teachers who really cared

I had a dream that your dream came true Brother King & in my dreams
I saw boys and girls of all races joining hands in agape love
little children holding hands of baby daddies
baby daddies married to & taking care of baby mommies
& they both had good jobs, careers, and businesses.

I dreamt your dream came true Mr. King &
I heard that same freedom bell ring
in every town from Africa to America,
Europe to Asia, South America to the Caribbean
starving children came running to dinner tables
filled with pesticide-free fruits & vegetables
BROWN rice, sugar, bread and molasses,
UN-contaminated water
& hormone free well-seasoned chicken

I dreamt that TV showed real people living true reality
& "FRIENDS"...didn't all look the same
Disney wasn't another name for distorted history & modern mythology
I dreamt that Eddie, Martin, Will* & the Wayans
produced black history biographies & multi-cultural realities
Black & whites & all "others" UNITED in mutual funds
not only for sex, drugs & guns

I had a dream too, that your dream came true Brother King
& two weeks after your vision in DC
four little girls in Birmingham, Alabama.
Addie Mae Collins, Denise Mc Nair, Cynthia Wesley & Carole Robertson
walked home from church to waiting mommies
& the next day they went to a shiny new school
with smiling & loving classmates
each one of those little girls graduated college
and became a doctor to heal us
A teacher to teach us, a lawyer for justice
& President of Human Rights University

Your dream came true Martin Luther King, Jr.
Because in my dream, their you were...
home with Mrs. King & your children,

playin' with grandchildren
inside the not so-white house
being the PRESIDENT of the United States of LOVE
So brave...so intelligent...so blessed
relaxing with your family & friends
& everybody knew...without a doubt
that they were "FREE AT LAST!"
& are truly somebody.

Just like I do, thanks to you

Martin Luther King Jr., I dreamt your dream, came true.

(C) 1999 I Dreamt, MLK Jr. ~ Words by Oni Lasana

Music - Samori Coles of lil drummaboy LLC

Recorded on Sister Wings CD & I Dreamt, MLK Jr. the single


Author's Note: Will Smith went on to produce and star in the film "The Pursuit of Happyness: a 2006 American biographical drama based on the life of banking investor Chris Gardner.

His cadence and words were/are wonderful and his ideas continue to inspire because, unfortunately, we still do not have equality for all in this country.

Believe that it can be.

The strength and courage to continue the fight. It has inspired me to continue the fight against institutional racism.

too bad our government assassinated him. MLK is one of the greatest men to walk the earth.

What an amazing man. Have seen this speech lots of times and it still brings tears to my eyes. Though so much has been achieved I wish that we could say that all men and women whatever their colour , creed etc were truly equal but we can't yet. We must keep fighting for the underprivileged and persecuted across the world.