Don't Dream Bout Ma Man

Don't Dream Bout Ma Man
I told my podna I had a dream bout him
His wife heard me and said don't dream bout ma man
I said nothing but thought wow, I can't have a dream
how you get in this conversation, anyway?
Even MLK had a dream

how you control dreams
tell yo mind no don't dream that shit
what is the world coming to
people wit da flip top box
but my podna
childhood friend
in-law
don't dream bout ma man
wasn't her dream
do I have a right to dream
in my own mind
own space
a vision maybe
a thought to save the pitiful world
pitiful people like you
why save souls like you
need to recycle yo ass into aluminum cans
what if I dreamed yo man was saving the world
don't dream bout ma man
what if I dreamed yo man was uplifting humanity
don't dream bout ma man
what if I dreamed yo man was a prophet
don't dream bout ma man
ignut bitch
kiss ma ass.
--Marvin X, Prime Minister of Poetry
3/26/11