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wrote this years back in my undergrad days in ife.

Even as a child i dreamt of this day

the day when boys wld grow up to be man

and girls women, a day when the sound of war

wld be heard no more, i dreamt of freedom

freedom from slavery, freedom from oppression

as i child i walked about wit hate in ma heart

where did this heart come from, i know not

wat brought about this hate, injustice i must say

injustice to the human race, injustuce to humanity

can this hate be changed, i say NO

for not from ma mother's womb did it come from

for its was the world that gave it to me and to the world

would it return, but then wat wld the generations to come say

would they not say their freedom was redeem by bloodshed

LET them say so, for does not life lie in the blood

to give a man life is it not by blood and to end one

is it not by blood,

then why do u all look as if sin i did commit

for even as a child i have seen lives of men been take away

i have seen child ma age been thrown into slavery

some been thrown overboard ships for their bones were weak

and movement caused them pain,

noone to help them but the sailors hands that swings them

overboard.

even as i child i dreamt of this day, a day when the cry of

freedom shall be heard across the land

written by

$oulchild

wrote this years back in my undergrad days in ife.

Even as a child i dreamt of this day

the day when boys wld grow up to be man

and girls women, a day when the sound of war

wld be heard no more, i dreamt of freedom

freedom from slavery, freedom from oppression

as i child i walked about wit hate in ma heart

where did this heart come from, i know not

wat brought about this hate, injustice i must say

injustice to the human race, injustuce to humanity

can this hate be changed, i say NO

for not from ma mother's womb did it come from

for its was the world that gave it to me and to the world

would it return, but then wat wld the generations to come say

would they not say their freedom was redeem by bloodshed

LET them say so, for does not life lie in the blood

to give a man life is it not by blood and to end one

is it not by blood,

then why do u all look as if sin i did commit

for even as a child i have seen lives of men been take away

i have seen child ma age been thrown into slavery

some been thrown overboard ships for their bones were weak

and movement caused them pain,

noone to help them but the sailors hands that swings them

overboard.

even as i child i dreamt of this day, a day when the cry of

freedom shall be heard across the land

written by

$oulchild