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The American Dream

July 15, 2013
By AChickCalledEly PLATINUM, Raleigh, North Carolina
AChickCalledEly PLATINUM, Raleigh, North Carolina
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Do you feel it?
The shallow beating
Of a heart
That’s reaching
For an american dream,yeah
Could it be?
We’re all so obsessed with aestetics?
We could be
Beautiful and rich and famous

The american dream
the american dream
So unlike reality
Silver spoon,silver screen
It all seems
Like a Hollywood scene

Do you speak it?
The language of a million,a billion
Did you see it?
Adversity faced firsthand?
Could it be?
A lot of us think we know
What it is
To struggle, but we’ve got it easy
So damn easy

The american dream
the american dream
So unlike reality
Silver spoon,silver screen
It all seems
Like a Hollywood scene

We’ve all seen
A million faces walk by
But it seems
We wouldn’t give a sh!t if a million died

The american dream
the american dream
So unlike reality
Silver spoon,silver screen
It all seems
Like a Hollywood scene

The american dream
the american dream
So unlike reality
Silver spoon,silver screen
It all seems
Like a Hollywood scene

But this scene
Has been seen
Before....



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