Dreamer Lyrics

My lover is a dreamer

But he can't go after any of his dreams

He doesn't know how he's gonna make a living all his life on his feet

He wants to go to school

But the governments got so many rules about dreamers

And what they oughtta be allowed to do

So he went to work

Thought if he did everything right

Then maybe one day he'd get the opportunity to earn some rights

But the time is now

And the sirens are on

The lights are blinking

But he's done nothing wrong

So while my hands are shaking

His heart racing

While I was praying

He was thinking

Officer please take my hands

Take me back to the motherland

I don't belong in America

They don't even want me here

I haven't seen my brother in years

I'm hoping for a miracle

My father was a dreamer

And I had heard about all the things he couldn't do

Jobs that fell through cause his papers didn't say the right thing

He went on to be a rebel

He built up a record

He was an 80's dare devil who didn't give a damn about the law

But the years wore him down

He walked through every walkable town

Knowing troops had nothing better to do than try to break him down

Cause the law doesn't see a child being raised

In the land of the free through a path that's paved

So while his back was breaking

His heart aching for what he was facing

What he wanted to say is

Officer get off my back

You can't tell me jack shit

Just cause you're an American

I didn't ask to be here

It's not like I volunteered

But it's all that I know

Brought through the border in the middle of the night

With a mom and a dad

Seeking a better life

Only speaking Spanish

They began lessons to become the American dream

Now why do the sons of immigrant parents open the doors for a generational heiress?

Neither chose it but those with the advantage

Need to stand up and demand

Stand up and demand that no one is illegal on stolen land

No one is illegal on stolen land

No one is illegal on stolen land

If I'm stealing your jobs it's cause you stole my land

No one is illegal on stolen land