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This article was first created on the 5th of August, 2015 and last updated on the 26th of April, 2016 by Patrick Carpen.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Right at a time when I was starting to question whether my perception of reality was accurate, I opened up my computer, clicked a few icons and started the media player. The song that played right then, really spoke to me. It was though it was a message from the Divine Maker of the World.<\/p>\n

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Dreams (will Come Alive) Lyrics<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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“Dreams (will Come Alive)” was written by Bobby Boer.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Dreams to survive
\nDreams make a wish come true, oooh
\nKeep your dreams alive
\nDream… dream on
\nYour dream will come alive<\/p>\n

(Chorus)
\nCome on dream on
\nCome on dream on
\nCome on dream on, boy
\nYour dream will come alive
\nCome on dream on
\nCome on dream on
\nCome on dream on, boy
\nYour dream will come alive<\/p>\n

Once again a song comin’ strong,
\nhere to remind you got to dream on.
\nGo for what you know don’t let it slide,
\ntake a change let’s ride.
\nTo the future not to the past,
\ntake it easy and not too fast.
\nMany failed in society,
\nto blind to see you need to be free.
\nFree from the strain that causes pain,
\npain is the name and life is the game.
\nDream on try to survive,
\nkeep hope alive reach for the sky.
\nDo the best you can make a wish come true,
\nlisten here’s the clue:let it flow before it’s all gone,
\ncome on boy you got to dream on.<\/p>\n

Bridge<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

Try to relax and move to the track,
\ngo for your goals and don’t hold it back.
\nStrive to keep you dreams and hopes alive,
\ndo it know and don’t pass it by.
\nLife is to short so give me your hand,
\nI will lead you to another land.
\nD. R. O. C. K. is here with the light,
\nshinin’ bright cause I’m right.
\nClose your eyes and just concentrate,
\nit’s never to late to erase the hate.
\nFocus your mind when I say my rhymes,
\ncause I’m always on time.
\nDo the best you can make a wish come true,
\nlisten here’s the clue:let it flow before it’s all gone,
\ncome on boy you got to dream on<\/p>\n

Bridge<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/p>\n

Dreams are the way to express yourself from the heart,
\nnow it’s time to depart.
\nOn a journey for the mind,
\npeace of mind is what you will find.
\nLike Martin Luther King, I had a dream,that we all would sing
\nin peace and harmony comin’ strong.
\nCome on boy you got to dream on.<\/p>\n

I listened to it over and over, and I couldn’t help thinking how applicable it was at that time, at that moment, to my life. Can you relate to the times when you think of yourself of just a dreamer? A dreamer whose dreams are really castles in the sky? This was one of those times for me. But slowly the realization seeped into my consciousness: all those dreams were slowly taking shape into reality. From the time I started dreaming to now, I had not realized all of my dreams, but they were getting easier and easier, more and more accessible.<\/p>\n

I started to imagine what my life would be like without these dreams. To say “dull and boring” would be using words too lightly: way too lightly. It was much more than that. Forgetting these dreams may very well put shackles on my hands and feet. Life might very well become a nightmare them.<\/p>\n

Very pertinent to this, it dawns upon my consciousness this beautiful poem I had learned in high school:<\/p>\n

Dreams<\/h1>\n
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\n
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Langston Hughes<\/span>, 1902<\/span> – 1967<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Hold fast to dreams \r\nFor if dreams die\r\nLife is a broken-winged bird\r\nThat cannot fly.\r\n\r\nHold fast to dreams\r\nFor when dreams go\r\nLife is a barren field\r\nFrozen with snow.\r\n\r\nRelated: Only *you* know what *you* know\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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