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Won Dream Free​(​dom​)​style

by Effswell

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The human need for hope after tragedy has led to some phenomenal feats, inventions and discoveries throughout the course of time. This affirmation-laden anthem is the "Ah-Ha" moment of realization that all it takes to win is within!

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First off
My "Black Life" is important
More than
Police forces and Jordan's
Shoes my kin kills kin for
We're hurtin
Please stay woke and alert when 
Certain
[DREAM]
Killers tell you that there's more than a curtain
A Wizard of Oz facade
And a kerchief 
Couple of slobs at odds 
Over corporate greed
Instead of feeding those in need
I heard that all it takes is
[ONE]
Matchstick to burn down a forest
And a million matchsticks are made 
From one tree
Basically all I'm sayin 
Is if you think you're insignificant
You're not
You are HOT
Burn this motherfu¢ker DOWN til your
[DREAM]
Is more than what you see when you sleep
RIP to being fake deep
That's how it's gotta be
Til your name is on the deed
And the lease
And you’re a mountain with two feets underneath 
No I'm not the only
[ONE]
Of my kind
But I'm one of a kind
Drop gems
Without diamonds in my mine
A Girls' best friend
One Jane at a time
All I need is my Perrier & lime
Good night, bad 
[DREAM]s
Only come when I succumb to sleep
Get off on tracks
No cum on the beats
Do an end-zone dance with a very sharp cleat
My team's an entire star fleet 
Now I’m in the backseat with a sweet thing
Rolling a sweet thing
Listening to Sweet Thing
Basically on replay
& She says these days are the Matrix
And she could be the one 
No gun
If she takes just
[ONE]
Shot at a task
So I asked
"Have you ever had a
[DREAM]?"
To see it through,
You could do any thing?
After a little moment 
Shorty smiled big and told me
That SHE's one in a million
If she never see$ a million and
[ONE]

Sung:
And I won’t change
Til the people change
And the children say
That there’ll be no…..

And I won’t change
Til the people change
And the children say
That there’ll be no pain!

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released April 30, 2019
"Won Dream Free(dom)style"
Written by: J.A. Cross
Produced by: J Rawls
Recorded/Mixed by: D1 @ Soul Blue Studios
Mastered by: Aria Mastering / MFiT by: SING Mastering
Artwork by: Jordy The Jedi

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Effswell Columbus, Ohio

After 7 years of working as the lead vocalist of a Midwestern cover band, Effswell (born Joseph A. Cross) continues to blaze a trail with many upcoming solo releases.

Effswell’s OutKast-homage project, "KastAways: The Extra-Celestial" landed in August 2016, followed by 2019's "Won Dream Free(dom)style" & “African American Horror Story”. With a new EP now in the works, Effswell plans to FLY!
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