Name: Akin's Dream
Duration: P00H05M34S
Description: inspired by the writing of Black genius Octavia Butler, Akin's Dream is a flash of internal dialogue of her character Akin Iyapo as he unravels himself in search of love and place.

Akin's Dream

by Joshua Asante

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inspired by the writing of Black genius Octavia Butler, Akin's Dream is a flash of internal dialogue of her character Akin Iyapo as he unravels himself in search of love and place.

lyrics

i was always hiding/
in places where
your love couldn't
find me/
somwhere out there
with the broken, discarded things,
i had a dream./
to be somebody
to be somebody/
put your arms
around me/
put your arms around
put your arms around me/
put your calm around.

i was always lying.
went places where
your love couldn't
find me
somwhere out there
with the broken, discarded things,
i had a dream.
to be somebody
to be somebody
be somebody
put your arms
around me
put your arms around
put your arms around me

put your calm around me.
come on, love.
come on, love.
come on, love.
come on, love.
come on, love.

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released February 18, 2019
written/arranged/performed by Joshua Asante
recorded with Phillip Huddleston

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Joshua Asante Nashville, Tennessee

Black as onyx.
Black as mama.
Black as space.
Black Bahia.
Black and southern.
Black as loving.
Black as nothing.
Black and something.

but, i am something more.

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