A Dream

Infobox Single
Name = A Dream


Artist = Common featuring will.i.am
from Album = Freedom Writers soundtrack
B-side =
Released = 2006
Format = CD
Recorded =
Genre = Hip hop
Length =
Label = Hollywood Records
Writer = Lonnie Lynn
William Adams
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Producer = will.i.am
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Common singles
Type = singles
Last single = "Faithful"
(2005)
This single = "A Dream"
(2006)
Next single = "The People"
(2007)Extra chronology 2
Artist = will.i.am singles
Type = singles
Last single = "Hip Hop Is Dead"
(2006)
This single = "A Dream"
(2006)
Next single = "I Got It from My Mama"
(2007)

"A Dream" is a single by rapper Common from the soundtrack to "Freedom Writers". It is produced by will.i.am, who also sings the song's chorus. The song heavily samples Martin Luther King Jr.'s historical "I Have a Dream" speech, which relates to the song's lyrics about racism. The single release of "A Dream" includes two will.i.am tracks, "Colors" and "Bus Ride."

Music video

The video for the single contains scenes from the "Freedom Writers" movie (many of which feature Hilary Swank, its lead actress), mixed with partially animated sequences featuring will.i.am singing on a podium and Common rapping in hallways and rooms in front of stylized images of both the Holocaust and United States of America's black civil rights movement. Television footage of the "I Have a Dream" speech is displayed on monitors throughout the video. The imagery is intended to reinforce the song's messages of perseverance in the face of discrimination, and hopes for a more racially tolerant world.

Track listing

# "A Dream"
# "Colors"
# "Bus Ride"

Chart positions

ee also

*List of Common songs