Make You Say "Hmmm?"

Revolutionary Dreams

by Nikki Giovanni

I used to dream militant dreams

of taking over America

to show these white folks how it should be done

I used to dream radical dreams

of blowing everyone away

with my perceptive powers of correct analysis

I even used to think

I'd be the one to stop the riot and negotiate the peace

then I awoke and dug

that if I dreamed natural dreams

of being a natural woman

doing what a woman does

when she's natural

I would have a revolution