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American Dream
August Alsina
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- Album
- This Thing Called Life
- Released
- 2015
- Genres
- R&B
- Length
- 3:29
- Tempo
- 118 BPM
- Label
- Def Jam Recordings
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About this song
"American Dream" is the 13th track on August Alsina's album This Thing Called Life. It features vocals from children.
What it's about
The song urges listeners not to settle for less than their goals, pointing to figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X, whose impact would never have happened had they given in to others' doubts. August connects this message to his own experience of people telling him he would amount to nothing.
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Fun facts
- Samples “Get Up on It by Keith Sweat (Ft. Kut Klose)”.
- Written by Ralph Jeanty, Sean McMillion, Fitzgerald Scott, Keith Sweat, Knucklehead and August Alsina.
- Produced by Knucklehead.
- Recorded at TreeSound Studios.