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And now, ladies and gentlemen...
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...Mr Freddie Jackson.
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All my life
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I've been waiting
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For a time when I'd be free
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How I prayed
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For liberation
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And a little bit of dignity
:51:45
I heard the heartbeat of the city
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How it pounded
and it sounded in the night
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The children's voices were so pretty
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I'm gonna reach out,
I'm gonna take it
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I'm gonna make it all right
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Dream on
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For a better day
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When we can live our lives
and our hopes won't fade away
:52:13
Dream on
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For a better way
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We'll join our hands together
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And build a brand-new day
:52:23
Dream on
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Thank you. Thank you.
You are all so tremendous.
:52:29
I was born in this neighbourhood
and, as I grew up, I used to pray...
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...that, once I got out, I would never
have a reason to come back.
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I'm glad those prayers
weren't answered...
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...because my neighbourhood's
looking mighty pretty lately.
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And I've been encouraged,
both in public and in private...
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...that, where there's a will to help,
there's a way to do it.
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So on behalf of the council,
myself, and New York City...
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...I thank you for what you've done.
And I ask for your continued support...
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...until we have the kind of general hospital
this borough needs.