2025 Competition Entry:

Dream of hope by Paul Wayne

Genre

Blues

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no

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Description

Song recorded acapella with no instruments and no metronome… music added thereafter

Bio

oneZone ent. Harlem, NY

Paul Wayne is an award winning recording/performing artist of Jamaican origin renown for his smooth vocals, timeless recordings and captivating live performances.

He primarily honed his talent in Boston, singing with several reggae bands and copping awards such as ‘best new artist’ and also being a member of the Dubstation band that on one occasion won band of the year.

There he also attended Boston College, completing a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science.

A music publishing deal with Heavy Hitters music yielded a few song placements for Paul Wayne’s music on various television shows. This success inspired Wayne to relocate to NYC.

In NYC now, Wayne sought to learn the music scene, not only to get a better understanding of himself as a musician, but also to learn the foundation of, and have a better understanding of reggae music itself. This journey led to him to being recruited to host many entertainment events, host various neighborhood network musical programs primarily as an interviewer and eventually an acting debut portraying the great reggae legend Peter Tosh in a TV one documentary.

Thereafter some self-produced singles, Paul Wayne attracted the attention of a few NYC reggae bands namely the Sanghatones, Crisis, Skadanks, Overproof and now he is currently with the Caribbean based British Dependency band.

Paul Wayne is a now a well sought after recording artist currently working with well re nown award winning reggae producers such as Digital English, Dre tegs, Rif Raf and Flava McGregor. His current single release ‘inna concrete jungle’ accompanied by a full music video via producer Jah Rich on the ‘Strictly Yard’ label, continues to gain traction and is being featured and added to many reggae playlists. And, there are many upcoming releases in tow and past releases available and streaming on all platforms.

A renaissance man indeed, Paul Wayne has been a featured blog contributor and has scribed a book of quotes/urbanisms dubbed ‘perverted verses and progressive thoughts’. His mottos for life are ‘live in the moment and cherish the memories’ and ‘uplifting others is uplifting you”


Paul Wayne Social Media Links
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulwaynereggae_/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulwaynenyc28/
Spotify Music: https://open.spotify.com/album/5zhQIu1QXOkq7CW5lwtDaG

Lyrics

How can I live when all I have is nothing .nothing is all u want that’s what the woman says…….what do u leave, now mama ain’t got nothing,

it’s not the mouth she dead but it’s the pain she bears….repeat once

How can we live, when all we have is nothing, will there still be war, if ain’t nothing to fight for……got to go to sleep, my tired soul is dying……

Tell me when we wake will there be a dream of hope ……repeat once

Bridge: joyous solitude, my mind is roaming free again….im living in the streets, where ppl keep it real n say “man ur vibes is tight, tomorrow’s yesterdays ok…..

tell me when we wake will there be a dream of hope….repeat once


Dnt give up the fight, u got to keep a conscious mind, in order to achieve there’s gonna be some stress n strife …..we must find a way for those who can’t afford…

…this is why we pray, so hear me dear lord ……repeat once…..

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