Watch the video of Rik's latest spoken word piece, 'What If' recorded as it was 'slammed' throughout the month of September, 2010 during Tribe of One's month long Arctic Tour.

What If…

We believed in dreams like when we were kids

And sticks could be transformed into swords

Weathered boards and cardboard floors into pirate ships

That could sail the seven seas

So we could be hero’s and

Win the kiss from a lady’s lips

Discover buried treasured hidden under the X

What if…

We could see ourselves with our own eyes

And not through those of others

Where seeing is believing and believing is just being

More than a collision of intuition

And the fashionable decision

To be or not to be…cool

What if…

The sins of the father’s didn’t define their sons and the daughters

We were able to peer out from behind

the excuses and abuses

Heal the scars

running through our hearts and minds

And find a future to call our own

And leave their past behind

What if…

We found our voice and in the finding

found a choice

A way to share what’s brought us to this place

And in the telling of our tales transport the ones who hear

To feel what we feel - To see what we see…

And with our colours and sounds

Transform the world to one where our story can be heard ..and we can be found

What if…

We learned about ourselves for ourselves

Taught ourselves so we take our dreams down off the shelves

Define success and failure on our own

Instead of buying into the big idea

That the only way to be our best

Is to be better than the worst in someone else

What if…

I am me and you are you

But we combine our strength and push back against the weight

Of all the sameness that suffocates

Become the exception and not the rule

Raise the sails of our pirate ships

To catch the magic in the wind

Let the freak flag of freedom fly

as we ride the sea again

What if we would…what if we do

what if…that’s what I asked you