AS A BLACK MAN AND EXPERIENCING WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD, THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE USA, AT FIRST I THOUGHT THERE IS NO WAY I CAN WRITE A SONG OR POEM, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH TO SAY AS A MODERN DECENDANT OF SLAVES, BUT I TRIED TO CAPTURE THE THINGS THAT WEIGHED STRONGLY ON MY MIND. BLACK PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ALSO HAVE THEIR PERSONAL FEELINGS OF EXPRESSIONS, AND IF THEY WERE ALL JOINED TOGETHER..WHAT A POWER THEY WOULD BE. THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT CAME TO ME EVEN BEFORE BARAK OBAMA WAS ELECTED.
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