Wednesday, 18 February 2009

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“STAND UP
THE DREAM PROMOTES CHANGE”

 

STAND UP AND BE HEARD
IT ALL STARTS WITH A WORD
FROM I HAVE A DREAM TO YES WE CAN
FREEDOM AND EQUALITY WAS OUR DEMAND.

 

ROSA PARKS SAT IN 1955
AS A PEOPLE OF COLOR OUR INTEGRITY CAME ALIVE
SHE PUT HER FOOT DOWN, FOR WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT
FROM THAT DAY ON, OUR PEOPLE BEGAN TO FIGHT.

 

STANDING UP SPEAKING OUR MIND
DOMINATING OUR BATTLES IN AND OVER TIME
OUR WISDOM WAS DEEP AND OUR COURAGE WAS TOUGH
WE TROTTED THE ROADS THAT WERE BUMPY AND ROUGH.

 

DR. KING HAD A DREAM IN 1963
PUSHING HIS BELIEFS THROUGH A WORLD THAT DIDN’T AGREE
HE REACHED WONDROUS HEIGHTS WITH HIS NONVIOLENT PROTEST
WITH ONE THING ON HIS HEART FREEDOM WAS HIS QUEST.

 

STAND UP AND RAISE YOUR VOICE
CONQUERING THE LOUDNESS OF THE WORLD, FOLLOWING YOUR CHOICE
OPENING YOUR THOUGHTS SPREADING THEM WIDE
FIGHTING FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN, KEEPING FAITH AS YOUR GUIDE.

 

IN 1968 MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS ASSASSINATED
SOMETHING THE WORLD THOUGHT, NOT NEVER ANTICIPATED
WE STOPPED FOR A SECOND AND SAID “WHAT DO WE DO”?
WE PONDERED AND WE THOUGHT UNTIL WE FINALLY KNEW.

 

STAND UP AND KEEP IT REAL
SPEAK YOUR WORDS, SAY HOW YOU FEEL
SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE CRIED, TEARS HAVE BEEN SHED
FROM ONE STEP FORWARD SO MANY WORDS LED.

 

OBAMA EVOKED CHANGE WITH YES WE CAN
HIS WORDS WERE SO POWERFUL WE TOOK THEM AND RAN.

 

OBAMA FOLLOWED A DREAM FROM A MAN LONG AGO
CONFIDENCE HE EXUDES MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD GLOW.

 

HE FOLLOWED HIS HEART WITH A MIND TO WIN
AND UTTERED THREE WORDS YES WE CAN.

 

SO AS WE WATCH IN EAGERNESS IN JANUARY 2009
HOW A DREAM BECAME A REALITY AND CHANGE THE COURSE OF TIME

 

BY: DARIUS KNOX

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