Nov 05 2008
Now that has Obama Won!
No more excuses! Obama has won. He has done what most of us thought we would never see in our lifetimes. He is the Black President. I know he doesn’t control the economy. I know, he can’t control local police force and policies. I know, he can’t get your rent paid, keep your lights on, feed your kids, get them off drugs, get them out gangs, and make them go to school. That’s not his job. He can only influence and not single handedly change this country. That job belongs to the people.
No more excuses! Get out, envision the way you want your block to be and believe like it already is. See the kind of schools you want your children to learn from. Envision high SAT scores, high ACT scores, high school graduates, college graduates, them serving their community with pride and optimism cause they know the change is here. The change has always been here. It was asleep in the hearts of many, murdered in some. But we are the change. There is nothing that can be done stop us. We overcome, every day.
The struggle is not over, it has just begun, and that’s a blessing. The struggle is the opportunity to show our strength. The struggle is where we show how our survival has prepared us to thrive. We begin show how we are smarter because we work twice as hard to prove it. They under estimated our ability. They confined us to rapping, singing, dancing, jumping, and running. Now we realize what they do does not matter. We run this!
This is our life. This is our dreams. This is our community and we are 100% responsible for its successes and failures. Man may have put us in chains but god has given us the keys. We don’t need a leader. We need to recognize the leaders that already exist. These leaders serve without grand recognition. Guiding one at a time to a better conditions. We need visionaries! People who know we will have a just police force. Who know that all children of their community will develop a love for learning, serving, and always enhance themselves and their abilities. Who know that all aspects of abundant wealth will be amongst all of our people and shared. How do we know this? We see it, feel it, hear it, and are thankful for it every day.
For those who can’t envision our soon to be reality. It’s understandable. You will eventually. It may take a little more time for you. You may notice that you feel safe walking down the street late night. You may start to see the promise of greatness in our youth and give them a smile, instead of a profile. You may find more opportunities for quality work in the neighborhood before you begin to believe. Mos Def said “The hard headed have to feel it to believe it.”
Believe me when I say “NO MORE EXCUSES!” NO MORE BLAMMING OR COMPLAINING. Obama is one of thousands of examples of how we persevered and achieved in spite of racism. Do not down play this moment in history to yourself. Do not diminish what this man has accomplished. You may not agree with him on every issue. If he does nothing else in office, he has made history. Now we should say to our children of color “Yes dear, you can be the President of the United States,” and truly believe its possible.
