I Know And Value What It Means

People Look At Me Like I Should Have Been Like Malcolm X Or Martin Luther King Or Rosa Parks. I Should Have Seen Life Like That And Stay Out Of Trouble, And Don't Do This And Don't Do That. But It's Hard To Live Up To Some People's Expectations.

I'm A Religious Person. I Remember My Mom Told Me: 'vengeance Belongs To God. It's Up To Him To Wreak Vengeance.' It's Hard For Me To Get To That Point, But That's The Work Of God.

I Had To Learn To Forgive. I Couldn't Sleep At Night. I Got Ulcers. I Had To Let Go, To Let God Deal With It. No One Wants To Be Mad In Their Own House. I Didn't Want To Be Angry My Whole Life. It Takes So Much Energy Out Of You To Be Mean.

We Wouldn't Be As Far Along As A Country If We Didn't Take On Some Of Martin Luther King's Ways That He Instilled In Us.

I Sometimes Feel Like I'm Caught In A Vise. Some People Feel Like I'm Some Kind Of Hero. Others Hate Me.