Spirit Is An Invisible Force Made Visible

I Like To Speak On Matters Which Matter To Human Beings, And Almost Everything Matters To Human Beings.

Bringing The Gifts That My Ancestors Gave, I Am The Dream And The Hope Of The Slave. I Rise. I Rise. I Rise.

Those Of Us Who Submitted Or Surrendered Our Ideas And Dreams And Identities To The 'leaders' Must Take Back Our Rights, Our Identities, Our Responsibilities.

When We Know Better, We Do Better.

When I Passed Forty I Dropped Pretense, 'cause Men Like Women Who Got Some Sense.