I sat I waited I watched
I hoped for a win
We never got this close before.....
they alway'z clozed the door in our black faces
but not no more
YES WE CAN, YES WE CAN
Like Nat Turner stood and fought like Kunta Kinte ran
like the little engine that could
YES WE CAN
Miraculously YES WE DID
Jump to your feet scream and shout
Tell our young black youth
why they should not pout
But be proud and succeed abundantly
on this day we are truly free
No longer held back from what use to be
We are black we are strong we are unity
We are beast to say the least
What can stop us now? What could then?
There is something infinite about these
women and about these men
Who came through the worse of times
bitten by dogs
beaten and sprayed with water hoses
arrested with busted lips and bloody noses
but still they stand
What can penetrate this thick black skin?
We shine with the will to win like Obama
Our black President