Namesake Lyrics - Mourning In America And Dreaming In Color - Brother Ali

And we am and she am and he am and I am 

I was raised with the raised fist 

Angela Davis summer sixty-eight Olympics 

Train banging your wings against 

The cage in the event you became cageless 

The bane of my existence is to resist 

Back never bent re-load never relent 

Of All lights shone I'm glimmering glint 

I was named after a king in our midst The Greatest 

Changed the world in the ring with his fists 

More so with the gift when rang from his lips 

Bigger than just a individual gift 

He had a vision for bringing dignity to the crib 

Gold medalist in his Olympic event 

Significant respect glistening off his neck 

US flag waved the globe was silent 

Wore it everywhere he went just to show what it meant 

Stepped off the plane back on that pavement 

The people hell bent that they will never repent 

Celebrate him but his kin still clinched in a 

Problem one piece of medal couldn't fix 

Legend is he pitched it in the Ohio River 

What good is recognition if I know that I'm a -victim 

Expelled in a held back curriculum 

Class president slash second class citizen 

Diligent to fight for people 

Nineteen years old sacrificed his ego 

So here we go salute my namesake 

Many are successful very few are great 

Right on y'all. I am somebody 

And we am and she am and he am and I am 

I am he am she am and we am 

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