After years of pain and suffering
We survived
After very little understanding to our lives
We survived
After no shoes to our feet
Walking barefoot through the streets
Our bodies barely clothed
No peacefulness to our souls
We survived
After digging our fingers raw
Being grief stricken by what we saw
After very little education
We exceeded all expectations
Because we survived
Now we are doctors, lawyers, and teachers
Ministers and preachers
Doomed to illiteracy is what they saw as our fate
But we triumphant through all the misgivings and through all the hate
And now, we are the President of the United States!
And we will continue to stand tall
Pick ourselves back up
Even though we may fall
And we will continue to excel in our lives
And most definitely, most respectively
Ultimately and undoubtedly
We will survive!
by Gale Glover